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Delve into Avonside
The district Avonside of Christchurch in Christchurch City (Canterbury) is a subburb in New Zealand about 188 mi south-west of Wellington, the country's capital town.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Greymouth, Richmond, Nelson, Blenheim and Wellington. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 13°C / 55 °F
Morning Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
Evening Temperature | 11°C / 51 °F |
Night Temperature | 10°C / 49 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 3% |
Air Humidity | 59% |
Air Pressure | 1010 hPa |
Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 16 km/h (10 mph) from North-East |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 76% of sky |
General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
14°C (58 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, scattered clouds.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
11°C (51 °F)
10°C (51 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
15°C (59 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Cranford Cottages And Motel
Bealey Avenue Motel
Poplars Apartment Hotel
Terra Vive Luxury Suites & Apartments
RYDGES LATIMER CHRISTCHURCH
Azena Motels
Rosewood Court Motel
Arthur's Court Motor Lodge
Finlay Banks
Alcala Motor Lodge
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Christchurch 211, 214, 217 and 216 turning out.
17:43:31 13-11-08(CHRI216, CHRI211, CHRI214, CHRI217) PFA-STRU (Alarm Type SMOKE) (Box 21140) CIVIC OF CANTERBURY 194 MANCHESTER ST CHRISTCHURCH CENTRAL.
Christchurch 217 Responding to MVA (HD)
Just a short clip of Christchurch 217 on the way to an MVA .
Christchurch 217 Turns Out Again
Just another one of 217 turning out but this time with a chainsaw as backing track.
Christchurch 217 Turns Out
Just another video of 217 turning out, Not very interesting except for the other trucks that can be seen on station. The relief trucks were there because of the fires out west of the city....
Christchurch 217 turning out to an MVA
16:22:18 09-03-09 (CHRI217, STAL231) PHONE-RESC REDWOOD. (XStr STURROCKS RD/MAIN NORTH RD) #F0375502 Today I get a wave from 217 :-) Sitrep from St Albans 231 was no persons ...
333 Barbedos st 25-03-2010 2215hrs
Fire at address 333 Barbados St Central City Christchurch New Zealand. at 25-03-2010 2215hrs Unknown Cause of the fire. Video started just after 111 Call ended and window exploded. it takes...
Radio Network House Implosion - 2012.08.05
D-day has arrived for Radio Network House. The 14-storey building in Worcester St was imploded at 8am today. Background Story: A multi-storey office block will be blown up in quake-hit Christchu...
St John Ambulance Responding
Ambulance turning into Worcester St from Fitzgerald Ave while responding to an MVA.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Lancaster Park
Lancaster Park, formerly Jade Stadium and currently known as AMI Stadium through sponsorship rights, is a sports stadium situated in Waltham, a suburb of Christchurch in New Zealand. Following the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, the stadium is closed. The Hadlee Stand has already been demolished, and the fate of the rest of the stadium is unresolved.
Avonside
Avonside is an eastern suburb in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is one of the oldest suburbs of the city, with only Heathcote being older.
Canterbury Television
Canterbury Television is an independent television station broadcasting in Canterbury, New Zealand. The name is synonymous with regional television in New Zealand as it was the name of the first regional broadcaster to operate in New Zealand. CTV produces and screens more than twenty hours of locally based programming every week. It also screens overseas programming from Deutsche Welle and Al Jazeera. It broadcasts from the Sugarloaf transmitter on the Port Hills.
Linwood College
Linwood College is a co-educational decile 2 secondary school in Linwood, a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.
Elsie Locke
Elsie Violet Locke (née Freeman; 17 August 1912 – 8 April 2001) was a New Zealand writer, historian, and leading activist in the feminism and peace movements. Probably best known for her children's literature, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature said that she "made a remarkable contribution to New Zealand society", for which the University of Canterbury awarded her an honorary D. Litt. in 1987.
Dallington, New Zealand
Dallington is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, on the north-east side of the city. It is bounded mainly by the Avon river, stretching in a circular area from the intersection of Gayhurst Road, Dallington Terrace and Locksley Avenue along to New Brighton Road, North Parade and Banks Avenue where it meets the intersection at the other end of Dallington Terrace and River Road. Its neighbouring suburbs are Burwood, Shirley, Richmond, and Avonside.
Music Centre of Christchurch
The Music Centre of Christchurch is a facility for music organisations in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It was established in 1994 and provides office, rehearsal, tuition and performance space for a wide range of music groups.
