Christchurch Club
High on the heritage list for quintessentially Canterbury reasons, is the rural gentlemen's answer to the nearby merchant-friendly Canterbury Club.
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READ MOREPipitea Marae
Pipitea Marae is a signpost at the juncture of many things. Of land and sea, of Maori and Pakeha, of government and commerce, and of the past and the future. As an example of the Urban Marae, Pipitea could be considered a perfect case study...
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In 2006 motor enthusiast Jim Baird bought a triple banger stucco showroom on Patea's main street, and renamed it the Star Garage. If his intention was to become a Star in Patea he is succeeding. The old building which had retailed petrol an...
ViewBristol Freighter - Merchant Buccaneer
The aircraft in the grounds of Founders Park is a Bristol Freighter, known as the Merchant Buccaneer.
ViewPigeon Island
New Zealand's first Island based bird conservation effort - 1894. Read on!
ViewFutuna Chapel
This is considered to be the master work of John Scott, architect. It was built in 1961 by voluntary labour of the fathers from the Roman Catholic Retreat House and is regarded as one of New Zealand's finest architectural experiences. It ha...
ViewHyde Railway Disaster Memorial
Here here on a fresh winter’s afternoon in 1943 a drunken or fatigued train driver took a 30mph curve at 70 mph, and twenty one New Zealanders lost their lives, and 47 more of the total 113 on board were injured. The location of this disas...
ViewReserve Bank Museum
The museum, within the Reserve Bank, focuses on the New Zealand economy, the role of central banking, and the production of currency. The technically minded will be interested in the Moniac machine which uses water flows to model the econo...
ViewTuatapere Hump Ridge Track
The Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track is a 3 day loop walk that takes trampers along the south coast of New Zealand, up to the sub-alpine zone of the Hump Ridge, and over historic viaducts built in the heart of native forest. These were built by a...
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Ian Athfield's hill top site which tumbles down the hill like a Greek village. was under construction for half a century.
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