93-811: Not to be confused with the New Zealand city Christchurch . For other similar terms, see Christchurch (disambiguation) . Christ Church may refer to: Churches in Australia [ edit ] New South Wales [ edit ] Christ Church, Bong Bong Christ Church, Lavender Bay Christ Church, Queanbeyan Christ Church, Rouse Hill , Sydney Christ Church St Laurence , Sydney Christ Church Anglican Church, Bungonia Christ Church Anglican Church, Springwood Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle Northern Territory [ edit ] Christ Church Cathedral, of
186-929: A National Historic Site of Canada in New Brunswick Christ Church Royal Chapel , Deseronto, Ontario Churches in India [ edit ] Christ Church (Shimla) Christ Church Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School , Chennai Christ Church School , Mumbai CSI- Christ Church (Hyderabad) Christ Church, Mhow Churches in Ireland [ edit ] Christ Church, Bray Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin Churches in Israel [ edit ] Christ Church, Jerusalem Christ Church, Nazareth Churches in New Zealand [ edit ] Christ Church, Russell ,
279-415: A temperate oceanic climate with regular moderate rainfall. The area of modern-day greater Christchurch was first inhabited by the historic Māori iwi Waitaha in the mid-thirteenth century. Waitaha, who occupied the swamplands with patchworks of marshland , were invaded by Kāti Māmoe in the sixteenth century, and then were absorbed by Kāi Tahu a century later. Ōtautahi was inhabited seasonally, and
372-554: A National Historic Landmark Christ Memorial Reformed Episcopal Church , Philadelphia South Carolina [ edit ] Christ Church (Florence, South Carolina) , listed on the NRHP Christ Church (Greenville, South Carolina) , listed on the NRHP Christ Church (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina) , listed on the NRHP Tennessee [ edit ] Christ Church (Nashville, Tennessee) , listed on
465-596: A National Historic Landmark Mississippi [ edit ] Christ Church (Church Hill, Mississippi) , listed on the NRHP in Mississippi Christ Church (Vicksburg, Mississippi) , a landmark in Warren County, Mississippi New Hampshire [ edit ] Christ Church, Exeter, New Hampshire New Jersey [ edit ] Christ Church (Middletown, New Jersey) , listed on
558-612: A civil parish Christ Church Nichola Town Parish , a civil parish in the West Indies See also [ edit ] Christ Cathedral (disambiguation) Christ Chapel (disambiguation) Christ Church, Cambridge (disambiguation) Christ Church Cathedral (disambiguation) Christ Episcopal Church (disambiguation) Christchurch (disambiguation) Christian Church (disambiguation) Christ's Church (disambiguation) Christuskirche (disambiguation) Church of Christ (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
651-610: A constituent college of the University of Oxford, U.K., and the associated cathedral Canterbury Christ Church University , Kent, England Christ Church Grammar School , Perth, Western Australia Christ Church Secondary School , Singapore Christ Church Episcopal School , Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. Christ Church College (disambiguation) Christ Church Primary School , a primary school of Wolverhampton, England Other uses [ edit ] "Christ Church" (song) , by The Dubliners Christ Church, Barbados ,
744-612: A few months later in December 1856. In 1862 the Christchurch City Council was established. By 1874, Christchurch was New Zealand's fourth-largest city with a population of 14,270 residents. Between 1871 and 1876 nearly 20,000 immigrants arrived in Canterbury, and through the 1880s frozen meat joined wool as a primary export. The last decades of the nineteenth-century were a period of significant growth for
837-405: A few months later, which occurred directly under the city centre and also caused widespread damage, but this was less severe. Nearly two months later, on Tuesday 22 February 2011, an earthquake measuring magnitude 6.3 struck the city at 12:51 pm. Its hypocentre was located closer to the city, near Lyttelton, at a depth of 5 km (3 mi). Although lower on the moment magnitude scale than
930-554: A grid pattern, centred on Cathedral Square . Growth initially took place along the tramlines, leading to radial development. Major expansion occurred in the 1950s and 60s, with the development of large areas of state housing . Settlements that had originally been remote, such as Sumner , New Brighton , Upper Riccarton and Papanui eventually became amalgamated into the expanding city. The Christchurch functional urban area , as defined by Statistics New Zealand, covers 2,408.1 km (929.8 sq mi). Towns and settlements in
1023-549: A major trading centre was established at Kaiapoi Pā . British colonial settlement began in the mid-nineteenth century. The First Four Ships were chartered by the Canterbury Association and brought the Canterbury Pilgrims from Britain to Lyttelton Harbour in 1850. It became a city by royal charter on 31 July 1856, making it officially the oldest established city in New Zealand. Christchurch
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#17327729285531116-733: A metropolitan population of over half a million. It is located in the Canterbury Region , near the centre of the east coast of the South Island, east of the Canterbury Plains . It is located near the southern end of Pegasus Bay , and is bounded to the east by the Pacific Ocean and to the south by the ancient volcanic complex of the Banks Peninsula . The Avon River (Ōtākaro) winds through the centre of
