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Riverside Market opened on 28 September 2019. [1] [2] The market was founded by Mike Percasky, Kris Inglis and Richard Peebles, who modelled the design on food markets in Melbourne and Copenhagen. [3] They had previously had success with a similar location in Christchurch, called the Little High Eatery. [4]
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The naming of New Brighton was apparently done on the 'spur of the moment' by William Fee, an early settler of the area. When Guise Brittan, the Waste Lands Commissioner, visited the area in December 1860, he was recognised and Fee chalked 'New Brighton' on a wooden plank, supposedly in reference to his fellow settler Stephen Brooker, who had come from New Brighton in England. [4]
South New Brighton School is a full primary school catering for years 1 to 8. [13] [14] [15] It had a roll of 419 as of August 2024. [16]In 1917, the New Brighton school committee was asked to establish a school in South New Brighton since fifty-four children resided in South New Brighton.
North New Brighton (Māori: Ōruapaeroa) is a suburb on the northern side of Christchurch city. It was originally known as North Beach and was readily accessible from Christchurch city by tram. [3] It was renamed North New Brighton in 1953. [4] A large sports centre and swimming pool is on the same locale as the former Queen Elizabeth II Park ...
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 ...
New Brighton is the name of several places, sports teams etc.: Australia New ... New Brighton, New Zealand, a suburb of Christchurch; South Africa
The new owners closed Smiths City's operations in Auckland, where it had struggled against Australian rival chains like Harvey Norman and Freedom Furniture. [16] In June 2020, Smiths City opened its first new store after going into receivership in Petone. The store is the only store in the Wellington region following the closures of the ...