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For a time, the demand for sections in Selwyn was brisk, and even speculators started buying some of them. At one point, Selwyn had a blacksmith, bootmaker, butcher, saddler, and a wheelwright, and amenities included a boarding house, billiard saloon, a hotel with stables, and some shops. The railway
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296:"Herewini ā te Aka MÄori Dictionary"
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366:"The South Line Opened for Traffic"
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163:, New Zealand's first Anglican
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863:Facilities and attractions
314:Place Names of New Zealand
219:Ruins of a house in Selwyn
185:Selwyn River / Waikirikiri
175:later used the same name.
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910:R. F. Joyce Observatory
895:Little River Rail Trail
890:Hororata Highland Games
880:Craigieburn Forest Park
179:Geography and transport
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550:Hawkins Sub-Division
239:The railway reached
1073:Inland Scenic Route
1004:Lincoln High School
900:McHughs Forest Park
777:Geographic features
701:Selwyn Central Ward
618:Castle Hill Village
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885:Homebush Homestead
854:Waianiwaniwa River
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1057:TranzAlpine
942:The Station
834:Lake Lyndon
819:Kowai River
799:Castle Hill
718:West Melton
688:Windwhistle
683:Whitecliffs
668:Springfield
653:Lake Lyndon
628:Craigieburn
534:Southbridge
529:Selwyn Huts
455:New Zealand
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94:172Ā°13ā²37ā³E
1327:Categories
1312:L II River
1239:confluence
1196:Glentunnel
961:Government
824:L II River
794:Cass River
754:Springston
749:Prebbleton
734:Broadfield
673:Waddington
633:Glentunnel
519:Motukarara
282:References
173:electorate
137:Canterbury
91:43Ā°38ā²56ā³S
1307:Coes Ford
1211:Greendale
764:Templeton
739:Ladbrooks
708:Rolleston
663:Sheffield
582:Kimberley
572:Greendale
562:Courtenay
557:Aylesbury
504:Ellesmere
499:Dunsandel
494:Doyleston
468:Rolleston
408:24 August
401:The Press
380:24 August
351:The Press
276:Dunsandel
241:Rolleston
205:Dunsandel
1206:Hororata
1201:Coalgate
759:Tai Tapu
643:Hororata
638:Homebush
623:Coalgate
567:Darfield
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169:district
147:Captain
129:Herewini
30:Herewini
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744:Lincoln
577:Hawkins
514:Leeston
489:Burnham
211:History
171:and an
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587:Kirwee
524:Selwyn
509:Irwell
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261:Rakaia
165:Bishop
159:after
143:Naming
121:Selwyn
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