page_title: Waikari
hierarchical_section_title: Waikari
caption_attribution_description: English: Star and Garter Hotel at en:Waikari, New Zealand
context_page_description: Waikari is a small town in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.
  Its Anglican parish church is the Church of Ascension, 79 Princes Street, Waikari, where William Orange was vicar in the 1920s.
  The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "dig for water" for Waikari.
  Waikari is located on State Highway 7 near the Weka Pass and was served by the Waiau Branch railway from 6 April 1882 until its closure on 15 January 1978. The section of the railway through the Weka Pass has been retained by the Weka Pass Railway and preserved trains operate between Waipara and Waikari.
  The town is also located near the site of Māori cave art and rock drawings in the Weka Pass Reserve.
context_section_description: Waikari is a small town in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.
  Its Anglican parish church is the Church of Ascension, 79 Princes Street, Waikari, where William Orange was vicar in the 1920s.
  The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "dig for water" for Waikari.
  Waikari is located on State Highway 7 near the Weka Pass and was served by the Waiau Branch railway from 6 April 1882 until its closure on 15 January 1978.  The section of the railway through the Weka Pass has been retained by the Weka Pass Railway and preserved trains operate between Waipara and Waikari.
  The town is also located near the site of Māori cave art and rock drawings in the Weka Pass Reserve.
caption: The Star and Garter Hotel in Waikari
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