Leeston

Leeston is a town at the Canterbury Plains within the South Island of New Zealand. It is positioned 30 kilometres southwest of Christchurch, between the shore of Lake Ellesmere and the mouth of the Rakaia River. The city is home to a growing range of services that have accelerated and diverse along side the populace. Leeston has a grocery store, colleges pre-faculty, number one college and excessive faculty, churches, health facility for the aged simplest, gymnasium, cafes, eating places, scientific centre, pharmacy and post office. The Selwyn District Council presently has a carrier workplace in Leeston, after the headquarters became shifted to Rolleston.

Leeston had a 2006 population of one,299 up eight.3%, or ninety nine human beings, because the 2001 census. This is notably above the common populace growth price in New Zealand, though no longer as excessive as centres close to Christchurch. The 2013 census returned a population of 1,506, that's 15.9% higher than the 2006 census. Population growth is anticipated to hold due to people leaving Christchurch due to the 2010 Canterbury earthquake and the 2011 Canterbury earthquake.