Facts & Figures is all about Christchurch and Canterbury

Sites added

localeye focuses on HISTORIC LYTTELTON

Pomeroy's Olde Brewery Inn
Family owned and operated local pub bar and accommodation in a heritage building. Site includes menus and beer and wine lists.

Riverside Cottage - History
History of Riverside Cottage near Amberley. Built in 1861. Now used as a bed and breakfast. Includes photographs.

Census 2006
Information about the 2006 Census which will take place on 7 March 2006.

Lyttelton's Norwich Quay

There is an exhibition on at Our City-O-Tautahi on until 9 July called Beyond the Tunnel: Stories of Lyttelton. Find out more about historic Lyttelton.

News & Events

Matapihi

Salon Culinaire Tues 5 - Weds 6 July
A 2 day Food & Hospitality Extravaganza - CPIT annual event held at the Christchurch Town Hall

KidsFest 9 - 22 July
New Zealand's biggest annual children's festival. Aimed at kids up to the age of 12, there's nothing quite like it anywhere else in the country

Applaud 2005 20 July - 7 August
Christchurch's showcase of arts and culture

Matapihi is a window onto the online collections of a number of New Zealand cultural organisations.

2 new collections have just been added to their showcases, Children and Insects and Spiders.

Christchurch City Libraries lists other NZ image collections including:

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localeye Facts & Figures July 2005