"The Bishop" (Canterbury) Little River, South Island, New Zealand
By Ca_Kiwis2 on 10-Apr-10. Waypoint GC26G40

I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

Hi Ca_Kiwis2

This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit and after my previous reviewer note, there has been no owner response. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).

I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.

Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache. If a month passes without seeing a response, then I'll assume that this listing should be archived.

Please note, that if a cache is archived due to lack of owner maintenance, the cache is unable to be unarchived.

Regards
TheCoddiwompler

We went both ways from GZ for many many meters and did both sides of the rock wall. Don't believe this is here anymore. Requires maintenance.

Not much in the area

Thanks for the cache and your time and interest in placing it. haydn.seek NZ

I have tried a couple of times to try and find and before leaving home I added to my offline list as I saw a green log but didn’t open it. No joy today and it is annoying that the green found log was actually a DNF

With ABCDF4, eyespyben, and Gap (of Fap and Gap). Logging all finds as Team HRP (Huntly, Rotorua, Papamoa - Our hometowns)... During Covid-19 lockdown, we solved a truck load of puzzles around Christchurch - Canterbury region. No use thrashing the old grey matter for no cause - We decided we should make good on this handiwork...

There are lots of interesting trails and geoart surrounding Christchurch. What you aren’t told is how far flung some of these caches actually are. Some beforehand advice would have been great, so here are some of my notes... You’re welcome!

1. Mobile coverage is patchy, especially in those quiet, rural areas where it was most needed. Saving caches to offline might show that you are prepared and organised...
2. There are many dusty metal roads on the trails. The car will get messy, and your hair will feel like cardboard at the end of the day...
3. Suitable clothing and footwear are essential. You will climb in and out of hedges, gorse, and other rough stuff. You might get scratched, cut to shreds, and bleed a lot. It’s not advised to wear your brand new jacket on the day...
4. Take lots of food and drink. You’ll probably be head down, tail up and not realise you haven’t eaten until late afternoon. There are very few shops or gas stations out there...
5. Make sure that you secure keys and wallet and know where these are placed for easy retrieval. A full box of pens might be useful too, especially if you’re inclined to free some into the wild...
6. Know the difference between left and right, and north, south, east, and west. Turning right and heading north will not get you to South Christchurch quickly.
7. Look with girl’s eyes rather than boys eyes... Some caches haven’t been found in a while and you might have to get down on your knees to pray.
8. Always be prepared for misleading hints. This is what turns simple caches into D5/T5 hides... “Head height” could mean the cache is positioned at your toes.
9. Have a sense of humour and like the people you go caching with. It’s going to be a very long day, and you might want to hurt someone during the journey...
10. Make sure you can operate your phone/device and it doesn’t crash when you most need it...
11. Learn to cut and paste logs because you’re going to repeat this function so often when logging all of your finds.
12. Above all else, have fun and be kind...

After the police moved us on from McLeans Island, we decided to head south-east. There are lots of interesting caches to visit in the area, including a puzzle trail, Canterbury CANZ and the Little River Ad Lab... We stopped for this hide along the way. Based on the number of DNFs, we didn’t entertain high hopes of finding this one. The present fence line is a mess, but we took the time to systematically lift fallen stones and found this one. It is still in place... Thanks Ca_Kiwis2 and TFTC.

Down in Christchurch with the Squirrel, ABCDF4 and eyespyben. During Covid lockdown, we solved a load of puzzles and decided that this would be a good time to visit. We've enjoyed a few days of good weather and seeing the Canterbury countryside. The caches have been in varying states - some good, some not so much. Our time here has been a blast, and we'd like to thank all COs who have made this adventure possible. Thank you and TFTC.

After puzzle solving in the Canterbury region along with EyeSpyBen we were invited to join Fap (from Fap & Gap) and Squirrel Nutcase to a week long caching adventure in the Canterbury area. With flights and accommodation booked were off, all met up in ChCh. and many hard dusty Kms travelled and many caches found, I think the Squirrel has said it all in his brief. Many thanks for the placements and Cos for bringin us to the very pleasant areas we travelled in to your region

After puzzle solving in the Canterbury region along with ABCDF4 we were invited to join Fap (from Fap & Gap) and Squirrel Nutcase to a week long caching adventure in the Canterbury area. With flights and accommodation booked were off, all met up in ChCh. and many hard dusty Kms travelled and many caches found, I think the Squirrel has said it all in his brief. Many thanks for the placements and Cos for bringin us to the very pleasant areas we travelled in to your region

I had a quick curasory look here but with so m,any DNF i did not spent alot of time I will put this on my watch list

No sign of this one in the most likely spot.

