24 Facts About Christchurch New Zealand

The first iwi to settle the area that would later become known as Christchurch New Zealand were the Waitaha, who migrated to the area in the 16th century.

Christchurch New Zealand is one of five Antarctic gateway cities, hosting Antarctic support bases for several nations.

Name of "Christchurch New Zealand" was agreed on at the first meeting of the Canterbury Association on 27 March 1848.

Archaeological evidence found in a cave at Redcliffs in 1876 has indicated that the Christchurch New Zealand area was first settled by moa-hunting tribes about 1250 AD.

Christchurch New Zealand was the seat of provincial administration for the Province of Canterbury, which was abolished in 1876.

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Christchurch New Zealand buildings were damaged by earthquakes in 1869,1881 and 1888.

Christchurch New Zealand started to receive a regular supply of electricity from the Lake Coleridge hydroelectric scheme in April 1915 and as a result the first electric lights became operational in Christchurch New Zealand in May 1915.

Widespread damage across Christchurch New Zealand resulted in loss of homes, major buildings and infrastructure.

Christchurch New Zealand is one of a group of only four current cities in the world to have been carefully planned following the same layout of a central city square, four complementing city squares surrounding it and a parklands area that embrace the city centre.

Christchurch New Zealand has one of the highest-quality water supplies in the world, with its water rated among the purest and cleanest in the world.

The area around this square and within the Four Avenues of Christchurch New Zealand is considered to be the central business district of the city.

Christchurch New Zealand has a temperate oceanic climate with a mild summer, cool winter, and regular moderate rainfall.

PGG Wrightson, New Zealand's leading agribusiness, is based in Christchurch.

Christchurch New Zealand 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.

Christchurch New Zealand's local government is a democracy with various elements including:.

Christchurch New Zealand is a distinctly English city, however it contains various European elements, with strong Gothic Revival architecture.

All television channels in Christchurch New Zealand have been broadcast in digital since analogue switch-off on 28 April 2013.

Christchurch New Zealand has one full-time professional theatre, the Court Theatre, founded in 1971.

Alongside the Court is the co-operative and experimental Free Theatre Christchurch New Zealand, established in 1979 and based in the Arts Centre from 1982, and Showbiz Christchurch New Zealand, an incorporated society established in 1938 and primarily producing musical theatre.

Independent Christchurch based radio station Pulzar FM is one of the few radio stations in New Zealand that plays Drum and Bass during the day.

Christchurch New Zealand has a casino, and there are a wide range of live music venues – some short-lived, others with decades of history.

Christchurch New Zealand has an extensive bus network with bus routes serving most areas of the city and satellite towns.

Up until 1989, electricity distribution and retailing in Christchurch New Zealand was the responsibility of four entities: the Christchurch New Zealand City Council Municipal Electricity Department, Riccarton Electricity, the Port Hills Energy Authority, and the Central Canterbury Electric Power Board.

Electricity distribution network in Christchurch New Zealand suffered significant damage in the 2011 earthquakes, especially in the north-east where the 66,000-volt subtransmission cables supplying the area were damaged beyond repair.