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Christchurch has listings in the former two categories. As of July 2011, there were 315 historic places and seven historic areas listed. In August 2011, Heritage New Zealand started the process of removing listings of buildings demolished after the earthquakes, starting with the Manchester Courts and the NZ Trust and Loan Building entries. [3]
The first public radio service in Christchurch — 3YA — was established in 1926; [118] [119] New Zealand's first live sports radio broadcast was made from Christchurch later that year. [ 120 ] [ 121 ] [ 119 ] The first set of traffic lights was installed in Christchurch in 1930 at the intersection of Cashel and Colombo Streets . [ 122 ]
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
New Zealand Historic Places Trust (30 May 2005), Registration Report, Christchurch: New Zealand Historic Places Trust Linwood House was built as the homestead for Joseph Brittan , who, as surgeon, newspaper editor and provincial councillor, was one of the dominant figures in early Christchurch , New Zealand.
[1] [4] A time capsule containing news articles and information on women's lives in 1993 was placed inside the monument. [ 2 ] The memorial is located in a landscaped area known as the Kate Sheppard National Memorial Reserve, beside the Avon River and adjacent to a heritage building, Our City (the Old Municipal Chambers) near the corner of ...
In February 2013, the NZ$5.3 million budget had increased to NZ$5.9 million because of cost escalations. [ 4 ] Following the numerous delays the church hierarchy became secretive about the opening date and The Press reported on 2 August 2013 that the date was still unknown, [ 13 ] only for an opening ceremony to be held later that day for a ...
Media in category "Featured pictures of New Zealand" The following 20 files are in this category, out of 20 total. 1863 Meeting of Settlers and Maoris at Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.jpg 6,000 × 4,300; 16.11 MB
The Star is a newspaper published in Christchurch, New Zealand.It was published daily from 1868 to 1991. It became the Christchurch Star-Sun in June 1935 after merging with a rival newspaper, The Sun, and at the time it ceased daily publication in 1991 it was known as The Christchurch Star. [2]