No sign of cache today, even taking clue into account.

DNF and sadly we were too short on time to hunt further. We did find a pen though which was probably close to the hidden spot

Looked, found the pen, but nothing else.

Pas trouvée !

Very tricky on side of main highway and babe we wire on other side of fence. couldn’t access

This took a while to locate, so many options!!

Very wet and dirty. Needs new container TFTC

Found with cachers from all over. Logged in as NZGA 2019. Beautiful New Zealand. TFTC

Found this with our cruise group NZGA2019. A bunch of cachers from Canada, Puerto Rico and the United States.

I am one of the 30odd cachers and i am visiting from Tennessee , with muggles, and friends traveling to New Zealand and Australia. We signed or stamped the logs as NZGA2019 aka New Zealand Geocaching Adventure 2019. It is a 25 day adventure through 9 different cities between the two countries.

all is good, so cache on!

Our cruise ship - Celebrity Solstice, has brought us to Akaroa
I am from Vancouver, BC, Canada with a group from Canada, USA and Puerto Rico
There are 33 in our group so we signed NZGA2019

Today we have been on a bus tour of Akaroa
Thanks for the caches we found on our way

Found with cachers from the US, Canada and Puerto Rico. The log was signed with our group stamp as NZGA2019 (New Zealand Geocaching Adventure2019). TFTC.

I am one of the 30odd cachers, snuggle muggles, and friends traveling to New Zealand and Australia. We signed or stamped the logs as NZGA2019 aka New Zealand Geocaching Adventure 2019. It is a 25 day adventure through 9 different cities between the two countries.

I’m a Canadian Cacher with a group of 32 others on board the Celebrity Solstice - we are from US, Puerto Rico and Canada. Signing logs NZGA2019 (New Zealand Geocaching Adventure 2019) TFTC

TFTC
Greetings from Puerto Rico.
Signed as NZGA2019.

I am visiting from Beautiful British Columbia, Canada along with others from Canada, the USA, and Puerto Rico. Today was our third port of call and we enjoyed visiting Akaroa. We are signing logs as NZGA 2019 on behalf of the group. Thanks for placing these caches for us to find and for adding to our fun day. New Zealand is an awesome place to visit.

I am traveling with a group called New Zealand/Australia Geocaching Adventure 2019. We are from all over the USA and Canada. We are stamping the logs with NZGA 2019 to save time and space on the logs. If answers are required for this cache, at least one of us will be submitting them for the group. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for the rest of us from the other side of the world to enjoy finding!

queenofscots & bobstaf will be geocaching & sightseeing for the next 2 1/2 weeks with over 30 other cachers from USA, canada & puerto rico....... we leave auckland on 11/8 aboard the celebrity solstice......cruise around new zealand and over to tasmania, finally arriving in sydney, australia, ......after that, the two of us will continue to explore southeast australia while we enjoy our final week at a time share before returning to virginia

today we visited akaroa........enjoying the sites and finding some caches.........will try to post any photos once i'm home & can download from my digital camera......signed logs NZGA2019......TCTF, queenie

queenofscsots are taking a land/sea tour of New Zealand and Australia with a group of geocaching friends. We are having a great time exploring these great counties. Logs are stamped with NZGA2019.
Answers will be sent in for the group for the earth caches and virtuals. Pictures will be posted when available.
Thanks to Ca_Kiwis2 for placing and maintaining this cache. Without their work this game would not be possible.
Caches should be fun and creative, not evil.
Exploring the world one cache at a time.

Nicely done, marked the log sheet NZGA2019 as we are a group of 33 cachers/muggle spouses. This stands for New Zealand Geocaching Adventure 2019 group, shortening it saves us time and space on the log sheet. We are from all over the US, Canada and Puerto Rico. Really enjoying the area, thank you for placing and maintaining this cache for all to enjoy. TFTC

On an adventure with other geocachers from the USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico.We signed it with our group name of NZGA2019. Thanks for adding to our vacation fun by setting up this cache. And thanks for the smiley.

Cruising with 32 other friends from the US, Canada and Puerto Rico. We are sightseeing but also geocaching along the way. We are signing the logs NZGA2019 (New Zealand Geocaching Adventure 2019). Thanks for placing this.

