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Christchurch (/ˈkraɪstʃɜːrtʃ/; Māori: Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. The Christchurch urban area lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula. It is home to 381,800 residents, making it New Zealand's third most-populous urban area behind Auckland and Wellington.
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 by Royal Charter on 31 July 1856, making it officially the oldest established city in New Zealand.
The river that flows through the centre of the city (its banks now largely forming an urban park) was named Avon at the request of the pioneering Deans brothers to commemorate the Scottish Avon, which rises in the Ayrshire hills near what was their grandfathers' farm and flows into the Clyde.
Christchurch is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Christopher Chope of the Conservative Party. Centred on the town of the same name in Dorset that has a non-commercial harbour it includes the small resort of Mudeford, Ferndown, West Moors, St Leonards and station-served woodside settlement of Highcliffe and has been a Conservative safe seat since 1997.
The original Christchurch constituency, a parliamentary borough, existed from 1572 until 1918.
The constituency was re-created as a county constituency in 1983 from parts of the seat of Christchurch and Lymington, North Dorset and New Forest. It has since 1983 seen strong Conservative majorities, with the exception of a 1993 by-election caused by the death of Robert Adley when it was won by Diana Maddock a Liberal Democrat. The Conservatives regained the seat at the next general election in 1997, despite their landslide defeat nationally and Chris Chope has retained it ever since.
Christchurch was a parliamentary electorate in Christchurch, New Zealand. It existed three times. Originally it was the Town of Christchurch from 1853 to 1860. From the 1860–61 election to the 1871 election, it existed as City of Christchurch. It then existed from the 1875–76 election until the 1881 election. The last period was from the 1890 election to the 1905 election. Since the 1946 election, a similarly named electorate called Christchurch Central has been in existence.
The historic electorate was represented by 21 members of parliament. For some of the time, it was represented by one member at a time. During other periods, it was one of the few three-member electorates in New Zealand.
In December 1887, the House of Representatives voted to reduce its membership from general electorates from 91 to 70. The 1890 electoral redistribution used the same 1886 census data used for the 1887 electoral redistribution. In addition, three-member electorates were introduced in the four main centres. This resulted in a major restructuring of electorates, and Christchurch was one of eight electorates to be re-created for the 1890 election.
It’s a piece by sculptor Ron Mueck.
The Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, commonly known as the Christchurch Art Gallery, is the public art gallery of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It has its own substantial art collection and also presents a programme of New Zealand and international exhibitions. It’s located at Corner Worcester Boulevard and Montreal Street Christchurch, New Zealand Art gallery open at 10am until 5pm daily, Late night Wednesday until 9pm and Free entry for everyone. #art#gallery#christchurch#christchurchnz#artgallery#nztravel#newzealand Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/stellar-escape License code: ENL4RAVKZDKVYDUW Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/tatami/try-me License code: 5S2TECN3BNIZAKUQ
The Christchurch Art Gallery is the public art gallery of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It has its own substantial art collection. Free entry!
Credits: Len Lye Polynesian Connection 1979. Len Lye Fountain I 1960 (2007 reconstruction) Len Lye Grass 1961- 1965 Len Lye Sketches for Motion Composition 1938 Len Lye Storm King 1964 (1997 reconstruction) Len Lye Fountain III 1977 Len Lye Witch Dance 1965 (2016 reconstruction) Len Lye Firebush 1961 (2007 reconstruction) Len Lye Rotating Harmonic 1960 (2009 reconstruction) Len Lye Sketchbook (Totem and Taboo) circa 1924 Len Lye God of Light 1977 All Courtesy of the Len Lye Foundation Collection, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/ Len Lye Centre Len Lye Universe 1976 (1998 reconstruction) steel, wood, electromagnets. Edmiston Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Te Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1995. Len Lye Roundhead 1961 (2009 reconstruction) Private collection, Christchurch Len Lye Blade 1...
It’s all going down in the Garden City’s Salt District.
Stephen Hogg, engineer at Aurecon New Zealand, explains the work done to make our building safe.
"Good Art Really Matters" -presentation of New Zealand 2013 Museum Awards laureate for Art exhibition by Jenny Harper. http://www.thebestinheritage.com/presentations/2014/christchurch-art-gallery,257.html http://www.christchurchartgallery.org.nz
CHRISTCHURCH'S ART GALLERY HAS WON BIG AT THE MUESUM AOTEAROA AWARDS THIS YEAR. THE GALLERY TOOK A PRIZE LAST YEAR TOO .. THIS TIME THE ACCOLADE COMES AFTER A COMPLETE RE-ORGANISATION OF THEIR COLLECTION..
Christchurch (/ˈkraɪstʃɜːrtʃ/; Māori: Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. The Christchurch urban area lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula. It is home to 381,800 residents, making it New Zealand's third most-populous urban area behind Auckland and Wellington.
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 by Royal Charter on 31 July 1856, making it officially the oldest established city in New Zealand.
The river that flows through the centre of the city (its banks now largely forming an urban park) was named Avon at the request of the pioneering Deans brothers to commemorate the Scottish Avon, which rises in the Ayrshire hills near what was their grandfathers' farm and flows into the Clyde.