This website has been created to provide an information resource for the Castle Hill Basin area.

Castle Hill Basin is located in the Canterbury high country of the South Island, New Zealand at an altitude of 700m between the Torlesse and Craigieburn mountain ranges approximately 90km northwest of Christchurch.

Click to view: 

• the latest webcam images and current weather conditions at Castle Hill (webcams updated every 10 minutes, weather station every 30 minutes),
• information relating to the Castle Hill area and Castle Hill Village,
• images from around the region.

RECENT NEWS AND INFORMATION

• 28 April 2008: Cave Stream Reserve will be closed until October while extensive work to upgrade the Cave Stream Reserve visitor facilities takes place. Click here for more information.
• 11 Feb 2008: Thunderstorms dumped torrential rain on the Castle Hill area- 62mm of rain fell within an hour with a maximum rainrate of 174.6 mm/hr. For more details and images of the flood click here here.
• 3 Nov 2007: Dept of Conservation Kura Tawhiti (Castle Hill) Public Intepretation Day guided tour of the Kura Tawhit Rocks- for more details click here.
• 11 Mar 2007: Castle Hill Village Easter Art Exhibition to be held Sunday 8 April and Monday 9 April- for more details click here.
• 3 Mar 2007: NZAC National Bouldering Series 2007 at Spittle Hill- for more information click here.
• 20 June 2006: Photos of the village after the snowfall on 12th June 2006 added (kindly provided by Alan and and Robyn Ogle). Click here to view.
• 13 Jun 2006: A second webcam has been added to the website with a view west towards Long Spur, Mt Cloudesley and the Craigieburn Range- click here to view.
• 15 Dec 2005: Flock Hill Access- for more information click here.