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Colombo Street, the Glossary

Colombo Street is a main road of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand.^[1]

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Shopping districts and streets in New Zealand
Streets in Christchurch

Addington, New Zealand

Addington is a major suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Anglican Diocese of Christchurch

The Diocese of Christchurch is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi (Māori bishoprics) of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.

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Ann Brower

Ann Brower is an environmental geographer from New Zealand.

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The Avon River / Ōtākaro (and) flows through the centre of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, and out to an estuary, which it shares with the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River, the Avon Heathcote Estuary / Ihutai.

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Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River

The Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River lies within the city boundaries of Christchurch, New Zealand, and is fed from springs near Templeton Road, with a catchment area in wet weather extending as far west as Yaldhurst and Pound Road.

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Ballantyne's fire

On Tuesday, 18 November 1947, a fire engulfed the Ballantynes department store in central Christchurch, New Zealand, resulting in the death of 41 people.

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Beckenham, New Zealand

Beckenham is an inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located three kilometres south of the city centre.

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Bus Exchange

The Bus Exchange was the main public transport facility in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. Colombo Street and Bus Exchange are Christchurch Central City.

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Bus Interchange

The Bus Interchange (Whakawhitinga Pahi) is the bus station in the Christchurch Central City in New Zealand. Colombo Street and bus Interchange are Christchurch Central City.

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Canterbury Province

The Canterbury Province was a province of New Zealand from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876.

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Cashmere, New Zealand

Cashmere (Te Iringa-o-Kahukura) is a suburb which rises above the southern end of the city of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island, on the north side of the Port Hills.

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Cathedral Square, Christchurch

Cathedral Square, locally known simply as the Square, is the geographical centre and heart of Christchurch, New Zealand, where the city's Anglican cathedral, ChristChurch Cathedral is located. Colombo Street and cathedral Square, Christchurch are Christchurch Central City and streets in Christchurch.

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Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch

ChristChurch Cathedral, also called Christ Church Cathedral and (rarely) Cathedral Church of Christ, is a deconsecrated Anglican cathedral in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church (Ædes Christi, the temple or house, ædes, of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England.

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Christ's College, Christchurch

Christ's College, Canterbury is an independent Anglican secondary day and boarding school for boys, located in the city centre of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Christchurch

Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island and the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland.

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Christchurch Botanic Gardens

The Christchurch Botanic Gardens, located in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand, were founded in 1863 when an English oak was planted to commemorate the solemnisation of the marriage of Prince Albert and Princess Alexandra of Denmark.

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Christchurch Central City

Christchurch Central City or Christchurch City Centre is the geographical centre and the heart of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Christchurch City Council

The Christchurch City Council is the local government authority for Christchurch in New Zealand.

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Christchurch City Libraries

Christchurch City Libraries is a network of 21 libraries and a mobile book bus.

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Christchurch Town Hall

The Christchurch Town Hall, since 2007 formally known as the Christchurch Town Hall of the Performing Arts, opened in 1972, is Christchurch, New Zealand's premier performing arts centre. Colombo Street and Christchurch Town Hall are Christchurch Central City.

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Christchurch tramway system

The Christchurch tramway system was an extensive network in Christchurch, New Zealand, with steam and horse trams from 1882.

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City Mall, Christchurch

City Mall is the main pedestrian mall in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand, comprising two sections of Cashel Street plus the Bridge of Remembrance and one section of High Street. Colombo Street and city Mall, Christchurch are Christchurch Central City and streets in Christchurch.

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Colombo

Colombo (translit,; translit) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population.

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Dunedin

Dunedin (Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region.

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East

East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass.

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Edward Jollie

Edward Jollie (1 September 1825 – 7 August 1894) was a pioneer land surveyor in New Zealand, initially as a cadet surveyor with the New Zealand Company.

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Farmers Trading Company

Farmers Trading Company Ltd (branded as Farmers) is a New Zealand mid-market department store chain.

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Gloucester Street

Gloucester Street is a major urban street in central Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand. Colombo Street and Gloucester Street are Christchurch Central City and streets in Christchurch.

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Governors Bay

Governors Bay is a small town in Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Halswell

Originally a separate village, Halswell is now a residential suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located southwest of Cathedral Square on State Highway 75.

