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Christchurch City Libraries is a network of 21 libraries and a mobile book bus. operated by the Christchurch City Council and Following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake the previous Christchurch Central Library building was demolished, and was replaced by a new central library building in Cathedral Square, Tūranga, which opened in 2018.
The building's design is inspired by the golden hues reflected upon the Port Hills, which are an important part in Christchurch's cityscape. Soon after construction started on the new library, the Christchurch City Council increased their contribution to the library from $60 million to $95 million. [9]
The Canterbury Public Library building, was a library in Central Christchurch and the main library of Christchurch City Libraries, New Zealand. It was the largest library in the South Island and the third-biggest in New Zealand.
New Zealand landline phone numbers have a total of eight digits, excluding the leading 0: a one-digit area code, and a seven-digit phone number (e.g. 09 700 1234), beginning with a digit between 2 and 9 (but excluding 900, 911, and 999 due to misdial guards). There are five regional area codes: 3, 4, 6, 7, and 9.
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The Ship Inn which has the oldest licence in Christchurch, was a known haunt of smugglers. There is a smugglers' cache on the roof between the pub and the old toll house next door (now a 'phone shop) which is only visible from an alleyway opposite. [1]: 19 The facade is 19th-century but the building is much older. The Ship's history can be ...
The building was completed in 1915 and architect Cecil Wood was the designer. The Hare Memorial Library was built to celebrate the contributions of Rev Francis Augustus Hare to the school. [1] The building was added to the New Zealand list of Historic Places Trust as a Category 1 building on 27 June 1985. [2]
The building is registered with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as a Category I heritage item, with the registration number 291. [12] Clock. Reputed to be a replica of London's Great Clock of Westminster, [8] [28] a working, free standing, four faced turret clock was installed in 1879 within a clock tower. [29]