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News: tagged with "heritage"

• UC Connect: Return of Stargazing in the city

  Posted: Wednesday, May 24, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: Lectures, seminar, heritage
  Join a FREE astronomical night-time talk from University of Canterbury astronomers and an  opportunity to see an antique telescope in a rebuilt observatory tower. Date: Wednesday 14th June 2023. Time: 7 to 9pm

• First stage in Christ Church Cathedral reinstatement completed

  Posted: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recovery, heritage, restoration, rebuild
  Christchurch City Council media release: 21st March 2023 Phase One of the reinstatement of Christ Church Cathedral has been completed

• 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

• 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

• 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