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Christchurch 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. Within the city, the Canterbury Museum preserves and exhibits many historic artefacts and stories of Antarctic exploration.
The International Antarctic Centre provides both base facilities and a museum and visitor centre focused upon current Antarctic activities. The Clothing Distribution Center in Christchurch had more than , pieces of extreme cold weather gear for issue to nearly 2, US Antarctic Program participants in the —08 season. As of the New Zealand general election, there are four members of the Labour party and three members of the National party.
Christchurch is home to the fourth largest school in New Zealand, co-educational state school Burnside High School , with pupils.
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Christchurch is also well known for several independent schools and church schools, some of them of the traditional English public school type. A number of tertiary education institutions have campuses in Christchurch, or in the surrounding areas. Christchurch is served by Christchurch Airport and by buses local and long-distance and trains.
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The local bus service, known as Metro , [86] is provided by Environment Canterbury. The car, however, remains the dominant form of transport in the city, as with the rest of New Zealand. Christchurch has an extensive bus network with bus routes serving most areas of the city and satellite towns. Nearly all bus routes travelled through the central city Bus Exchange before the earthquake but due to reduced passenger numbers since the earthquakes, especially in the central city, the bus network was reorganised to direct more localised services to 'hubs', such as major shopping centres, where they connect to the central station via core bus routes.
Before the earthquakes, in addition to normal bus services, Christchurch also had a pioneering zero-fare hybrid bus service, the Shuttle , in the inner city. The service has been suspended following the earthquakes and it is unclear whether it will resume again in the future. The central city has very flat terrain and the Christchurch City Council has established a network of cycle lanes and paths, such as the Railway Cycleway.
Post-quake public consultation on rebuilding the city expressed a strong desire for a more sustainable transport system, particularly greater use of cycling again, and this has been reflected in the Council's strategic transport plan. There is a functioning tramway system in Christchurch, but as a tourist attraction; its loop is restricted to a circuit of the central city.
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The trams were originally introduced in as a form of public transport, and ceased operating in , [94] but returned to the inner city as a tourist attraction in However, following the February earthquake, the system was damaged and within the cordoned off 'Red Zone' of the central city. The tramway reopened in November on a limited route, with plans to extend the tram route in , first to reopen the complete pre-earthquake circuit, and then to open the extension travelling through the Re:Start Mall and High Street, which was being constructed when the earthquake struck.
There is a cable car system called the Christchurch Gondola which operates as a tourist attraction, providing transport from the Heathcote Valley to the top of Mount Cavendish in the city's south-east. Rail services, both long-distance and commuter, used to focus on the former railway station on Moorhouse avenue.
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Commuter trains were progressively cancelled in the s and s. The last such service, between Christchurch and Rangiora , ceased in After the reduction in services a new Christchurch railway station was established at Addington Junction. The Main North Line railway travels northwards via Kaikoura to Picton and is served by the Coastal Pacific passenger train, while the Main South Line heads to Invercargill via Dunedin and was used by the Southerner until its cancellation in This trip is often regarded as one of the ten great train journeys in the world for the amazing scenery through which it passes.
The TranzAlpine service is primarily a tourist service and carries no significant commuter traffic. Christchurch Airport is located in Harewood, 12 kilometres 7. Christchurch is a distinctly English city, however it contains various European elements, with strong Gothic Revival architecture. While historically most cinemas were grouped around Cathedral Square, [95] only two cinemas remain there. The Regent complex was rebuilt as 'Regent on Worcester' in In Metro Cinemas opened in Worcester Street with three screens.
Only one of the first generation of suburban cinemas, the Hollywood in Sumner, remains open. Hoyts in Riccarton opened in [97] with one of its screens for a time holding the record for the largest in New Zealand. The Rialto Cinemas on Moorhouse avenue specialised in international films and art house productions. The Rialto also hosted the majority of the city's various film festivals and was home to the local film society.