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Hamish Hay

Sir Hamish Grenfell Hay (8 December 1927 – 7 September 2008) was a New Zealand politician, who served as Mayor of Christchurch for fifteen years, from 1974 to 1989.

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Henry Harper (bishop)

Henry John Chitty Harper (28 December 1893) was an Anglican bishop in the second half of the 19th century.

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Henry Sewell

Henry Sewell (7 September 1807 – 14 May 1879) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician.

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Heritage New Zealand

Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (initially the National Historic Places Trust and then, from 1963 to 2014, the New Zealand Historic Places Trust) (in Pouhere Taonga) is a Crown entity with a membership of around 20,000 people that advocates for the protection of ancestral sites and heritage buildings in New Zealand.

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Highway patrol

A highway patrol is a police unit, detail, or law enforcement agency created primarily for the purpose of overseeing and enforcing traffic safety compliance on roads and highways within a jurisdiction.

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Hillsborough, Christchurch

Hillsborough is a mixed industrial and residential suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located approximately to the south-east of the city centre.

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Joseph Thomas (surveyor)

Captain Joseph Thomas (1803–?) was a British explorer and the chief surveyor for Lyttelton, Sumner and Christchurch in New Zealand.

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Link (unit)

The link (usually abbreviated as "l.", "li." or "lnk."), sometimes called a Gunter’s link, is a unit of length formerly used in many English-speaking countries.

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Lyttelton Times

The Lyttelton Times was the first newspaper in Canterbury, New Zealand, publishing the first edition in January 1851.

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Lyttelton, New Zealand

Lyttelton (Ōhinehou or Riritana) is a port town on the north shore of Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō, at the northwestern end of Banks Peninsula and close to Christchurch, on the eastern coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Pedestrian scramble

A pedestrian scramble (or exclusive pedestrian interval) is a type of traffic signal movement that temporarily stops all vehicular traffic, thereby allowing pedestrians to cross an intersection in every direction, including diagonally, at the same time.

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Port Hills

The Port Hills (Ngā Kohatu Whakarakaraka o Tamatea Pōkai Whenua) are a range of hills in Canterbury Region of New Zealand, so named because they lie between the city of Christchurch and its port at Lyttelton.

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Princess Margaret Hospital, Christchurch

Princess Margaret Hospital is a public hospital in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Radius

In classical geometry, a radius (radii or radiuses) of a circle or sphere is any of the line segments from its center to its perimeter, and in more modern usage, it is also their length.

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Red Bus (New Zealand)

Red Bus was a bus operator in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Rose Historic Chapel

The Rose Historic Chapel, formerly the St Mary's Convent Chapel, is a heritage-listed stone former Roman Catholic chapel located in Colombo Street in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Somerfield, New Zealand

Somerfield is a suburb in the south of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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South Island

The South Island (Te Waipounamu, 'the waters of Greenstone', officially South Island or Te Waipounamu or historically New Munster) is the largest of the three major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island and sparsely populated Stewart Island.

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Spreydon

Spreydon is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, south-south-west of Cathedral Square.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

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St Albans, New Zealand

St Albans is a large, inner-northern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located directly north of the Christchurch Central Business District.

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State Highway 76 (New Zealand)

State Highway 76 (SH 76) is a state highway in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Statue of James Cook, Christchurch

The Cook Statue in Victoria Square, Christchurch, commemorates the three journeys of James Cook to New Zealand. Colombo Street and Statue of James Cook, Christchurch are Christchurch Central City.

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Sydenham Heritage Church

Sydenham Heritage Church, originally known as the Colombo Street Methodist Church or Colombo Street Wesleyan Church or Colombo Road Wesleyan Church was a heritage-listed stone church building located in Sydenham, an inner suburb Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Sydenham, New Zealand

Sydenham is an inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, two kilometres south of the city centre, on and around the city's main street, Colombo Street.

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The Four Avenues

The Four Avenues are a group of four major arterial boulevards — Bealey Avenue, Fitzgerald Avenue, Moorhouse Avenue, and either Rolleston Ave or Deans Avenue — that surround the city centre of Christchurch, New Zealand. Colombo Street and the Four Avenues are Christchurch Central City and streets in Christchurch.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo_Street

Also known as Colombo Street, Christchurch.

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See also

Shopping districts and streets in New Zealand

Streets in Christchurch

References