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News: tagged with "heritage"

• First human entry into Cathedral since quakes

  Posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: earthquake recovery, built environment, heritage
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 17th August 2022 The Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement (CCRL) has hit a major milestone with the first human entry into the Cathedral since Urban Search and Rescue in 2011 post-earthquake

• New cultural markers for Christchurch city centre

  Posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: heritage, culture, maori
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 23rd May 2022 Learning about the cultural heritage of Ōtautahi-Christchurch is about to get easier for residents and visitors alike

• Fresh paint job for iconic city bridge

  Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: repair, heritage
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 19th April 2022 One of Christchurch’s iconic bridges is getting some TLC and a fresh coat of paint

• Treasures of Akaroa exhibition opens

  Posted: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: heritage, exhibition
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 13th December 2021 What does the Akaroa Junior School dental chair have in common with a World War Two sea mine? The answer is that they’re both on display at Akaroa Museum

• New lookout for Sign of the Bellbird

  Posted: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recreation, parks, heritage
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 6th December 2021 A new lookout opposite the Sign of the Bellbird featuring stone walls and native plantings will be under construction by February

• Trial tohu whenua cultural marker for Avon Loop

  Posted: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recreation, culture, maori, heritage
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 16th August 2021 Visitors to the Avon Loop area of the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor Regeneration Area will be able to learn more about the concept of mahinga kai and the city’s rich rowing history when installation of a

• Hidden places: Power and pumps in Christchurch

  Posted: Wednesday, June 9, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: heritage, built environment
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 9th June 2021 The mystery of the curious little brick buildings that dot the city dates to colonial Christchurch. There were serious drainage problems with the city developed on a flat, low-lying, waterlogged site

• Heritage restoration project gets helping hand

  Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: funding, restoration, heritage
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 24th March 2021 Christchurch City Council is going to provide financial help to a charitable trust that is seeking to complete the restoration of two important heritage buildings

• 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

• 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

• 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