1209-595: A number of minor natural disasters during this period. Heavy rain caused the Waimakariri River to flood Christchurch in February 1868. Victoria Square (known as Market Place at the time) was left underwater with "the whole left side of the [Avon] river from Montreal-street bridge to Worcester street was all one lake, as deep as up to a horse's belly". Christchurch buildings were damaged by earthquakes in 1869 , 1881 and 1888 . The 1888 earthquake caused
1302-435: A period when there was also slow subsidence in the eastern coastal plains of Canterbury and Christchurch. The result has been the deposition of sequences of mostly fluvial gravel (occurring during periods of low sea level and glaciation), and fine deposits of silt, sand and clay, with some peat, shells and wood (occurring during interglacial periods when the sea level was similar to the present). The layers of gravel beneath
1395-405: A population density of 1,370 people per km . Christ Church, Russell Christ Church ( Māori : Te Whare Karakia o Kororareka ) is New Zealand 's oldest surviving church , located in the village of Russell . The Anglican church was built in 1835 by Gilbert Mair under the supervision of Charles Baker (later Reverend), and originally held services in both English and Māori . It
1488-424: A terrorist attack targeting two mosques on 15 March 2019. The name Christchurch was adopted at the first meeting of the Canterbury Association on 27 March 1848. The reason it was chosen is not known with certainty, but the most likely reason is it was named after Christ Church, Oxford , the alma mater of many members of the association, including John Robert Godley . Christ Church college had similarities with
1581-556: Is defined as the area centred on Cathedral Square and within the Four Avenues (Bealey Avenue, Fitzgerald Avenue, Moorhouse Avenue and Deans Avenue). It includes Hagley Park , and the Christchurch Botanic Gardens . The design of the central city with its grid pattern of streets, city squares and parkland was laid out by 1850. The central city was among the most heavily damaged areas of Christchurch in
1674-547: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Church building disambiguation pages Christchurch Christchurch ( / ˈ k r aɪ s . tʃ ɜːr tʃ / ; Māori : Ōtautahi ) is the largest city in the South Island and the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand . Christchurch has an urban population of 415,100, and
1767-712: Is recorded. The lowest temperature recorded in Christchurch was −9.4 °C (15 °F) in the suburb of Wigram in July 1945. On cold winter nights, the surrounding hills, clear skies, and frosty calm conditions often combine to form a stable inversion layer above the city that traps vehicle exhausts and smoke from domestic fires to cause smog. While not as bad as smog in Los Angeles or Mexico City, Christchurch smog has often exceeded World Health Organisation recommendations for air pollution. To limit air pollution,
1860-807: The Anglican Diocese of the Northern Territory , Darwin Queensland [ edit ] Christ Church, Childers Christ Church, Milton , Brisbane Christ Church Anglican Church, St Lawrence South Australia [ edit ] Christ Church, North Adelaide Victoria [ edit ] Christ Church, Geelong Christ Church, Hawthorn , Melbourne Christ Church, South Yarra , Melbourne Tasmania [ edit ] Christ Church, Launceston Churches in Canada [ edit ] Christ Chirch, Maugerville ,
1953-487: The Ballantynes department store on the corner of Cashel and Colombo Streets unexpectedly burned out of control, resulting in New Zealand's worst fire disaster . Despite being initially thought to be under control, the fire suddenly spread to the upper floors and consumed the entire building within minutes. The speed of the fire trapped 41 staff members on the upper floor, all of whom were killed. The department store
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#17327729285532046-659: The Bridle Path because the path was so steep that pack horses needed to be led by the bridle . Goods that were too heavy or bulky to be transported by pack horse over the Bridle Path were shipped by small sailing vessels some 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) by sea around the coast and up the Avon Heathcote Estuary to Ferrymead . Overturned boats at the Sumner bar were a frequent cause of new arrivals to
2139-589: The Charlotte Jane was the first to arrive on 16 December 1850. The Canterbury Pilgrims had aspirations of building a city around a cathedral and college, on the model of Christ Church in Oxford . Transport between the port and the new settlement at Christchurch was a major problem for the early settlers. By December 1849, Thomas had commissioned the construction of a road from Port Cooper, later Lyttelton , to Christchurch via Evans Pass and Sumner . By
2232-585: The Halswell River begins north-west of the Port Hills on the periphery of Christchurch and flows to Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora . As a consequence of the flat terrain and spring-fed streams, large parts of the area now occupied by Christchurch City were originally a coastal wetland, with extensive swamp forests. Much of the forest was destroyed by fire, mostly likely by the earliest inhabitants, from around 1000 CE . When European settlers arrived in
2325-1000: The NRHP for Greene County Christ Church (Middletown, New York) , listed on the NRHP in Orange County Christ Church (Oyster Bay, New York) Christ Church (Rochester, New York) , listed on the NRHP in Monroe County Christ Church (Sparkill, New York) , listed on the NRHP in Rockland County Christ Episcopal Church (Tarrytown, New York) , listed on the NRHP in Westchester County Christ Church Lutheran (New York City) Old Christ Church Lutheran (New York City) Christ Church United Methodist , Manhattan, New York City Christ Church (Bronx) , listed on
