They were working on water supply schemes for Timaru and the Canterbury Plains.

The town is the centre of a rich agricultural and pastoral farming district, part of the Canterbury Plains.

For a time, he was a farmer on the Canterbury Plains.

The highway starts on the Canterbury Plains and proceeds in a north-westerly direction.

Then, leave the city behind on a journey across the Canterbury Plains.

It was apparently common over the Canterbury Plains in the 1870s.

It is still a common fence material on the Canterbury Plains, where it was most popular.

The result is that most of the main streets are undulating, a clear contrast with the flat landscape of the Canterbury Plains to the north.

Gorse has been used for hedges and windbreaks on the Canterbury Plains since the 1850s.

Prebbleton village has been in existence for over 140 years making it one of the earliest settlements on the Canterbury Plains.