Fairlie

Fairlie is a Mackenzie District carrier metropolis located inside the Canterbury place of the South Island of New Zealand. As of the 2013 census, the population become 717. From 1884 to 1968, the town changed into served via the Fairlie Branch railway, although till 1934, this branch line clearly terminated a kilometer past Fairlie in Eversley. Fairlie is generally referred to as the gateway to the Mackenzie Basin. It become first known as Fairlie's Creek and supposedly named because it reminded early settlers of Fairlie in Scotland. Fairlie hosts the annual Mackenzie District Agricultural and Pastoral show each Easter Monday.

The a hundred and fifth annual display turned into in 2006. Being at the traveler toll road among Christchurch and Queenstown, tourism is speedy turning into a chief industry within the city. Fairlie School is a state contributing number one Year 1 to 6 school. It has 122 students as of March 2019. Mackenzie College is a nation Year 7 to 13 secondary school. It has a hundred ninety students as of March 2019.