New Zealand - Waimate - High Street, Waimate - Circa 1910 - W. Sherwin Series - COX, Photo - Real Photo Postcard Format #329981 Waimate - Waimate is a town in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is situated just inland from the eastern coast of the South Island. - From 1877 until 1966, Waimate was served by the Waimate Branch, a branch line railway that connected with the Main South Line some seven kilometres east in Studholme. For roughly seventy years ending in 1953, the line ran beyond Waimate to Waihao Downs. When the branch line was closed on 31 March 1966, Waimate became the first major town in New Zealand to lose its railway connection. (source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waimate)