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The International Antarctic Centre is a visitor attraction and public science discovery centre in the suburb of Harewood, Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located at Christchurch International Airport, adjacent to the buildings that are the Christchurch base for the Antarctic programmes of the US, New Zealand and Italy.
Christchurch and Auckland are the only airports in New Zealand that regularly handle Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 aircraft. [9] The airport is curfew free, operating 24 hours a day. The prevailing wind in Christchurch is from the north-east and to a lesser extent from the south-west, but the city is also affected by Canterbury's nor'wester foehn ...
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The Grand Hotels International, owners of the former Hotel Grand Chancellor, Christchurch gained city council approval to rebuild on the site. The new hotel would have been on base isolators at 50 metres (160 ft) high and have 12 floors in the hotel and 5-floor office block in the front.
This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Christchurch,_New_Zealand,_NASA_2.jpg licensed with PD-USGov-NASA 2009-10-30T22:29:47Z Schwede66 910x636 (109680 Bytes) Reverted to version as of 18:06, 21 October 2005; 2009-10-30T22:27:52Z Schwede66 957x668 (130229 Bytes) Labels the Avon and Heathcote Rivers and their estuary.
Central Station was in use until 25 May 2015, when Christchurch's new $53 million Bus Interchange building opened, [9] with half of the 16 bays operational. On 20 August, the building was physically completed and further opened to the public, including bike parking and more seating. On 8 October, the remaining bays opened. Later retailers took ...
This was originally intended to be the first stage of a larger plan for Christchurch passenger services. Six EC class electric locomotives operated passenger services between Christchurch and Lyttelton, until reaching the end of their working lives in 1970, with the last electric train service running on 19 September 1970. With the withdrawal ...
The Crowne Plaza Christchurch, formerly known as the Forsyth Barr Building, is located on the south-east corner of the Armagh and Colombo Streets intersection in Christchurch, New Zealand. Originally owned by Bob Jones and branded Robert Jones House by him, it was commonly referred to as Bob Jones Tower , but some called it Bob's Folly .