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News: tagged with "heritage"

• Ten years on: Saving Christchurch’s heritage

  Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disasters, earthquake, recovery, heritage, built environment
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 16th February 2021 Several heritage structures owned by the Christchurch City Council were lost in the aftermath of the 2010-11 earthquakes but about 60 of the most-loved sites have been saved

• Museum treasure hunt goes high-tech

  Posted: Thursday, January 14, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: technology, history, heritage
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 12th January 2021 Canterbury Museum is going high-tech with its latest treasure hunt

• New information board tracks history of Lyttelton rail tunnel

  Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: history, heritage
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 14th December 2020 A new information board telling the story of the Lyttelton Rail Tunnel - the oldest rail tunnel in New Zealand - has been erected on Heathcote Valley’s Station Road

• Fun new hoarding tells story of Christ Church Cathedral

  Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: heritage, recovery, rebuild
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 15th October 2020 A fun new hoarding erected around Christ Church Cathedral is giving people a glimpse of the building's past and its future

• Treasured items on display for museum's 150th birthday

  Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: heritage, exhibition
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 14th October 2020 The world's last remaining huia nest is one of the rarely-seen taonga on show in a Christchurch Heritage Festival exhibition marking 150 years since the Canterbury Museum first opened its doors

• Family matters for Akaroa Museum

  Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: arts, Community, heritage
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 14th July 2020 An old painting of Banks Peninsula cottages has set the scene for a family history lesson given by a visiting grandfather to his young grandchildren at Akaroa Museum

• Volunteers go with flow to share Orton Bradley heritage

  Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: heritage, recreation, restoration, volunteers
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 7th July 2020 A restored 19th century waterwheel – along with a group of hardy volunteers – is driving interest in a popular heritage park overlooking Lyttelton Harbour

• Dual place names for Banks Peninsula features

  Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: maori, environment, heritage
  Beehive media release: 7th July 2020 The history of Rāpaki is being restored through the inclusion of te reo in thirteen official place names on Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū/ Banks Peninsula and around Lyttelton Harbour/ Whakaraupō, the Minister for Land Inform

• Christ Church Cathedral site ready for restoration

  Posted: Thursday, April 16, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: earthquake, recovery, rebuild, built environment, heritage
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 16th April 2020 Plans are under way to ensure that restoration work on Christ Church Cathedral can start as soon as possible after the lifting of lockdown restrictions

• New Canterbury digital heritage archive an open book

  Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: heritage, technology, information
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 14th January 2020 A new digital repository captures the heritage of Canterbury, with rare images and previously unpublished community and personal records now publicly accessible

• Christchurch's Berlin Wall pieces mark 30th anniversary

  Posted: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: heritage, arts
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 19th November 2019 Remnants of the Berlin Wall have gone up in Christchurch in time for the anniversary month of the controversial barrier’s fall 30 years ago

• Digital museum gives glimpses into our history

  Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: heritage, technology
  Selwyn District Council media release: 30th October 2019 Lincoln has been turned into a giant museum where anyone with a smartphone can glimpse the history of the world around them

• Design appointments mark key milestone for Christ Church Cathedral

  Posted: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 in: Earthquake With tags: earthquake recovery, rebuild, heritage
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 1st May 2019 Design work to reinstate Christ Church Cathedral is under way following the appointment of key consultants to the project team