Marian College, Christchurch
Marian College, Christchurch was founded in 1982 with the merging of two Catholic secondary schools for girls, St Mary’s College and McKillop College (named for Mary MacKillop) located in Shirley (founded in 1949 by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart). Both schools provided boarding and day facilities.
Catholic Cathedral College
Catholic Cathedral College, Christchurch is an integrated Catholic co-educational secondary school in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1987 but its origins go back to more than a 100 years earlier. The college is an amalgamation of two schools: Sacred Heart College for girls, and Xavier College for boys.
Avonside Girls' High School
Avonside Girls' High School is a large urban high school in the Christchurch, New Zealand suburb of Avonside. It has more than 1200 girls from Year 9 to Year 13. The school originally opened in January 1919 on its current site as a satellite campus of Christchurch Girls' High School. It became a separate school in its own right in 1928.
Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa
Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa provides free internet access to New Zealand public libraries. Funding is provided by the New Zealand government by way of Community Partnership Fund and the National Library of New Zealand. The service was established in 2007, and is based in the Christchurch office of the National Library. It is governed by a Governance Group which has included people such as Paul Reynolds.
Christchurch East School
Christchurch East School is located in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand.
James Arthur Flesher
James Arthur Flesher OBE (13 August 1865 – 18 August 1930) was a politician in Christchurch, New Zealand. He held many public offices and was Mayor of Christchurch from 1923 to 1925.
John Anderson (mayor)
John Anderson (7 November 1820 – 30 April 1897) was the second Mayor of Christchurch in New Zealand 1868–1869, and a successful businessman. He had a close connection with three buildings (his office building, later known as the Guthrey Centre; St Andrew's Church, which is these days located at Rangi Ruru; St Paul's Church) that have later received Category I heritage registrations by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
Christchurch School of Music
The Christchurch School of Music (CSM) is a music school in Christchurch, New Zealand. The school was founded in 1955 by Robert Perks to provide musical education to primary school children. The CSM now provides lessons for people of all ages, and for a large range of orchestral instruments. The CSM features several orchestras, concert bands, and other instrumental groups, and performs a Showcase Concert each year in which all CSM students participate.
Rose Historic Chapel
The Rose Historic Chapel, formerly known as the St Mary's Convent Chapel, is a heritage-listed stone church building located in Colombo Street in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is registered as a "Historic Place – Category II " by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. The building was designed in the Gothic Revival style and erected in 1910.
Church of the Good Shepherd, Christchurch
The Church of the Good Shepherd in Phillipstown, Christchurch, New Zealand is the oldest and only surviving brick church designed by architect Benjamin Mountfort (1825–1898). It is registered as a "Historic Place – Category I" by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
Holy Trinity Avonside
Holy Trinity Avonside was a heritage-listed Anglican church located in Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand. It is registered as a "Historic Place – Category I" by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. It was "damaged beyond the point of repair" in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake and was demolished the following September.
Oxford Terrace Baptist Church
Oxford Terrace Baptist Church is located in the Christchurch Central City on a prominent corner property fronting the Avon River. The main building was significantly damaged in the 2010 Canterbury earthquake and collapsed in the subsequent February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. This building had a Category II listing by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
Barbadoes Street Cemetery
The Barbadoes Street Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was set up with three discrete areas for different denominations.
St Paul's Church, Christchurch
St Paul's Church in Cashel Street, Christchurch, was a Category I heritage building registered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. It was demolished after the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
St Luke's Church, Christchurch
St Luke's Church in Christchurch was registered as a Category II historic place with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Built on one of the five sites set aside in the central city in the original survey of Christchurch for the Anglican church, it was demolished in July 2011 following damage sustained in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
The Octagon, Christchurch
The Octagon, Christchurch, the former Trinity Church or Trinity Congregational Church designed by Benjamin Mountfort, later called the State Trinity Centre, is a Category I heritage building listed with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Damaged in the 2010 Canterbury earthquake and red-stickered after the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, the building was threatened with demolition like most other central city heritage buildings.
Implosion of Radio Network House
The implosion of Radio Network House on 5 August 2012 was New Zealand's first ever controlled building demolition by explosives. Like most other buildings in the Christchurch Central City, Radio Network House was damaged beyond repair in the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, and the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) added it to the demolition list in August 2011.
Darkroom (bar)
Darkroom is a bar and venue located in Christchurch, New Zealand.