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Halkett
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NameHalkettDescriptionHalkett is an agricultural and pastoral district, between West Melton and Courtenay, and bounded on the north by the Waimakariri river.
The first settlers, Messrs Andrew Cunningham, Arthur E. Davis, Robert Roper, Edward Guiney, J. Lord, Robert Leadley, John Marr, David Thomson, A. McKay, and others, arrived in the early sixties. Some of the land was purchased by Captain Halkett, who later gifted land for a school.
Around 1864 Mr Charles Watson built the old accommodation house, near the boundary of the Courtenay district. It was known as the half-way house between Christchurch and Springfield, and was the stopping place for the line of West Coast coaches.
The first settlers, Messrs Andrew Cunningham, Arthur E. Davis, Robert Roper, Edward Guiney, J. Lord, Robert Leadley, John Marr, David Thomson, A. McKay, and others, arrived in the early sixties. Some of the land was purchased by Captain Halkett, who later gifted land for a school.
Around 1864 Mr Charles Watson built the old accommodation house, near the boundary of the Courtenay district. It was known as the half-way house between Christchurch and Springfield, and was the stopping place for the line of West Coast coaches.
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More InformationHalkett Community Centre
Halkett. Selwyn Stories, accessed 11/06/2026, https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/5037