2418-619: The University of Canterbury ). Christchurch has hosted numerous international sporting events, notably the 1974 British Commonwealth Games at the purpose-built Queen Elizabeth II Park . The city has been recognised as an Antarctic gateway since 1901, and is nowadays one of the five Antarctic gateway cities hosting Antarctic support bases for several nations. Christchurch is served by the Christchurch Airport in Harewood ,
2511-486: The 19th century, the area was a mixture of swamp and tussock grasslands, with only remnant patches of forest. An early European visitor was William Barnard Rhodes , captain of the barque Australian, who climbed the Port Hills from Lyttelton Harbour in September 1836 and observed a large grassy plain with two small areas of forest. He reported that "All the land that I saw was swamp and mostly covered with water". Most of
2604-485: The 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. Following the second earthquake, the Central City Red Zone was set up as an exclusion zone for public safety reasons, and many parts remained closed to the public until June 2013. A large number of heritage buildings were demolished following the earthquake, along with most of the city's high rise buildings . The Christchurch Central Recovery Plan was developed to lead
2697-867: The Blessed Sacrament was opened in February 1905. It was designed by Francis Petre with inspiration from the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul in Paris. In 1906, the New Zealand International Exhibition opened in Hagley Park, which had over a million visitors. In 1908, the city experienced its first major fire which started at the Strange's Department Store and destroyed buildings in central Christchurch on High St, Cashel St and Lichfield Streets. Christchurch
2790-514: The British in that conflict, is buried in the church graveyard. In the early 1870s, the church was given its current name and extended with a belfry . In the early 20th century, Christ Church was served by vicars based at Kawakawa and from 1953 onwards, Kerikeri . In 1963 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited the church, and in 1986 for its 150th anniversary Prime Minister David Lange and Sir Paul Reeves attended. The church
2883-486: The Chief Censor, making the footage illegal to possess and distribute within New Zealand. On 2 June 2020, the attacker pleaded guilty to multiple charges of murder, attempted murder, and terrorism. On 27 August, he was sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole, the first time such a sentence was handed down in New Zealand. Christchurch is halfway along the east coast of the South Island , facing
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2976-658: The Christchurch urban area , 3,310 people in the Lyttelton urban area, 1,720 people in the Diamond Harbour urban area, and 6,770 people in rural settlements and areas. Christchurch City had a population of 391,383 in the 2023 New Zealand census , an increase of 22,377 people (6.1%) since the 2018 census , and an increase of 49,914 people (14.6%) since the 2013 census . There were 192,684 males, 196,557 females and 2,139 people of other genders in 150,909 dwellings. 4.5% of people identified as LGBTIQ+ . The median age
3069-585: The NRHP Christ Church (Cambridge, Massachusetts) , a National Historic Landmark Christ Church (Quincy, Massachusetts) , listed on the NRHP Christ Episcopal Church (Waltham, Massachusetts) , listed on the NRHP Michigan [ edit ] Christ Church Cranbrook Christ Church Detroit Christ Church Chapel , Grosse Pointe Minnesota [ edit ] Christ Church Lutheran (Minneapolis, Minnesota) ,
3162-558: The NRHP Christ Church (Ironsides, Maryland) Christ Church (Owensville, Maryland) , listed on the NRHP Christ Church (Port Republic, Maryland) , listed on the NRHP Christ Church (Stevensville, Maryland) , listed on the NRHP Massachusetts [ edit ] Old North Church , Boston (officially "Christ Church in the City of Boston"), a National Historic Landmark Christ Church, Hyde Park , Boston, listed on
3255-569: The NRHP Christ Church, New Brunswick, New Jersey , listed on the NRHP Christ Church, Newton , listed on the NRHP Christ Church (Episcopal), Shrewsbury , listed on the NRHP Christ Church USA , Montclair & Rockaway New York [ edit ] Christ Church (Binghamton, New York) , listed on the NRHP in Broome County Christ Church (Greenville, Greene County, New York) , listed on
3348-539: The NRHP Illinois [ edit ] Christ Reformed Episcopal Church (Chicago) Maine [ edit ] Christ Church (Dark Harbor, Maine) , listed on the NRHP Maryland [ edit ] Christ Church (Accokeek, Maryland) Christ Episcopal Church and Cemetery (Cambridge, Maryland) , listed on the NRHP Christ Church (Easton, Maryland) Christ Church Guilford , listed on
3441-649: The NRHP Old Christ Church (Pensacola, Florida) Georgia [ edit ] Christ Church (Macon, Georgia) , listed on the NRHP Christ Church (Savannah, Georgia) , a part of the Savannah Historic District Christ Church Anglican (Savannah, Georgia) Christ Church (St. Simons, Georgia) Idaho [ edit ] Christ Church (Moscow, Idaho) Iowa [ edit ] Christ Episcopal Church (Burlington, Iowa) , listed on
