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Christchurch Destination Guide
Discover Christchurch in New Zealand
Christchurch in the region of Canterbury with its 363,926 habitants is a place located in New Zealand - some 190 mi or ( 305 km ) South-West of Wellington , the country's capital .
Local time in Christchurch is now 02:14 AM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Pacific/Auckland " with a UTC offset of 13 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Wellington, Sydenham, Spreydon, Saint Albans, and Richmond. When in this area, you might want to check out Wellington . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Christchurch ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Believe We Can Rebuild - Rise up CHCH Earthquake Tribute by CHCH musicians
This song was inspired by the devastation caused in CHCH after the 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Feb22nd 2011 that brought the city to its knees. My name is Clayton Hiku and while my wife (Lucy -Lead Vo ..
NZ holiday - the Coastal Pacific train trip
This is some footage taken aboard the Coastal Pacific train which travels up the East coast of the South Island of New Zealand. At the rear there is an open carriage and this is where I took this foot ..
Ceroc Flash Mob - Christchurch City Super Ceroc 2012
Ceroc Christchurch's Super Ceroc Dance weekend 2012 Flash mob routine at the Re:Start Cashel St mall 15/04/2012 Post-production by Alan Yeung. Footage provided by Harry McLean, Royce Lovelock and othe ..
EP01 - DJ & Dan's Roadtrip - Kaikoura
Book a ROADTRIP like ours at goo.gl Forget those cheesy whale stories of Kaikoura from the bank, check out our story of Kaikoura! Hi we're DJ and Dan and this is our awesome super-cool travel diary. F ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Ballantyne's fire
The Ballantyne's fire on 18 November 1947 remains the deadliest fire in New Zealand history. 41 people died in the blaze in the Christchurch Central City; all were employees who found themselves trapped by the fire or were overcome by smoke while evacuating the store complex without a fire alarm or evacuation plan.
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Christchurch Art Gallery
The Christchurch Art Gallery, with the formal name of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, is the public art gallery of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is funded by Christchurch City Council. It has its own substantial art collection and presents a programme of New Zealand and international exhibitions. The gallery opened on 10 May 2003, replacing the city's former public art gallery, the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, which opened on 16 June 1932 and closed on 16 June 2002.
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Centre of Contemporary Art
The Centre of Contemporary Art (CoCA, formerly the Canterbury Society of Arts Gallery) is an art gallery in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. The gallery specialises in the exhibition, sale, valuation, and hire of New Zealand art, as well as offering educational services and advice on fine art. Exhibitions at the gallery change every three weeks, work by over 400 artists has been exhibited every year.
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Hack Circle
The Hack Circle or Hack was a nickname given to an amphitheatre in central Christchurch, New Zealand. It was built as part of the second phase of developing a pedestrian mall in the central city in 1989 and was officially opened on 6 December of that same year by then mayor Vicki Buck. For a time it was a popular Hacky Sack venue (hence the name), later it became a popular hang out for "black-dressed emos, goths, heavy metal fans and United States style gangstas".
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Townsend Observatory
Townsend Observatory, owned and administered by the University of Canterbury, was part of the Arts Centre of Christchurch, New Zealand and was open on clear Friday evenings from 8pm - 10.30pm, March to October (winter months between daylight saving). The observatory was destroyed, and its historic Cooke 6" refractor telescope damaged when the part of the Arts Centre housing them collapsed as a result of the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
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