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Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. The Christchurch urban area lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula. It is home to 404,500 residents, making it New Zealand's third-most populous city behind Auckland and Wellington. The Avon River flows through the centre of the city, with an urban park located along its banks. At the request of the Deans brothers—whose farm was the earliest settlement in the area—the river was named after the River Avon in Scotland, which rises in the Ayrshire hills near to where their grandfather's farm was located.Archaeologica...
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  • 2. Punting on the Avon Christchurch
    This article concentrates on the history and development of punts and punting in England; for other usages see Norfolk punt and the general disambiguation pages at punt and punter. A punt is a flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow, designed for use in small rivers or other shallow water. Punting refers to boating in a punt. The punter generally propels the punt by pushing against the river bed with a pole. A punt should not be confused with a gondola, a shallow draft vessel that is structurally different, and which is propelled by an oar rather than a pole. Punts were originally built as cargo boats or platforms for fowling and angling, but in modern times their use is almost exclusively confined to pleasure trips with passengers. The term punt has also been used to indicate a smaller v...
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    InterCity is a passenger transport and tourism company in New Zealand. It operates the country's only long distance bus network, and ferries and cruises in the Bay of Islands. Its brands are: InterCity, New Zealand's only long distance bus network, servicing around 600 towns and communities daily Gray Line, New Zealand license holder of premium sightseeing tours within New Zealand GreatSights New Zealand, premium sightseeing coach services Fullers GreatSights, sightseeing cruises and day tours in the Bay of Islands and Northland awesomeNZ.com , sightseeing tours and boat cruises Auckland Explorer Bus, hop-on hop-off sightseeing tour bus company in Auckland
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    A Mw 6.2 earthquake occurred in Christchurch on 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. local time . The earthquake struck the Canterbury Region in New Zealand's South Island and was centred 2 kilometres west of the port town of Lyttelton, and 10 kilometres south-east of the centre of Christchurch, at the time New Zealand's second-most populous city. The earthquake caused widespread damage across Christchurch, killing 185 people in the nation's fifth-deadliest disaster. Christchurch's central city and eastern suburbs were badly affected, with damage to buildings and infrastructure already weakened by the magnitude 7.1 Canterbury earthquake of 4 September 2010 and its aftershocks. Significant liquefaction affected the eastern suburbs, producing around 400,000 tonnes of silt. The earthquake was felt ...
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