3534-578: The NRHP in Bronx County North Carolina [ edit ] Christ Episcopal Church and Parish House (New Bern, North Carolina) , listed on the NRHP Christ Episcopal Church (Raleigh, North Carolina) , listed on the NRHP in North Carolina Pennsylvania [ edit ] Christ Church (Brownsville, Pennsylvania) , an NRHP historic district contributing property Christ Church, Philadelphia ,
3627-631: The NRHP in Tennessee Texas [ edit ] Christ Church (Houston, Texas) , listed on the NRHP in Texas Vermont [ edit ] Christ Church (Guilford, Vermont) , listed on the NRHP Virginia [ edit ] Christ Church (Alexandria, Virginia) , a National Historic Landmark Christ Church (Lancaster County, Virginia) , a National Historic Landmark Christ Church (Norfolk, Virginia) , listed on
3720-1307: The NRHP in Virginia Christ Church (Saluda, Virginia) , listed on the NRHP in Virginia Washington, D.C. [ edit ] Christ Church (Georgetown, Washington, D.C.) , listed on the NRHP Christ Church, Washington Parish , listed on the NRHP Churches elsewhere [ edit ] Christ Church, Vienna , Austria Christ Church Parish Church , Barbados Christ Church, Cangxia , China Christ Church, Copenhagen , Denmark Christ Church, Lille , France German Speaking Evangelical Congregation in Iran or Christ Church in Tehran, Iran Christ Church, Yokohama , Japan Christuskirche (Mainz) , Germany Christ Church (Melaka) , Malaysia Christ Church, Windhoek , Namibia Christ Church Rawalpindi , Pakistan Christ Church, Galkissa , Sri Lanka Christ Church, Zanzibar , Tanzania Christ Church Bangkok , Thailand Christ Church, Bergen , Norway Educational institutions [ edit ] Christ Church, Oxford ,
3813-653: The North Island and invaded the Christchurch basin, ultimately gaining control of much of Canterbury. Kāi Tahu arrived a century later, and the two ultimately absorbed Waitaha through a mixture of conflict and marriage. For these early Māori, the area of Christchurch was an important foraging ground and a seasonal settlement. Several Māori settlements were within Christchurch during the early-nineteenth century, such as Pūtarikamotu in modern-day Riccarton , and Papanui . In both cases these were located in areas of surviving tall forest. In South New Brighton there
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3906-458: The Port Hill almost reaching Governors Bay in the south-west. Eleven houses were destroyed by fire and over 2,076 hectares (5,130 acres) of land was burned. In 2024, a second fire on the Port Hills burned 700 hectares (1,700 acres). The fire was also started under similarly suspicious circumstances. Lessons from the 2017 fire contributed to a more effective emergency response, and the fire
3999-3170: The Saviour Church, Ealing , London, formerly Christ Church, Ealing Christ Church, East Sheen , London Christ Church, Eaton , Cheshire Christ Church, Ellesmere Port , Cheshire Christ Church, Fenton , Staffordshire Christ Church, Fairwarp , Maresfield, East Sussex Christ Church, Freemantle , Southampton Christ Church, Fulwood , Preston, Lancashire Christ Church, Fulwood, Sheffield Christ Church, Gipsy Hill , Lambeth, London Christ Church, Glasson , Lancashire Christ Church, Gleadless , Gleadless , Sheffield Christ Church Greyfriars , London (also known as Christ Church Newgate) Christ Church, Hackenthorpe , Sheffield Christ Church, Hampstead , London Christ Church, Hartlepool , County Durham (now Hartlepool Art Gallery) Christ Church, Hastings (disambiguation) Christ Church, Heaton Norris , Greater Manchester Christ Church, Higher Bebington , Merseyside Christ Church, Ilkely , West Yorkshire Christ Church, Ince-in-Makerfield , Greater Manchester Christ Church, Kensington , Liverpool Christ Church, Kilndown , Kent Christ Church, Lambeth , London Christ Church, Lancaster , Lancashire Christ Church, Lichfield , Staffordshire Christ Church, Litton , Litton, Derbyshire Christ Church, Macclesfield , Cheshire Christ Church, Marylebone , Westminster Christ Church, Moss Side, Manchester Christ Church, Nelson , Lancashire Christ Church, New Malden , London Christ Church, North Shields , Tyne and Wear Christ Church, Ore , Hastings, East Sussex Christ Church, Ottershaw , Surrey Christ Church, Over Wyresdale , Lancashire Christ Church, Pennington , Manchester Christ Church, Pitsmoor , Sheffield Christ Church, Port Sunlight , Merseyside Christ (Highfield) Church, Portswood , Southampton Christ Church, Reading , Berkshire Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea , East Sussex Christ Church, Sandown , Isle of Wight Christ Church, Shamley Green , Surrey Christ Church, Snodland , Kent Christ Church, Southwark , London Christ Church, Spitalfields , London Christ Church, Thornton , Lancashire Christ Church, Totland , Isle of Wight Christ Church, Toxteth Park , Liverpool Christ Church, Tunstall , Staffordshire Christ Church, Wadsley Bridge , Wadsley Bridge , Sheffield Christ Church, Walmsley , Bolton, Greater Manchester Christ Church, Ware , Hertfordshire Christ Church, Warminster , Wilts Christ Church, Wesham , Lancashire Christ Church, Weston Point , Runcorn, Cheshire Christ Church, Wharton , Winsford, Cheshire Christ Church, Wheelock , Cheshire Christ Church, Willaston , Cheshire Christ Church, Winchester , Hampshire Christ Church, Wolverhampton Wales [ edit ] Christ Church, Bala , Gwynedd Christ Church, Bryn-y-Maen , Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire Christ Church, Rossett , Denbighshire Isle of Man [ edit ] Christ Church, Laxey , one of Isle of Man's Registered Buildings Churches in
4092-571: The South Pacific Ocean. With the exception of the Port Hills on Banks Peninsula to its south, the city sits on flat land, on average around 20 m (66 ft) above sea level. The present land mass of New Zealand split from the super continent of Gondwana around 85 million years ago. Prior to that time, mudstone and hardened sandstones commonly known as greywacke was deposited and deformed by tectonic movement. Following
