A church at Cathedral Square

One of the many old buildings in Christchurch that was destroyed by the 7.1 richter earthquake in Feb 2011.

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March 19th 2014
5 to 7 March 2014 – Christchurch was our last destination on the 2-week trip to New Zealand. This is the third biggest city in the country. A few days before we arrived in the city, the snow was falling, then a storm hit the city and it caused a serious flood. We were lucky as the day when we arrived in the city, it had stopped raining and the sun was shining the next day. The outside temperatur ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

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