Christchurch Daily Photo

This is the Avon River which meanders through the city. It’s very shallow, but deep enough for the punting companies to punt on. This scene is taken from Madras street, and the punters don’t come up this far. Right in the middle of the picture you can see the start of some of Christchurch’s high…

This is New Regent street in central Christchurch – it’s very quaint with colourful buildings and great little boutique shops (a must see if you come to Christchurch). The tram does a short loop around the CBD. I’d never really noticed how close the tables are to the tram tracks!

Girders from the collapsed World Trade Center were gifted to New Zealand and used in this memorial sculpture. The sculpture is by Graham Bennett and was unveiled in 2002, as part of the opening of the Firefighters Reserve located by the Avon River on the corner of Kilmore and Madras Streets. The memorial is dedicated…

The Industry and Concord figures were built into the alcoves of the old Council Municipal Chambers on the corner Worcester Boulevard and Oxford Terrace. They were created by George Frampton, and were bought by the city council for £20 back in 1882. The two figures represent ‘harmony in the affairs of state and the virtues…

New Zealand was the first self-governing country in the world to grant women the right to vote with The Electoral Act being passed in 1893. This Christchurch monument depicts life size figures of leading suffragette Kate Sheppard and other important members of the New Zealand suffrage movement. Kate Shepphard organised petitions to New Zealand’s Parliament…

My friend’s wedding in Christchurch. The groom (holding the red flowers) and groom’s men were left holding the floral bouquets after the bride and bridesmaids made a dash for the ‘ladies’ straight after the service!

A message I stumbled across, etched into the concrete at the Sign of the Takahe lookout. Taken just as the sun was setting.

I can never resist a good macro shot of a plant in a rock! Taken at sunset just down from the look out at Sign of the Takahe.

A somewhat close up view of the Band Rotunda.