4185-517: The Tautahi in question was the son of the Port Levy chief Huikai. Prior to that, Ngāi Tahu generally referred to the Christchurch area as Karaitiana , an anglicised version. "ChCh" is commonly used as an abbreviation of Christchurch . In New Zealand Sign Language , Christchurch is signed with two Cs. Prior to European occupation of the modern-day greater Christchurch area, the land
4278-742: The United States [ edit ] California [ edit ] Old North Church (Sierra Madre, California) , now called Christ Church Sierra Madre, an historic landmark Christ Church Carpinteria. Connecticut [ edit ] Christ Church (New Haven) , listed on the NRHP Delaware [ edit ] Christ Church, Broad Creek , Laurel Christ Church, Christiana Hundred , Greenville Christ Church, Delaware City Christ Church, Dover Christ Church, Milford, Delaware Florida [ edit ] Christ Church (Episcopal), Fort Meade, Florida , listed on
4371-455: The area begins in approximately 1250 C.E., with evidence of prolonged occupation beginning no later than 1350 AD. These first occupants lived in coastal caves around modern-day Sumner , and preyed upon local species of moa . The early settlers and their descendants became known as the historic Waitaha iwi. Around c. 1500 the Kāti Māmoe iwi migrated south from the east coast of
4464-683: The area in 1849 and 1850. Working with his assistant, Edward Jollie , they named the various ports and settlements in the area, and chose a simple grid pattern for the streets of Christchurch. The First Four Ships were chartered by the Canterbury Association and brought the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton Harbour in 1850. These sailing vessels were the Randolph , Charlotte Jane , Sir George Seymour , and Cressy . The journey took three to four months, and
4557-818: The census question. At the 2018 census, Europeans formed the majority in all sixteen wards, ranging from 57.7% in the Riccarton ward to 93.1% in the Banks Peninsula ward. The highest concentrations of Māori and Pasifika people were in the Linwood ward (18.3% and 9.0% respectively), followed by the Burwood ward (15.5% and 6.6%), while the highest concentrations of Asian people were in the Riccarton ward (34.9%) and Waimairi ward (26.7%). Christchurch urban area covers 294.43 km (113.68 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 403,300 as of June 2024, with
4650-408: The central city remaining relatively unchanged between 1914 and 1960, Christchurch grew rapidly during the 20th century in part due to the construction of many state houses . The earliest state houses were built in Sydenham in the 1900s, to house workers that were employed in nearby factories, with more houses built in 1909 near the Addington Railway Workshops . In November 1947, a basement fire at
4743-403: The church to proclaim that New Zealand would be ruled through New South Wales and that he would serve as Lieutenant Governor of New Zealand. Further proceedings relating to the Treaty of Waitangi occurred across the harbour at Waitangi one week later. The church was damaged in the Battle of Kororareka in 1845 by musket and cannonballs. Tāmati Wāka Nene , a Māori chief who fought for
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#17327729285534836-460: The city, despite the national economic depression. Many of the city's stone Gothic Revival buildings by provincial architect Benjamin Mountfort date from around this period, including Canterbury University College , ChristChurch Cathedral , Canterbury Museum , and the Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings , among others. Mountfort oversaw construction of a prison on Lincon Road in 1874, which operated until 1999. Christchurch experienced
4929-413: The city, with a large urban park along its banks. With the exception of the Port Hills, it is a relatively flat city, on an average around 20 m (66 ft) above sea level. Christchurch has a reputation for being an English city, with its architectural identity and nickname the 'Garden City' due to similarities with garden cities in England, but also has a historic Māori heritage. Christchurch has
5022-466: The colony losing all their luggage. The Sumner Road was completed in 1857, though this did not alleviate the transport problems. In 1858 the provincial superintendent William Sefton Moorhouse announced that a tunnel would be dug between Lyttelton and Christchurch. While the tunnel was under construction, New Zealand's first public railway line, the Ferrymead Railway , opened from Ferrymead to Christchurch in 1863. Between 1853 and 1876 Christchurch
5115-399: The country's second-busiest airport. The city suffered a series of earthquakes from September 2010 , with the most destructive occurring on 22 February 2011 , in which 185 people were killed and thousands of buildings across the city suffered severe damage, with a few central city buildings collapsing, leading to ongoing recovery and rebuilding projects. Christchurch later became the site of
5208-400: The eastern Canterbury plains and Christchurch area form an artesian aquifer with the interbedded fine sediments as an impermeable layer, or aquiclude. Water pressure from the artesian aquifer has led to the formation of numerous spring-fed streams. In Christchurch, the Avon River / Ōtākaro and Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River rivers have spring-fed sources in the western suburbs of Christchurch, and
