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Fiona Wycks and Anna Crighton05:00, May 29 2021 Supplied Severely damaged by the Kaikōura earthquake, Montrose Station Homestead was designed by architect Cecil Wood at a time when he was considered the leading domestic architect in Canterbury. After Covid-19 restrictions last year saw the Canterbury Heritage Awards diverge from their usual biennial format, the awards return on June 11. Fiona Wycks, of Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, and historian Anna Crighton highlight some finalists. In Canterbury and Christchurch the 10-year timeframe, symbolic as a clear demarcation between pre and post 2010 and 2011 earthquakes, reveals an optimism which has inspired us to relish and celebrate our cultural heritage. ....
Philip Matthews05:00, May 25 2021 DAVID WALKER/STUFF A new campaign aimed at attracting businesses, investment, visitors, migrants and students to Christchurch invites newcomers to explore the opportunity . Stuff set out to find how the new slogan rates with Christchurch locals. (Video first published October 2018) Some built. Some planned. Some thought. Some acted. Some campaigned. Some entertained. Some made things. Some ran things. Some changed for the world for the better. All of them influenced Christchurch over the 160 years since The Press was first published. A list like this one would normally go up to 10 but 10 was not enough. So in the spirit of 160 years, we give you Christchurch’s First 16. ....