The Rialto was closed following the February earthquake. The Christchurch Arts Centre includes two art house cinemas, Cloisters and The Academy, screening a wide selection of contemporary, classic and foreign language films. The Canterbury Film Society is active in the city. The large number of public parks and well-developed residential gardens with many trees has given Christchurch the name of The Garden City. To the north of the city is the Willowbank wildlife park.
Travis Wetland , an ecological restoration programme to create a wetland, is to the east of the city centre in the suburb of Burwood. Television broadcasts began in Christchurch on 1 June with the launch of channel CHTV3, making Christchurch the second New Zealand city behind Auckland to receive regular television broadcasts. In November Christchurch had its own regional television station Canterbury Television.
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CTV was first formed in and ceased broadcasting on 16 December This channel broadcasts many of the latest dramas airing in Korea. The city's main television transmitter is located atop Sugarloaf , in the Port Hills due south of the city centre, and broadcasts all major national television channels as well as the two local channels. All television channels in Christchurch have been broadcast in digital since analogue switch-off on 28 April Christchurch has one full-time professional theatre, the Court Theatre , [] founded in Originally based in the Christchurch Arts Centre, the Court Theatre has been located in the suburb of Addington in temporary accommodation following the earthquakes.
Alongside the Court, the co-operative and experimental Free Theatre Christchurch was established in and based in the Arts Centre from The Ngaio Marsh Theatre , located at the University of Canterbury, hosts a range of student drama groups, as well as other theatre groups. The Isaac Theatre Royal was originally opened in , and has since been rebuilt four times, most recently following the Christchurch earthquake.
The city is known for its many live acts, [] [] [] [] including a professional symphony orchestra. After the and earthquaques, it suspended its activities, before merging with New Zealand Opera in There are usually buskers around the town square and Christchurch also hosts the World Buskers Festival in January each year. Promoters, Venues and clubs such as Bassfreaks, The Bedford and Dux Live regularly have international and New Zealand acts within the Drum and Bass scene performing live in Christchurch, along with dance parties, raves and gigs all featuring NZ and local Drum and Bass DJs, with often two or three happening on a single night or weekend e.
In recent developments, hip hop has effectively landed in Christchurch. And in , Christchurch's Scribe released his debut album in New Zealand and has received five times platinum in that country, in addition to achieving two number one singles. The Horncastle Arena is New Zealand's second largest permanent multipurpose arena, seating between and , depending on configuration. It is home of the Mainland Tactix netball side. It was the venue for the World Netball championships and has been host to many concerts in recent years.
The Christchurch Town Hall auditorium seats, opened was the first major auditorium design by architects Warren and Mahoney and acoustician Marshall Day. It is still recognised as a model example of concert-hall design with an excellent modern pipe organ. The hall reopened on 23 February , after being closed for eight years for repair after the significant damage caused by the February Christchurch earthquake.
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Christchurch also has a casino , [] and there are also a wide range of live music venues [] [] — some short-lived, others with decades of history. Classical music concerts are held at the Christchurch Music Centre.
In late it was announced that a million dollar project was underway to build a convention centre located on the block defined by Armagh Street, Oxford Terrace, Worcester Street and Colombo Street. Gloucester Street will become part of the Centre itself, but will allow for retail use and public access.
The convention centre will be able to host several events at the same time; starting with space for up to 2, people, this will complement facilities in Auckland and Queenstown. The scheduled opening of the convention centre is uncertain. Skiing is popular, and there are multiple ski fields an easy drive from Christchurch, [] including:. The Christchurch City Council established the city's first public electricity supply in , and the city was connected to Coleridge Power Station in In , all four companies entered a joint venture, named Southpower.
The electricity sector reforms required all electricity companies to separate their distribution and retailing businesses. Southpower retained its distribution business and sold its retail business to Meridian Energy.
In December , the lines business was renamed Orion New Zealand. The electricity distribution network in Christchurch suffered significant damage in the earthquakes, especially in the northeast where the 66,volt subtransmission cables supplying the area were damaged beyond repair. At the census, Christchurch has seven sister cities around the world.
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They are: []. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. City in the South Island of New Zealand. For other uses of Christchurch, see Christchurch disambiguation. City in South Island, New Zealand.