Pleasant Point is a small country town in southern Canterbury, New Zealand, some 19 km (12 mi) inland from Timaru, on State Highway 8.

Pleasant Point is also known for glassblowing, taxidermy, blacksmithing and custard squares,[5] and Māori rock art can be viewed nearby.

During the early colonial period of the 1800s, wagoners would travel from Timaru to the Mackenzie Country, to access the area's rich hunting grounds.

The identity of the "point" itself is unknown and the subject of speculation and theories, which include it's being the place at which the Te Ngawai (Tengawai) and Ōpihi rivers meet.

Another theory suggests the point is the cut in the hill, possibly at the foot of Manse Road, as this is where the town was established.

The streets in the northern part of the town are named after early settlers to the area or notable people who own property in the locality.

A report in the Timaru Herald on 2 November 1881 read as follows: On Monday, the yards erected by the Pleasant Point Saleyards Company were opened.

The capacity of the cattle yards was fully tested by an entry of four hundred head and the opinion was freely expressed that the Company will require to complete their original design.

This they have been unable to do through the want of support by a number of persons who entered cordially into the preliminary arrangements and have not taken up shares so freely as the management was led to anticipate.

Having secured a site of four acres, the Directors have provided for ample development which may be fairly predicted for the business of a centre commanding such a large and agriculturally thriving district.

The Levels Road Board have lately removed a very narrow bridge in the immediate vicinity and erected a substantial structure giving free access to the Company‘s grounds.

The auctioneers were Jones, Wildie, Allan and Stumbles and Maclean and Stewart and, with the very large attendance, the day's proceedings were probably satisfactory.

[10] The Cyclemakers Group started production in Pleasant Point in October 1981 with Ian Hooker as managing director.

[11][12] The firm started off with ten staff, and designed and manufactured bicycles on a Te Ngawai Road site.

[18] In 1911, 200 trees were planted alongside the playground as a memorial to the coronation of King George V. In 1927, St Josephs opened.