Lincoln

Lincoln is a city in the Selwyn District, in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. The town is situated on the Canterbury Plains toward the west of Banks Peninsula, 22 kilometers southwest of Christchurch. The town has a populace of 5,640 June 2017, making it the second biggest town in the Selwyn District behind close-by Rolleston.

Lincoln is a satellite town of Christchurch; at the 2006 Census, 53% of utilized Lincoln occupants worked in the city.The town is home to Lincoln University, the most seasoned farming tertiary foundation in the Southern Hemisphere and the littlest of New Zealand's eight colleges.