Christchurch, New Zealand

E32646

city territorial authority

Christchurch, New Zealand is the largest city on New Zealand’s South Island, known for its English heritage, extensive parks and gardens, and role as a gateway to the Canterbury region and Antarctica.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Christchurch	20

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ territorial authority ⓘ
adjacentTo	Pegasus Bay ⓘ
airport	Christchurch International Airport ⓘ
cityStatusGranted	31 July 1856 ⓘ
climate	oceanic climate ⓘ
continent	Oceania ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
demographics	significant Māori and Pacific communities ⓘ
experiencedEvent	2010 Canterbury earthquake ⓘ 2016 Kaikōura earthquake effects ⓘ 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake ⓘ
foundedBy	Canterbury Association ⓘ
foundingDate	1850 ⓘ
governingBody	Christchurch City Council ⓘ
hasArtGallery	Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū ⓘ
hasBotanicGarden	Christchurch Botanic Gardens ⓘ
hasCathedral	ChristChurch Cathedral ⓘ
hasMuseum	Canterbury Museum ⓘ
hasPark	Hagley Park ⓘ
hasPort	Lyttelton ⓘ
hasStadium	Orangetheory Stadium ⓘ
hostsFacility	New Zealand Antarctic Programme logistics hub ⓘ United States Antarctic Program logistics hub ⓘ
isGatewayTo	Antarctica ⓘ Canterbury Region ⓘ surface form: Canterbury region
isLargestCityOf	South Island ⓘ
isSeatOf	Canterbury Region ⓘ Christchurch City Council ⓘ
knownFor	English heritage ⓘ extensive parks and gardens ⓘ
localIwi	Ngāi Tahu iwi ⓘ surface form: Ngāi Tahu
locatedIn	Canterbury Region ⓘ South Island ⓘ
mayoralTitle	Mayor of Christchurch ⓘ
namedAfter	Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
nearRiver	Heathcote River ⓘ
nickname	The Garden City ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
population	approximately 380000 ⓘ
populationRankInNewZealand	third-largest city ⓘ
railConnection	Main North Line ⓘ Main South Line ⓘ
rebuildingFocus	central city redevelopment ⓘ
river	Avon River / Ōtākaro ⓘ
sportsTeam	Canterbury rugby union team ⓘ Crusaders (Super Rugby) ⓘ
timeZone	NZST ⓘ
timeZoneDST	New Zealand Daylight Time ⓘ surface form: NZDT
transport	urban bus network ⓘ
university	Lincoln University ⓘ University of Canterbury ⓘ