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Recent News and Events

Heritage Spring at Canterbury Museum
Launch of wild creations documentary
Property market yet to show signs of slowing
New building growth continues in Canterbury
Quality of life in Christchurch
Views from above – satellite images of Canterbury
Jubilee time at Lincoln University
Christchurch, Kurashiki to celebrate 30 year relationship

Sites Added

Met.Net.NZ
Weather links from Christchurch's Steve Rosie. Emphasis on Christchurch and Canterbury information.

Ecological Footprints - Regional View
Information from Ministry of the Environment on the ecological footprint of each region. Also links to personal ecological footprint calculator.

Jade Stadium - History
Brief history of development of the sporting stadium Jade Stadium, formerly called Lancaster Park. Includes timeline of significant sporting and other events held at the park since 1880.

New Zealand Historic Places Trust

The New Zealand Historic Places Trust website is an excellent source of Christchurch and Canterbury history online. The Trust maintains Rarangi Taonga: the Register of Historic Places, Historic Areas, Wahi Tapu and Wahi Tapu Areas -  the national schedule of New Zealand’s treasured heritage places. It is established under the Historic Places Act 1993, and compiled by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga. Registration means that a place or area is included on the Register. 

The Register is divided into four parts:

• Historic Places include archaeological sites, buildings, trees, cemeteries, gardens, shipwrecks, landscapes and many other types of places.
• Historic Areas are groups of related historic places such as precincts of buildings and sites. Emphasis is on the significance of the group.
• Wahi Tapu are places sacred to Maori.
• Wahi Tapu Areas are groups of wahi tapu.

Historic places are further divided into two categories: Category I status is given to places of ‘special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value’; Category II status to places of ‘historical or cultural heritage significance or value’. Places may be significant because they possess aesthetic, archaeological, architectural, cultural, historical, scientific, social, spiritual, technological or traditional significance or value.  (For information about the legal requirements and nature of the Register see the Historic Places Act 1993.)

If you would like to see the Christchurch or Canterbury places listed on the register use the Search and enter Christchurch (or the name of a place you are interested in)  104 places are listed and each comes with a photograph and informative (and often quite extensive notes) about the history of the place. In addition  the Trust's magazine, Historic Places,  is available online from  2000.
Other features on the website include information about heritage issues (e.g. at risk sites), archaeological sites and how to become involved with the Trust.

Spotlight on a Museum

A South Canterbury treasure is the Lynn Historical Woodworking Trust - The Museum of
Woodwork, Ornamental Turning and Tools. The Museum contains one of the work’s great collections of Ornamental Turning Lathes, also 1,500 specimens of different woods from around the world, 3,000 examples of woodworking tools, 1,200 specialist books on related subjects and over 600 examples of the ancient art of ornamental turning, and woodcarving.

The Museum is located at 103 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton and is open by request at reasonable hours.