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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]
Christ Church Cathedral, also called ChristChurch Cathedral and (rarely) Cathedral Church of Christ, [2] is a deconsecrated Anglican cathedral in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It was built between 1864 and 1904 in the centre of the city , surrounded by Cathedral Square .
The New Zealand International Exhibition (the biggest in the country to that time) opened on 1 November 1906 in Hagley Park, Christchurch, New Zealand. Nearly two million people visited the exhibition during the next few months.
Christchurch is a major city in the Canterbury Region, and is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand.With a Māori history stemming back to the thirteenth century as the domain of the historic Waitaha iwi, Christchurch was constituted as a colonial outpost of the British Empire in 1850.
Ferrymead Heritage Park is an outdoor museum in Christchurch, New Zealand.. First known as the Museum of Science and Technology and later Ferrymead Historic Park, it was founded in 1964 by a collection of local heritage enthusiast groups who had a common need for space to store and display their assets.
The Christchurch radio market is the second-largest in New Zealand, with 511,700 listeners aged 10 and over. The three largest stations in Christchurch by market share are Newstalk ZB, More FM, and The Breeze. [356] As with other New Zealand radio markets, most radio stations in Christchurch are centralcast out of Auckland.
For 30 years, the New Brighton community rallied for another pier to be built. The Pier and Foreshore Society had campaigned to save the original pier, and the group continued lobbying for a new pier. When NZ$2m had been raised, this was matched by funding from Christchurch City Council and a new pier was designed using reinforced concrete. The ...
Photo of Dr Emily Siedeberg and staff of the Dunedin St Helens, 1907 in Te Ara; Photo of the St Helens building, Dunedin, 1905 in DigitalNZ; Photo of St Helens, Dunedin, 1923 at National Library of New Zealand; Photo of the opening of St Helens, Christchurch, 1907 in Christchurch City Libraries