Sports and Interest clubs

Kaiapoi Club Outdoor Bowls.

Tues 6-7pm 57 Williams St, above Super Liquor

Wednesday 57 Williams St, above Super Liquor from 6-7pm

Friday 5.30pm -7.30pm 57 Williams St, above Super Liquor

First session free, thereafter $5 per session. Ages from 7 upwards

Sensei Kevin Merriman 6th Dan
The Academy of Seiko-Kai Karate sets the standards for learning traditional and competition karate in Canterbury.Our classes promote more than just a martial art. Indeed they offer each individual the opportunity to partake in a structured programme guaranteed to awaken the hidden potentials of the student. Our philosophy in teaching is based upon old fashioned principles and etiquette.
Our instructors are all first aid trained, child welfare certified and are registered with ‘Karate New Zealand – (KNZ) (the official governing body for Karate in NZ.
Whether it is keep fit, learn self-defence, lose weight, gain confidence, discipline or self-motivation, TASK is here to help.

Walks all over Canterbury

Short walkers: Tuesdays 9am to noon

Medium walkers: Wednesdays 9am to 3pm

Long walkers: Tuesday 8-8.30am

We are based in Eyreton by Swananoa just North of Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand. Come and check out our great model flying facilities

An opportunity to experience sustainable growing, from seed to table.

Come and learn or share your expertise.

We are located on the school playing fields of Kaiapoi Borough School at the bottom of Hilton Street by the railway line. The garden is open on a Weds 10am - 12 pm in the summer and 11am - 1pm in the winter.
The garden has a close relationship with the school and helps in the running of the Garden to Table programme which the school joined earlier in 2015.

Hi, I’m Debs Taylor-Hayhurst the facilitator of the Elite6 Waimakariri group, which has been running since June 2013.

Day: Every Thursday
Time: 7:30am – 8:30am (Arrive 7.20am to order a drink and/or breakfast)

Elite6 Waimakariri is an exciting, innovative group which brings local business people together once a week for a networking meeting where ideas are shared, referrals encouraged and people are supported to grow their businesses.

Each week we have guest speakers and/or group discussions which encourage you to think ‘outside the box’ in order to promote and improve your business.

Through the regular networking meetings you will build confidence in public speaking, develop and generate business as well as increase your network of contacts.

Our goal is to bring together hard-working, positive professionals who want to build up the local business community in Waimakariri.

If this sounds like you then come along and check it out!

Look forward to seeing you soon.

Club Vision
To maintains the club’s reputation of being at the forefront of rugby league and enhancing the sports growth, providing for all local players from junior to senior teams, including age grades, open grade, women, representative & social.

Mission Statement
The Club will effectively build, strengthen and enhance the present and future of Rugby League and the NCRL Club by promoting Rugby League in North Canterbury for all.  Promoting positive sportsmanship, in a team, family / whanau orientated environment inclusive of the general public.  NCRL are committed to providing a club that people want to be associated with – players, friends of players, family, coaches, team managers, students and sponsors.

About Us
NCRL playing under Northern Bulldogs Rugby League is situated in the heart of Kaiapoi with a population of around 11,000 people. With a number of subdivisions currently being developed, the town is constantly growing.   Predictions post the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 are the population will increase rapidly as the population moves north.

Kaiapoi is steeped in history as is the League Club, which was formed in 1957, under the name Kaiapoi Rugby League Club. League has always been a strong club in Kaiapoi and will continue to be so into the future.

The club caters for all grades from nursery to seniors. Over the years the club has been very successful in all grades collecting a number championship titles. We are well represented at both North Canterbury and Canterbury Country representative levels.

We are very community orientated and offer support in a number of projects about the town. Our club rooms have been utilised by a number of community on a regular basis.

Membership
We continue to offer a reasonable player membership fees for all grades. This fee goes a long way towards us meeting our day to day running costs. It also covers the weekly after match food that is provided for the junior prize giving’s.

For those who have finished their playing days we are currently working on a ‘Supporters Club membership’. This membership will be reasonably priced members discounts will be available.

The National Scout Museum is in the Conference Wing of the building complex at the "Blue Skies" Conference and Training Centre in Kaiapoi - North Canterbury.
It has a permanent display detailing the history of Scouting in New Zealand starting from Baden Powell's story and his founding of the movement, before covering the origins of Scouting in New Zealand. Kaiapoi features strongly in the New Zealand history of Scouting being where the first Scout Patrol is reputed to have been formed and early camps were held at Woodend where today a memorial cairn is located. There were many unique aspects that were introduced by Col D.Cossgrove (the first Dominion Chief Scout) who taught at the school in Tuahiwi, such as Peace Scouts, Bull Pups, and Empire Sentinels. It then covers the various age group sections and major activities of the movement. In addition to the permanent display, the museum has an extensive specialized collection of a wide array of Scouting material.
Queries and research within the collection is undertaken on request by a team of volunteer staff.

