Leeston
in Selwyn District of Canterbury, New Zealand
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Christchurch International Airport (22 mi) - Ashburton Aerodrome (27 mi)
- Timaru Airport (65 mi)
- Hokitika Airfield (98 mi)
- Oamaru Airport (103 mi)
- Greymouth Airport (106 mi)
- Kaikoura Airport (114 mi)
- Westport Airport (145 mi)
- Wellington International Airport (211 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -43.767 and 172.300 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -43° 46' 0" and E 172° 18' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - NZD
- Spoken languages:
- English, Maori
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 07:53 PM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Pacific/Auckland
- UTC/GMT offset: 12 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:10 am and 5:49 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 43.772 and -7.685 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Bares - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to New Zealand.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning New Zealand. Last Update: 2024-04-19 08:03:45
Discover Leeston
Leeston in Selwyn District (Canterbury) with it's 1,272 citizens is a place in New Zealand about 213 mi (or 342 km) south-west of Wellington, the country's capital city.
Current time in Leeston is now 07:53 PM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Pacific / Auckland with an UTC offset of 12 hours. We know of 9 airports near Leeston, of which two are larger airports. The closest airport in New Zealand is Christchurch International Airport in a distance of 22 mi (or 36 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Christchurch, Greymouth, Richmond, Nelson and Dunedin. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 17°C / 62 °F
| Morning Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
| Night Temperature | 9°C / 47 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 47% |
| Air Pressure | 1016 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from South-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 1% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Sunday, 21st of April 2024
17°C (62 °F)
9°C (49 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Monday, 22nd of April 2024
15°C (60 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 23rd of April 2024
18°C (65 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Few clouds, gentle breeze.
Videos from this area
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International Antarctic Centre Holiday Programmes.mp4
2012-13 15 Sec commercial.
The Poem, Harts Creek, Colin Patterson
Colin Patterson explains how his intensive farming community, came together to preserve a local stream. Harts Creek is now a model of stream restoration and riparian management.
Yellow Lady Salmon Lure
DIRECTORY OF NEW ZEALAND STREAMER FLY PATTERNS http://www.fishingmag.co.nz/Feathered-Lures.htm How to tie a Yellow Lady Salmon Lure.Used to fish for salmon and searun brown trout ...
The Duel of Honour screening for unobservable social capital
Who said economic history isn't interesting? Doug Allen blends theory and history to analyze and explain the duel of honour "a highly ritualized violent activity practiced (mostly) by aristocrats...
Double Blues On 922
Thursday The 23rd of October 2014 Enjoy :)
Trucks & Wideloads
18 wheels of steel pics & Wideload pics.
KY Jelly for Show jumping
Now there is a 'new' product you can use to improve your horse's show jumping! K Y Jelly! www.horsejumpwarehouse.weebly.com for all your horse show jumping needs! 538 Jones Rd, Christchurch...
RNZAF Vampire Display Team 1964
Title says it all. Is off a video I bought a while ago, maybe filmed by National Film Unit. Excuse the slight jerkiness, is converted from analogue to digital and best I can do at the moment.
Craft Day by Sonya and Lily
The girl's just threw this together during the chaos of craft day morning!! Great effort!
How to make a digital kowhaiwhai
Tech Fest 2014.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Leeston
Leeston is a small town on the Canterbury Plains in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located 40 kilometres southwest of Christchurch, between the shore of Lake Ellesmere and the mouth of the Rakaia River. The town is a farming service centre, but has all the necessities for a real township such as a supermarket, schools, churches, hospital (for the elderly only) and a small open swimming pool.
Ellesmere College (New Zealand)
Ellesmere College is a co-educational high school, located in Leeston, Ellesmere in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand, with more than 500 students ranging from ages eleven to seventeen. It aims to provide students with a range of learning experiences, aiming to make its students good contributors to society. It encourages voluntary activities such as music lessons, drama, and sports.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Leeston.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Leeston Town District
