Pleasant Point
in Timaru District of Canterbury, New Zealand
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Timaru Airport (5 mi) - Ashburton Aerodrome (41 mi)
- Oamaru Airport (49 mi)
- Pukaki Airport (50 mi)
- Glentanner Airport (56 mi)
- Mount Cook Airport (61 mi)
- Franz Josef Aerodrome (80 mi)
- Christchurch International Airport (88 mi)
- Hokitika Airfield (108 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -44.267 and 171.133 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -44° 16' 0" and E 171° 7' 59"
- 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: 05:47 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Pacific/Auckland
- UTC/GMT offset: 12 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:24 am and 5:42 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 43.546 and -8.284 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Pedreira - 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: 2024-04-26 08:02:42
Discover Pleasant Point
Pleasant Point in Timaru District (Canterbury) with it's 1,187 citizens is a city in New Zealand about 277 mi (or 445 km) south-west of Wellington, the country's capital city.
Local time in Pleasant Point is now 05:47 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Pacific / Auckland with an UTC offset of 12 hours. We know of 9 airports in the vicinity of Pleasant Point, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in New Zealand is Timaru Airport in a distance of 5 mi (or 8 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Christchurch, Dunedin, Greymouth, Invercargill and Richmond. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 11°C / 52 °F
| Morning Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 10°C / 49 °F |
| Night Temperature | 6°C / 42 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 1% |
| Air Humidity | 52% |
| Air Pressure | 999 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 13 km/h (8 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 96% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
14°C (57 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Scattered clouds, gentle breeze.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
15°C (60 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
14°C (58 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Videos from this area
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Timaru New Zealand latest landmark - The Dome
Timaru New Zealand latest landmark - The Dome. Cement storage facility.
Pleasant Point Museum & Railway - Drone Flight
The train featured is a D16, manufactured in Scotland in 1878. Filmed on January 11, 2015 at the historic railway station in Pleasant Point Museum & Railway New Zealand. http://www.pleasantpointra...
Pleasant Point Railway- Pacing Ab699
Pacing AB699 between Keanes Crossing and Pleasant Point, New Zealand.
D16 running on the Pleasant Point Railway
D16 hauling passenger services on the 2km Pleasant Point on the 27th and 28th December 2013.
Cabride in Ab699, Pleasant Point Railway
Cabride in wood burner Ab699 from Keanes Crossing to Pleasant Point, near Timaru, New Zealand. At the start of the trip (however not in the video) we had to emergency stop, as the points...
Ab699- The Fairlie Flyer
1922 Steam locomotive, Ab699, hauls a passenger train from Keanes Crossing to Pleasant Point on the 28th December 2012. She is named the "Farlie Flyer", and is one of the 4 Ab survivors. 699...
Driving in South Canterbury, New Zealand, 2005
Driving in South Canterbury, from Levels to Pleasant Point Cemetery, September 2005.
Deer at Raincliff Station
David Morgan, owner of Raincliff Station, Canterbury New Zealand, discusses farming deer as part of an integrated livestock system.
Ditch Witch at Caroline Bay New Zealand.
Spotted a Ditch Witch machine at Caroline Bay, Timaru, New Zealand. Filmed by timaruman.
Timaru
Hi Leute, Bin grade in Timaru und wir liegen hier am strand und chillen in der sonne. :) Hoffe euch gehts allen gut und hier kommt eine kleine nachricht an euch!!! Liiebe Gruesse.
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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.
Tengawai River
The Tengawai River (more correctly Te Ngawai) flows through south Canterbury, in New Zealand's South Island. It flows east for 35 kilometres before joining the Opihi River 20 kilometres north of Timaru.
Pleasant Point, New Zealand
Pleasant Point is a small country town in southern Canterbury, New Zealand, some 19 km inland from Timaru. A service town for the surrounding farming district, it has a population of 1,222 and one of its main attractions is the heritage railway, the Pleasant Point Museum and Railway, which operates steam locomotives and one of only two Model T Ford railcar replicas in the world. For almost one hundred years, the Fairlie branch line railway passed through the town.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Pleasant Point.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Pleasant Point Town District