Sunday from 1pm to 4pm or alternatively by arrangement. Guided tours can be provided, also by arrangement.

Kaiapoi's local Toy Library providing access to toys, games, puzzles, costumes and outdoor play equipment for a small annual fee and no toy rental charges.

Discover the art of self-defense and unlock your inner potential at Kaiapoi Karate Go Ju Ryu. Located in Kaiapoi, North Canterbury, our dojo offers expert instruction under the guidance of a 5th Dan Sensei, boasting an impressive 48 years of experience.

The Kaiapoi Brass Band has a very proud history going back 130 years.

We practise each Tuesday night from 7.30 -9.30, at our Bandrooms 9 Stone Street, Kaiapoi. Before a contest we may have extra practices, usually on a Sunday afternoon. We have a wide range of skill levels, as you would expect in a D grade band.

We need players in all sections, but especially cornets, trombones, and base trombone.

If you think you might like to join us, ring one of the band officers, or just come along to a practice and get the feel of the band. We have some instruments we can lend you, so don’t rush out and buy your own. We can also help you with advice on this.

North Canterbury parents of children aged 1-3 years

The Incredible Years Toddler programme is to support  parents and caregivers to find positive ways to parent and  build strong, loving relationships with their toddlers. 

12 Weekly sessions Tuesdays 9.45am – 12.45pm, starting Tuesday 5 August 2025 at the Kaiapoi Community Centre, The Mill Room, 24 Sewell Street, Kaiapoi.

Waka iti Playgroup is a community group held every Tuesday morning from 9.30am to 11.30am during school school terms. $1 entry for children 1yr and over. BYO children's morning tea.Adults morning tea provided.
Every week activities are set up so you can enjoy spending time with your little one(s) painting, building, drawing, creating, reading or having some good conversation with other parents, carers.

Kaiapoi Theatre Company bring professional level acting to the community for a reasonable price.

We aim to provide 2 shows a year of which one will be a play and the other a variety show.

A community food forest provides an abundance of food for residents and those that wish to visit to gather – fruits, vegetables, herbs and medicinal plants by way of a layered permaculture companion planting system.

Imagine wandering through a flourishing forest where almost every plant is edible and all plants serve a purpose.

The Waimakariri District Council is going to lease 1.5acres of land to the Kaiapoi Food Forest Trust to develop a food forest.

A food forest functions as a healthy closed-loop ecosystem, with each organism playing a role. Each element of the system supports the whole. The many relationships happening in an ecosystem are imitated in a food forest which:
• builds soil and accumulates nutrients
• self-fertilizes, self-mulches, self-regulates
• produces  food, fiber, medicine, materials, fodder and more
• Sequesters Carbon, offsetting climate change
• provides habitat for all living organisms
• supports pollinators and beneficial insects
• protects and enhances biodiversity

We want volunteers...if you would like to help please give us a call... or visit during our volunteer days which is most Wednesdays from 4pm till around 6pm

Our tennis club has 6 plexipave courts with lights and we cater for both senior and junior players. We run competition tennis through North Canterbury tennis in summer as well as social tennis all year round.

The facebook page is all about the Kaiapoi Womens Rugby Team, what we are up to who you can contact and when trainings are.

Please feel free to share this page.

Trainings: Tuesday and Thursday nights, 6.30pm at Wylie Park, Kaiapoi.
(Opposite the Kaiapoi Rugby Club)

For any queries that arent answered on this page please ring or txt Kerry Hampton on 0211159451 or Rocky on 02102213362

Aqualand NZ Is New Zealand’s newest Inflatable Aquapark.

Opening in Kaiapoi this Summer. Located 20 Minutes North of Christchurch. The coolest thing in Canterbury this summer!!!!

Located in the heart of Kaiapoi, 83 Courtenay Drive, Kaiapoi 7630.

Just 20 minutes North of Christchurch

Get togethers for shopping trips, movie trips, picnics, walks, miniature golf and luncheons, garden visits. Keeping women in contact with one another once a month at least. Current members range in age from 66 to 82 years

Meeting Times - 1st Wednesday

Kaiapoi Netball Club

Kaiapoi Riverside Bowling Club.