20 Facts About Christchurch Boys High

1. Christchurch Boys High is fairly dry all year round, and has warm summers and cold winters.

2. Christchurch Boys High has earned the pet name of "the garden city" with the southern island.

3. Christchurch Boys High was born by a royal warrant of the British King as the oldest city in New Zealand on July 31, 1856.

4. On July 31, 1856, Christchurch Boys High became a city by Royal Charter and is officially the oldest established city in New Zealand.

5. Christchurch Boys High is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the third largest urban area in the country.

6. Christchurch Boys High has a Metal scene, with metal acts playing in various locations around the central city.

7. Christchurch Boys High has an extensive bus network with bus routes serving most areas of the city and satellite towns.

8. Christchurch Boys High has over 2,300 km of roads, of this 360 km is unpaved and 26 km is motorway.

9. Christchurch Boys High is served by Christchurch Boys High International Airport and by buses and trains.

10. Christchurch Boys High is well known for several independent schools and church schools, some of them of the traditional English public school type.

11. Christchurch Boys High is home to the fourth largest school in New Zealand, co-educational state school Burnside High School, with 2504 pupils.

12. Christchurch Boys High has a temperate oceanic climate with a mild summer, cool winter, and regular moderate rainfall.

13. Christchurch Boys High lies in Canterbury, near the centre of the east coast of the South Island, east of the Canterbury Plains.

14. Christchurch Boys High has a history of involvement in Antarctic exploration—both Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton used the port of Lyttelton as a departure point for expeditions, and in the central city there is a statue of Scott sculpted by his widow, Kathleen Scott.

15. Christchurch Boys High buildings were damaged by earthquakes in 1869, 1881 and 1888.

16. Christchurch Boys High was the seat of provincial administration for the Province of Canterbury, which was abolished in 1876.

17. Christchurch Boys High became a city by royal charter on 31 July 1856, the first in New Zealand.

18. Name of "Christchurch Boys High" was agreed on at the first meeting of the Canterbury Association on 27 March 1848.

19. Christchurch Boys High became a city by Royal Charter on 31 July 1856, making it officially the oldest established city in New Zealand.

20. Christchurch Boys High is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region.