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May 7, 2024 · Cathedral, Cathedral Square [ca. 1888] CCL PhotoCD 1, IMG0048 Christchurch became a City by Royal Charter on 31 July 1856 by virtue of having become an English See under letters patent. This was because it was the ‘seat’, or base, for a bishop.
May 27, 2024 · Proclaimed a city in 1862 and made a borough in 1868, Christchurch was expanded in 1903, and it is now the most populous city on South Island and the second largest city (after Auckland) in New Zealand.
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May 7, 2024 · Christchurch became a City by Royal Charter on 31 July 1856 by virtue of having become an English See under letters patent. It can therefore, justly claim to be the oldest City in New Zealand, preceding Nelson in this distinction by two years.
May 28, 2024 · Christchurch is the largest city on the South Island of New Zealand. With a population of over 375,000, Christchurch proudly holds the title of being the largest city on the South Island. The city was named after Christ Church College at the University of Oxford.
May 7, 2024 · However, from the outset Crown officials failed to uphold their promises in relation to a number of agreements, and in particular, Kemp's purchase of 1848, which secured 20,000,000 acres of Ngāi Tahu land across the South Island including Canterbury and Christchurch City. The transaction and its mishandling laid much of the basis for the ...
1 day ago · Government launches the first of what would become 3,000,000 acres of land-confiscations from Māori in Waikato, Taranaki, Bay of Plenty, and Hawke's Bay. Māori resistance continues. Auckland streets lit by gas for first time. 1866. First (unreliable) Cook Strait submarine telegraph cable laid. Christchurch to Hokitika road opens.
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1 day ago · 2 MacMillan Avenue, Cashmere. Media related to Cashmere Hills Presbyterian Church at Wikimedia Commons. I. Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Christchurch [31] 136 Barbadoes Street. Roman Catholic cathedral built 1901–1905. Damaged during the February 2011 earthquake. Demolition began in September 2020.
