Fiona Wycks and Anna Crighton05:00, May 29 2021
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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
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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.
But the garden isn t overly orchestrated, the Davisons preferring to leave it in an arrangement that feels like wilderness. More than 100 established trees make autumn a splendour of bright foliage, and the golden ash is the showstopper this time of year with its bright yellow leaves. Lombardy poplars escort visitors up the drive to the Wynyard house, which is nestled into its surroundings at Culverden, a small town in Northern Canterbury with open views to the Southern Kaikouras. The ‘’modern’’ farmhouse, designed by architect David Robens in 1975, looks like a beach house, Davison says, because of a big row of windows at the entrance.
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A small event was held on Sunday to officially reopen St Peter’s Anglican Church at Church Corner in Christchurch. Architect Hugh Tennent helped refurbish the damaged church, and it had now been strengthened to 100 per cent of the building code and expanded to include a hospitality space and toilets. “We ve been working for 10 years to achieve this goal and [it] is really exciting for us to be able to celebrate and to open the church,” Mountfort said. “The new church is a really good combination of old and new. It has modern amenities like a kitchen and a hospitality area, but it has kept the majesty of the old building.”