5301-399: The eastern, southern and northern parts of the city were wet areas when European settlement began. Over the period since European settlement commenced, land drainage works have enabled development of land across the city. There are now only small remnants of wetland remaining, such as Riccarton Bush , Travis Wetland , Ōtukaikino wetland, and the Cashmere Valley. Christchurch Central City
5394-423: The first, of magnitude 5.8 according to the US Geological Survey, 26 km (16 mi) north-east of the city at a depth of 4.7 km (2.9 mi), at 13:58, followed by several aftershocks and another earthquake of magnitude 6.0 and similar location 80 minutes later. On 13 February 2017, two bush fires started on the Port Hills . These later merged and the single large wildfire extended down both sides of
5487-408: The functional urban area include: Christchurch has a temperate oceanic climate ( Köppen : Cfb ) with a mild summer, cool winter, and regular moderate rainfall. It has mean daily maximum air temperatures of 22.6 °C (73 °F) in January and 10.9 °C (52 °F) in July. Summer in the city is mostly warm, but is often moderated by a sea breeze from the north-east. A notable feature of
5580-461: The highest 7.8 metres of the Christchurch Cathedral spire to collapse, many chimneys were broken, and the Durham Street Methodist Church had its stonework damaged. In November 1901, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake , centred near Cheviot , caused the spire on top of ChristChurch Cathedral to collapse again, but this time only the top 1.5 metres fell. On this occasion, it was rebuilt with timber and metal instead of stone. The Catholic Cathedral of
5673-451: The highest for the Christchurch metropolitan area was 42.4 °C (108 °F) recorded in Rangiora on the same day. In winter, subfreezing temperatures are common, with nights falling below 0 °C (32 °F) an average of 50 times a year at Christchurch Airport and 23 times a year in the city centre. There are on average 80 days of ground frost per year. Snowfall occurs on average three times per year, although in some years none
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#17327729285535766-471: The mountains carried alluvial gravels over the area that is now the Canterbury Plains , covering the underlying rock to depths of between 200 and 600 metres. Continuing tectonic movement created faults that penetrate from the greywacke rock into the layers above. These faults remain beneath Canterbury and Christchurch. The glacial/interglacial cycles of the Quaternary Period led to multiple rises and falls in sea level. These sea level changes occurred over
5859-1191: The oldest extant church in New Zealand Christ Church, Taita , Lower Hutt Churches in the United Kingdom [ edit ] England [ edit ] Christ Church, Adlington , Lancashire Christ Church, Appleton-le-Moors , North Yorkshire Christ Church, Barnet Christ Church, Brixton Road , London Christ Church, Alsager , Cheshire Christ Church, Ashford , Kent Christ Church, Bacup , Lancashire Christ Church, Barnton , Cheshire Christ Church, Bath , Somerset Christ Church, Birkenhead , Merseyside Christ Church, Birmingham Christ Church, Blakenall Heath , Walsall, West Midlands Christ Church, Bolton-le-Sands , Lancashire Christ Church, Bradford-on-Avon , Wiltshire Christ Church, Bristol (also known as Christ Church with St Ewen) Christ Church, Carnforth , Lancashire Christ Church, Chatburn , Lancashire Christ Church, Chester , Cheshire Christ Church, Clifton Down , Bristol Christ Church, Cockfosters , London Christ Church, Coseley , West Midlands Christ Church, Croft , Cheshire Christ Church, Crowton , Cheshire Christ Church, Dore , Dore, South Yorkshire Christ
5952-447: The one-way system running through central Christchurch was established. The first two streets to be made one-way were Lichfield and St Asaph streets. They were followed by Barbadoes, Madras, Salisbury and Kilmore streets. A police station opened in 1973 on Hereford street, it was imploded and demolished in 2015. Christchurch hosted the 1974 British Commonwealth Games at the purpose-built Queen Elizabeth II Park . The sports complex
6045-407: The planned new city, including its own cathedral, the smallest in England. Other possibilities are that it was named for Christchurch, Dorset , or for Canterbury Cathedral . Many of the early colonists did not like the name, preferring instead the name Lyttelton, but the Colonists' Council resolved to stick with the name of Christchurch in 1851, because it had been used by surveyors and distinguished
6138-420: The population of workers in the city, which soon spread industrialisation to Sydenham . As central Christchurch grew, many cottages were demolished to make way for light-industrial and retail premises near Moorhouse Avenue as they expanded south. Many churches were also built to compensate for its growing Christian population. The population of Christchurch exceeded 100,000 for the first time in 1919. Despite
6231-418: The previous earthquake, the intensity and violence of the ground shaking was measured to be IX ( Violent ) , among the strongest ever recorded globally in an urban area, which killed 185 people. On 13 June 2011 Christchurch was again rocked by two more large aftershocks . This resulted in more liquefaction and building damage, but no more lives were lost. There were further earthquakes on 23 December 2011;
