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The Countdown location at Christchurch Airport, having been rebranded to Woolworths The Countdown supermarket in South Dunedin. In July 2023, the company announced that all Countdown stores will be rebranded back to Woolworths, the name of the parent company and name of the supermarket used in Australia.
In Christchurch, a Groundswell protest was diverted from the city's Cathedral Square due to the large number of participants. [3] In Dunedin, organisers decided not to stop in the city but to instead drive through the city's Octagon at noon before heading to a speech in Mosgiel. In Dunedin, a counter-protester holding a sign which read "No ...
Map of New Zealand. This is a list of territorial authorities in New Zealand which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
2degrees has 59 retail stores, [42] including fifteen throughout Auckland, one in Wellington City, one in Paraparaumu, four in Hamilton, two in Tauranga, two in Christchurch and one in Dunedin. The company also runs several smaller kiosk stores, which tend to be located in shopping centres.
Dunedin seen from Unity Park lookout in the suburb of Mornington Baldwin Street in North East Valley is the world's steepest residential street. Dunedin is home to Baldwin Street, which, according to the Guinness Book of Records, is the steepest street in the world. Its gradient is 1 in 2.9. [66]
It was originally the site of St John the Baptist Church, the first church built in permanent materials by Anglicans in Christchurch, which was demolished after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. [2] The St John parish gave the land, and in return can use the building and will keep it once a permanent cathedral can be used.
In 2023, Stats NZ updated the 2018 standard for geographical areas with the new NZ Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023. While similar, the new standard has added a new geographical area (SA3), has upgraded Wānaka to a medium urban area, seven rural settlements to small urban areas and has created thirteen new rural settlements. [5] [6]
South Island Limited Overview Service type Express Status Replaced First service 1 August 1949 Last service 1 December 1970 Successor Southerner Former operator(s) New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) Route Termini Christchurch Invercargill Line(s) used Main South Line Technical Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) The South Island Limited was a passenger express train operated by the New Zealand ...