We are having a grand time sightseeing in beautiful New Zealand, caching along the way. Our group stamps logs NZGA2019, which stands for New Zealand Geocaching Adventure 2019. We represent Puerto Rico, Canada, and my home, the USA. Thanks for adding to the joy of visiting your wonderful country with this nice hide:)

Greetings from St. Louis, MO. OCW geocachers from the USA, Canada and Puerto Rico. Having a great time. Signed the logs as NZGA2019.

I am visiting from Rhode Island with a large group (31) of Geocachers from USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico. We will be signing as NZGA 2019 (New Zealand Geocaching Adventure 2019) to save room on the logs. We are out caching on this beautiful day in your wonderful country. If answers or pictures are required one if us will send them soon. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache!

It was in the inside of the wall. Not outside but can be reached from outside. Found by the NZGA group. TFTC

Lots of places to look but we had a lot of cachers looking. Thanks for the cache!

OCW with a group from the USA. Today we were touring New Zealand by bus. Searched for about four minutes.

TFTC

We looked and rustled but found it too tricky to find this labour day

Jb and d a good hunt

TFTC great spot

Easy find. Great church

Found after bit of russling

Easy find TFTC

Had a great weekend in Canterbury with a bit of time to grab the odd cache. Many Thanks Bitsprayer

Logbook wet.. And full..
TFTC
# 1234 23 June 2019 11:22

11:19
FITW Arvids Dreimanis
Back here a year later, and what was a long and frustrating search back then, Arvids did in a minute!
As already has been reiterated, logbook is full and wet, wet and full.

Bishop was nowhere to be seen himself.

TFTC!
#6589

On my way to Akaroa for a mum's weekend and decided to stop for this cache. Spotted from further up the wall and then went to the correct spot and signed the log.
Not much space left on the log and very wet so not nice to write on. Needs a bit of tlc.

Wet find

This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache.

Took a while to locate the right rock but eventually had the cage in hand. TFTC

Had to search hard for this one. Very wet and hard to access.

Turned over a few stones before finding it. But easy. TFTC!

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For a few days we are staying at Little River, because the campsite here is a lovely place to be. This day we visited the village. We made a short bike tour through and around the place and also found a few caches. Had a good time.
Thank you for placing this cache!

NB: cache in a bad state and hard to reach. It is at the other side of the stone wall and there is a fence in front of it now.

Took a while, hope the church will eventually be restored. But....found it.

Found it.
Thanks.

Found....it is in a sad state...needs some TLC ..signed and replaced as found..log wet as tftc

GPS led me straight to this cache. Second rock I looked at there it was. Very wet container but log ok to write on. Gkad to find this one!!. Thanks for the placement Ca_kiwis2.

Looked about on both sides of wall at GZ with no luck

not there sadly

DNF
I turned several stones, then jumped the rock wall and had a more thorough look from the other side. Don't think it's there anymore.

Found, a little tricky with new wire fence but ok.

Tftc, log was a tad wet

Thank goodness for waterproof logs! Cache container is pretty manky. GPS took me straight to it. TFTC

Very wet cache so it was a good job the log was waterproof. Thanks for the cache!

Quick find. Cache full of water, dried off the waterproof paper and signed the log. TFTC

Very straightforward and GPS took me straight to it. Road is busy though. Many thanks.

I think the coordinates are spot on! Busy road but no onlookers particularly. TFTC

No problem here. Be systematic. On our way to Akaroa.

Easy find

Looked and looked no joy!

Found after a short search , lovely old church, a shame it can no longer be used. TFTC

A pity about the damage to the church. The cache took us a while to find, and was more like micro than small. TFTC

Well I certainly didn't make this easy for myself... but clearly I didn't try hard enough the first time. Finally found it after much unnecessary effort. GLB1721 TFTC (4132)

Out on a caching mission with Becsicasa while I was in the CHCH area for the festive season. This was a tricky find, but eventually I got it.

TFTC Ca_Kiwis2, the cache was found in good order Signed, sealed and returned to GZ. 16 find(s) of 16 today, making this find #1689

Nice quick find while in the area. TFTC

Visiting from Brisbane with Slow Puncture for the Oamaru Geofest, and we're seeing all the wonderful sights the South Island has to offer as we travel along. Day 6: An early start as we ventured out of Christchurch towards the mesmerisingly beautiful l hills lakes and coastline of the Banks Peninsula before heading back to the airport to catch our flight home. It's fair to say I've never taken so many photos in a single area in ny life than I took around here, the scenery is breathtaking!


