Tai Tapu

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Tai Tapu is a small town located 6 km east of the town of Lincoln and 18 km south west of Christchurch on State Highway 75.

Etymology

The name Tai Tapu is derived from the words wai tapu, which means sacred or solemn water.^[2]

The town is also known as Taitapu throughout its existence

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v t e Towns of the Selwyn District, Canterbury, New Zealand

Ellesmere Ward	Bankside Brookside Doyleston Dunsandel Irwell Killinchy Lakeside Leeston Little Rakaia Mead Milltown Rakaia Huts Sedgemere Selwyn Southbridge Taumutu Te Pirita

Malvern Ward	Annat Arthur's Pass Bealey Cass Castle Hill Village Charing Cross Coalgate Courtenay Craigieburn Darfield Greendale Glentunnel Hawkins Homebush Hororata Kimberley Kirwee Kowai Bush Lake Coleridge Racecourse Hill Rakaia Gorge Sheffield Springfield Staircase Waddington Whitecliffs Windwhistle

Selwyn Central Ward	Aylesbury Burnham Halkett Mcleans Island Norwood Paparua Rolleston Sandy Knolls Weedons West Melton

Springs Ward	Broadfield Ellesmere Greenpark Greenpark Huts Ladbrooks Lincoln Lower Selwyn Huts Motukarara Prebbleton Selwyn Huts Springston Springston South Tai Tapu Templeton

v t e Settlements of Banks Peninsula and the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand

Settlements	Allandale Ataahua Akaroa Barrys Bay Birdling's Flat Cass Bay Charteris Bay Chorlton Church Bay Cooptown Corsair Bay Diamond Harbour Duvauchelle French Farm Governors Bay Gebbies Pass Gebbies Valley Hilltop Kaituna Valley Kukupa Lansdowne Le Bons Bay Little Akaloa Little River Lyttelton Motukarara Ohinetahi Okains Bay Okuti Valley Peraki Pigeon Bay Puaha Puari Purau Port Levy Rapaki Robinsons Bay Tai Tapu Takamatua Teddington The Kaik Wainui

Port Hills suburbs	Balmoral Hill Cashmere Clifton Cracroft Ferrymead Halswell Heathcote Valley Hillsborough Hoon Hay Huntsbury Kennedys Bush Moncks Bay Moncks Spur Mt Pleasant Murray Aynsley Redcliffs Richmond Hill Scarborough St Andrews Hill Sumner Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake Westmorland

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