Waimairi Beach | |
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 Waimairi Surf Life Saving Club | |
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| Coordinates: 43°28′55″S 172°43′08″E / 43.482°S 172.719°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Christchurch |
| Local authority | Christchurch City Council |
| Electoral ward | Coastal |
| Community board | Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood |
| Area | |
| • Land | 58 ha (143 acres) |
| Population (June 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,290 |
| Bottle Lake | Spencerville | |
| Parklands |
  Waimairi Beach  |
(Pegasus Bay) |
| North New Brighton |
Waimairi Beach is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located north-east of the city. It is east of Parklands and north of North New Brighton. The word "waimairi" translates to "listless stream".[3]
One of the main roads through the suburb is Aston Drive. This was originally Vogel Street, named after Prime Minister Julius Vogel (1835–1899) and renamed to Aston Street in 1848 after local landowner Sidney John Aston (1886–1946) and then to Aston Drive in 1995.[4]
The area was part of Waimairi County until 1982, when the county was renamed to Waimairi District.[5] The district was amalgamated into the Christchurch City Council in 1989 as part of the 1989 New Zealand local government reforms.[6]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Meaning of waimairi". Christchurch Cities Libraries. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "Christchurch Street Names – A – Aston Drive" (PDF). Christchurch City Libraries. February 2016. p. 75.
- ^ "Christchurch: A Chronology – 1982". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Christchurch: A Chronology – 1989". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 26 September 2021.