6324-516: The rebuild of the city centre, and featured 17 "anchor projects". There has been massive growth in the residential sector in the central city, particularly in the East Frame development. There are currently no legal definition of the boundaries of suburbs in Christchurch. The suburb boundaries are largely defined by third-party agencies, such as Statistics New Zealand and New Zealand Post , and may differ between agencies or sources. The earliest suburbs of Christchurch were laid out with streets in
6417-446: The regional council banned the use of open fires in the city in 2006. Christchurch City covers a land area of 1,415.15 km (546.39 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 415,100 as of June 2024, with a population density of 293 people per km . This is the second-most populous area administered by a single council in New Zealand, and the largest city in the South Island . The population comprises 403,300 people in
6510-406: The retail business of the central city moving out to urban shopping malls. These typically included large car parking areas to suit the growing shift towards personal car ownership, and away from public transport. Hornby became a significant industrial suburb in the 1960s, with industrial and residential premises expanding westwards. The Lyttelton road tunnel between Lyttelton and Christchurch
6603-409: The same right to burial. The cost of its construction was contributed to by Charles Darwin . Although Darwin, on his 1835 visit, described the town as a "stronghold of vice", he was impressed by the then near-completed church, which he saw as "a bold experiment". Darwin, Captain Fitzroy , and other officers of HMS Beagle are recorded as contributing to the church's construction. The church
6696-423: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Christ Church . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christ_Church&oldid=1257038088 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
6789-585: The settlement from the port. The Māori name for modern-day Christchurch is Ōtautahi , meaning ' the place of Tautahi ' . It was adopted as the Māori name for the city in the 1930s. Ōtautahi precisely refers to a specific site by the Avon River / Ōtākaro in Central Christchurch. The site was a seasonal food-gathering place of Ngāi Tahu chief Te Pōtiki Tautahi. A different account claims
6882-548: The split from Gondwana, during the period between 80 and 23 million years ago, the land became eroded and subsided below sea level. Marine and terrestrial sediments were deposited, leaving the greywacke as the oldest and deepest layers ( basement rock ). Around 11–6 million years ago, volcanic eruptions created the Banks Peninsula volcanic complex . Over the last two million years as the Southern Alps were rising, there were multiple periods of glaciation . Rivers flowing from
6975-516: The time that John Robert Godley arrived in April 1850 all of the funds for public works had been used up in constructing the road. Godley ordered that all work on the road should stop, leaving the steep foot and pack horse track that had been hastily constructed over the hill between the port and the Heathcote valley as the only land-access to the area of Christchurch. This track became known as
7068-427: The weather is the nor'wester , a hot föhn wind that occasionally reaches storm force, causing widespread minor damage to property. Like many cities, Christchurch experiences an urban heat island effect; temperatures are slightly higher within the inner-city regions compared to the surrounding countryside. The highest temperature recorded in Christchurch was 41.6 °C (106.9 °F) on 7 February 1973, however
7161-647: Was $ 40,400, compared with $ 41,500 nationally. 35,010 people (10.7%) earned over $ 100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 163,554 (50.1%) people were employed full-time, 47,463 (14.5%) were part-time, and 8,913 (2.7%) were unemployed. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 75.9% European ( Pākehā ); 11.2% Māori ; 4.3% Pasifika ; 17.1% Asian ; 1.9% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.2% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English
7254-449: Was 37.5 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 64,722 people (16.5%) aged under 15 years, 84,633 (21.6%) aged 15 to 29, 178,113 (45.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 63,912 (16.3%) aged 65 or older. Of those at least 15 years old, 70,764 (21.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 160,440 (49.1%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 73,659 (22.5%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income
7347-721: Was a crucial factor in the decision of where to place the settlement of Christchurch, as it proved that the swampy ground could be farmed. The Deans brothers named their farm after their former parish in Ayrshire , Scotland; they also named the river near their farm after the Avon Water in South Lanarkshire , which rises in the hills near to where their grandfather's farm was located. The Canterbury Association 's Chief Surveyor, Captain Joseph Thomas , surveyed
7440-421: Was a major Māori settlement named Te Kai-a-Te-Karoro , this was an important food-gathering area to Ngāi Tūāhuriri that had kelp gull presence and mānuka scrub. Te Ihutai (The Avon Heathcote Estuary ) was an important food source for local iwi and hapū , the estuary providing food such as, flounder and shellfish. Kaiapoi Pā was the most important trading area, and the centre of a thriving economy. The pā
7533-482: Was actually a combination of seven or eight different buildings, joined to form a "perplexing maze" with no sprinklers or alarm system. A subsequent Royal commission of enquiry resulted in changes to the building code to improve fire safety. Thousands of mourners, including the Prime Minister, attended a mass funeral in the aftermath. During the 1960s Christchurch experienced urban sprawl , with much of
