Building Record Form for 94-96 Chester Street East, Christchurch

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Building Record Form for 94-96 Chester Street East, Christchurch

Building Record Form for 90-92 Chester Street East, Christchurch

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Building Record Form for 90-92 Chester Street East, Christchurch

Cashel Street looking east, from 1882

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Ballantynes and Hobdays on Cashel Street in 1882 The Burton Brothers captured this softly lit image of Cashel Street, the main commercial street of Christchurch. The camera sits at the corner of Hi…

Thousands report feeling earthquake near Christchurch

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The jolt, centred about five kilometres east of Christchurch, struck just after 5pm.

Christchurch shaken by light earthquake

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The light, 3.6-magnitude earthquake was centred 10km east of the city at a depth of 17km, and occurred at 5:45pm.

Earthquake felt in Canterbury

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The magnitude 4.0 quake was 15km east of Christchurch.

Handsome and substantial – Warner’s Hotel, Cathedral Square

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On the north east corner of Cathedral Square, the Commercial Hotel, owned by John Etherden Coker (1832 – 1894) was opened in 1863. The name Warner’s was not used until the hotel’s…

Below the belt: part 1

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This week on the blog we take you on a journey down the South Belt sewer, one of Christchurch’s many 19th century wastewater sewers. Located deep below the east-bound lane of Moorhouse Avenue and more than a kilometre in length, … Continue reading →