Thanks for the hunt **Ca_Kiwis2**, this find makes #4423. Discover our TB

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Wednesday. Slow Puncture has teamed up with Orange Crew to make a Moreton Bay assault on the Oamaru Geofest. Day Six saw us travel from Christchurch out to the East for some sightseeing (absolutely stunning scenery) and caching before returning to the Airport and heading home for Brisbane. Orange Crew did the honours for this one, as he was graciously allowing me not to start the day with soaked shoes! Took a little while until the find was made.

This was the 5th of 18 caches found on today's trip.

Thanks ***Ca_Kiwis2***, for showing us this place.

TFTC I hope this little church gets repaired at some stage.

Another church in bad shape after the earthquakes. Found with AorakiSheep

Wonder if this church will be rebuilt. Found with debsnz

#14292. The church seems pretty well propped up. TFTC.

Found with StreetWalker on a weekend trip to Akaroa, our first visit in over 7 years.
This cache popped up just a few months after our last visit to the area. Pity these lovely old stone churches didn't fare very well in the earthquakes, I wonder what it's future is.
We weren't sure whether to trust the co-ords, given the instructions on the cache page, but ended up finding the cache pretty much where the GPSr was pointing. TFTC.

Found it

On our way to akaroa.great hiding place.needs some maintenance as soaking wet

I was running along the road and I knew there was geocache around so I though I would hve a little look and I found it!

Found by Mrs Graemey, Graemey and Geopom after a bit of searching among the rocks GPS and Mobile phone giving us contradictory distances from GZ.TFTC-Nice hide

Thanks for the cache. Miss pen

We went to NZ for six weeks and did some geocaching on the way

We started exploring in Christchurch. What an exciting city, we loved it! The ReStart Market, the food trucks, the people, awesome city! After CHCH we went south. Dunedin and the pinguins were great! We went to Stewart Island and even Ulva Island to see some birds and find a geocache down south. From there we went to the North. Doubtfulsound was beautiful and sunny, Lake Wanaka wonderful! Abel Tasmantrack is an awesome hike, i can recommend it to all geocachers. The North Island was also a succes. Rotorua and the Vulcano's, wow! Napier, Tongariro Crossing, Ohopi Beach, White Island, big Kauri trees, Cape Reinga, the Bay of Islands... it was all fantastic.
We did love travelling and camping in NZ.

Even here so much damage! Had to climb over the wall....and got it!

MPLC from the Netherlands.

SisterCorny travelling Asia and Oceania for four month, now in New Zealand.
Our last day in NZ, flying out of CHC tonight, we drove very slowly from Little River back to the airport, stopping for views, coffee and caches. We had a great time down here and hopefully we will come back in a couple of years...
Took us a while until we finally found the right spot... Nice little church... TFTC

Container damp. Coordinates appeared to be accurate? TFTC.

Found. Have added a swap... for next ppl to find.

Found this cache when out of an afternoon caching trip with Busy Paws who has already found this cache. So she brought founds up on the GPS and I was off. This one took quite a bit of looking!! Eventually I found the cache, the container is really wet but the log is dry as a bone.
TFTC!

Found great hiding spot

Yes we found it...a lot of looking ... lots of muggles in cars,

Team JeJeBuK - Injeanious, jess.daphne, the Burnsy, and our muggle friend Kurt - decided to go on a New Years excursion to Akaroa. We had a great trip and managed to pick up a few caches on the way. This was our first cache of the day and took a fair amount of searching before we found it. Tftc.

Found on a road trip to Akaroa with friends. Signed the log as JeJeBuK for jess,daphne, Injeanious, The Burnsy and our muggle friend Kurt. This wasn't an easy find as the coordinates were out and there was quite a bit of hint object to search, luckily Kurt was the one to find this. TFTC!

My mission is my first 3 day tramp on Stewart Island. The Seagnoid has Xmas off so we are off on an epic adventure with Zara around the South Island. Toby and Zara are playing tag from Springs Junction to Akaroa. We park Zara up and jump into Toby, with the Seagnoid navigator via phone & scribe and I delegated to log blogger and driver.
This church was interesting so had to walk around it. Extra supports to help it stay standing. Another one bagged. TFTC Cheers