7626-415: Was also occasionally used as the local courthouse. The church was registered by Heritage New Zealand on 24 November 1983 as registration number 1, with a category I listing. In the early 19th century, Russell, then known as Kororareka, was used as a safe harbour by whalers . The land for the church was purchased in 1834 from local chiefs on the condition that Māori and Pākehā (non-Māori) would have
7719-572: Was built in 1835 with a simple design and hipped roof . Initially, services were performed by missionaries who had to row across the harbour from Paihia . The first service was performed on 3 January 1836 by William Williams . During this time, services were conducted in English and Māori . The church also was occasionally used as the local courthouse. Captain William Hobson , in a meeting on 30 January 1840 with both Māori and Pākehā, used
7812-483: Was heavily industrialised in the early 20th century, particularly the suburbs of Woolston and Addington , with Woolston housing a large amount of New Zealand's rubber industry. Many warehouses, factories and large premises of railway workshops were built along the Main South Line . There was notable development of breweries, flour mills , and light-commercial in Christchurch. This significantly increased
7905-399: Was heavily industrialised in the early 20th century, with the opening of the Main South Line railway and the development of state housing saw rapid growth in the city's economy and population. Christchurch has strong cultural connections with its European elements and architectural identity. Christchurch is also home to a number of performing arts centres and academic institutions (including
7998-674: Was located at the nexus of the major rivers of Christchurch, the Avon River / Ōtākaro, Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River and the Styx River . It was the likely richest eel fishery in the country at that time. Sugar was produced from plantations of cabbage trees . European settlement of the Canterbury Region was largely influenced by brothers William and John Deans in 1843. The Deans farm located in Riccarton Bush
8091-432: Was more-quickly contained. On 15 March 2019, fifty-one people died from two consecutive mass shootings at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre by an Australian white supremacist . Forty others were injured. The attacks have been described by then Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as "one of New Zealand's darkest days". Just days after the attacks the live-streamed footage became classified as objectionable by
8184-471: Was open in 1973, one year before the games. On Saturday, 4 September 2010, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Christchurch and the central Canterbury region at 4:35 am. With its hypocentre near Darfield , west of the city at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi), it caused widespread damage to the city and minor injuries, but no direct fatalities. This was followed by the Boxing Day earthquake
8277-493: Was opened in 1964. Television broadcasts began in Christchurch on 1 June 1961 with the launch of channel CHTV3, making Christchurch the second New Zealand city to receive regular television broadcasts. The channel initially broadcast from a 10-kilowatt transmitter atop the Gloucester Street studios until it switched to the newly built 100-kilowatt Sugarloaf transmitter in the Port Hills on 28 August 1965. In 1969,
8370-501: Was originally swampland with patchworks of marshland, grassland, scrub and some patches of tall forest of mostly kahikatea , mataī and tōtara . The inner coastal sand dunes were covered in hardier scrub bush, including akeake , taupata , tūmatakuru , ngaio , carmichaelia , and coprosma . Christchurch was rich in birdlife prior to European colonisation, as they burned down forests and introduced predators, it led to local extinction of native birds. Evidence of human activity in
8463-619: Was registered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (now called Heritage New Zealand ) on 24 November 1983 as registration number 1, with a category I listing. In 2000 the church was restored and is now also a tourist attraction. The church continues to be in weekly use for Anglican worship, with services each Sunday at 10.30am, and some services in Te Reo Maori, and is a venue for weddings, funerals and other special services. It has been speculated that
8556-557: Was spoken by 95.8%, Māori language by 2.4%, Samoan by 1.3% and other languages by 16.8%. No language could be spoken by 2.1% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.6%. The percentage of people born overseas was 27.8, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 31.6% Christian , 2.1% Hindu , 1.3% Islam , 0.4% Māori religious beliefs , 1.0% Buddhist , 0.5% New Age , 0.1% Jewish , and 2.0% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 54.9%, and 6.3% of people did not answer
8649-472: Was the administrative seat of the Province of Canterbury . While slow at first, growth in the town began to accelerate towards the end of the 1850s, with a period of rapid growth between 1857 and 1864. Christchurch became the first city in New Zealand by royal charter on 31 July 1856, and Henry Harper was consecrated by the archbishop of Canterbury as the local Anglican bishop. He arrived in Christchurch
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