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A residential red zone is any of several areas of land in and around Christchurch, New Zealand, that experienced severe damage in the 2010 and 2011 Christchurch earthquakes and were deemed infeasible to rebuild on. Through voluntary buyouts, the Crown acquired and demolished or removed over 8,000 properties.
The 2024 Port Hills fire was a wildfire in Christchurch, New Zealand.The fire started at around 2:15 pm NZDT on 14 February 2024 on Worsleys Road. It is close to the location of one of the fires that started on 13 February 2017 which developed into the 2017 Port Hills fires.
Heritage New Zealand. Antonio Hall , also known as Antonio House and previously Kilmead and Campion Hall , is a historic mansion in the Christchurch suburb of Riccarton . Although protected as a Category II heritage building by Heritage New Zealand , it has been left to fall into ruin.
The Christchurch Masjidain Attack Inquiry [a] is a coronial inquiry by the Coronial Services of New Zealand into the Christchurch mosque shootings which occurred on 15 March 2019. The coronial inquiry was preceded by criminal proceedings and a Royal Commission of Inquiry . [ 2 ]
The Ring of Fire does not extend across the southern Pacific Ocean from New Zealand to the Antarctic Peninsula or from New Zealand to the southern tip of South America [33] because the submarine plate boundaries in this part of the Pacific Ocean (the Pacific–Antarctic Ridge, the East Pacific Rise and the Chile Ridge) are divergent instead of ...
Christchurch Central City or Christchurch City Centre is the geographical centre and the heart of Christchurch, New Zealand.It is defined as the area within the Four Avenues (Bealey Avenue, Fitzgerald Avenue, Moorhouse Avenue and Deans Avenue [4]) and thus includes the densely built up central city, some less dense surrounding areas of residential, educational and industrial usage, and green ...
The former Midland Club Building (also known as Caffe Roma building) [1] is a heritage-listed building located in Central Christchurch, New Zealand. The building once house the Midland Club, which ceased in 1991, after which, the building was sold. It housed Caffe Roma until the 2011 Canterbury earthquake caused significant damage. [2]
Warner, described as "the patriarch among licensed victuallers in Christchurch", drowned in a boating accident on the Avon Heathcote Estuary in 1896. [4] The three resulting funerals were a big event in Christchurch, and Prime Minister Richard Seddon sent flowers to Warner's funeral. [5] A fire broke out at Warner's Hotel on the evening of 24 ...