Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's third-most populous urban area. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of Christchurch. The population of Christchurch City at the 5 March 2013 census was 341,469.
The city was named by the Canterbury Association, which settled the surrounding province of Canterbury. The name of Christchurch was agreed on at the first meeting of the association on 27 March 1848. It was suggested by John Robert Godley, who had attended Christ Church, Oxford. Some early writers called the town Christ Church, but it was recorded as Christchurch in the minutes of the management committee of the association. Christchurch became a city byRoyal Charter on 31 July 1856, making it officially the oldest established city in New Zealand.
Our Hotel
The Gardens Park
In 2011 they encountered a terrible earthquake and are still rebuilding
In the entrium, to keep the businesses open and running they gathered train cars, painted them, stacked them, to create a store front. I find it to be a very trendy area. I assume they will probably continue with this trend.
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