Merivale
District of Christchurch
Canterbury - New Zealand

Hagley Park

Hagley Park is the largest urban open space (164.637 hectares) in Christchurch, New Zealand, and was created in 1855 by the Provincial Government. According to the government's decree at that time, Hagley Park is "reserved forever as a public park, and shall be open for the recreation and enjoyment of the public. " Hagley Park is characterised by its trees and broad open spaces.

Located at -43.53, 172.62 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Christ's College, Christchurch

Christ's College, Christchurch is an independent, Anglican, secondary, day and boarding school for boys, located in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. Founded in 1850 at Lyttelton as a school for early settlers, College is the oldest independent school in the country. The college currently caters for approximately 647 students from Year 9 to Year 13. College is an International Member of The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC).

Located at -43.5297, 172.626 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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International Exhibition (1906)

The New Zealand International Exhibition (the biggest in the country to that time) opened 1 November 1906 in Hagley Park, Christchurch, New Zealand. Nearly two million people visited the exhibition during the next few months. A branch railway line was built across North Hagley Park to service the exhibition. The attractions included New Zealand’s first professional symphony orchestra, and the first Dominion pipe band contest which was won by the Dunedin Highland Pipe Band.

Located at -43.527, 172.626 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Christchurch Botanic Gardens

The Christchurch Botanic Gardens, located in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand are botanical gardens founded in 1863, when an English oak was planted on 9 July 1863 to commemorate the solemnisation of marriage between Prince Albert and Princess Alexandra of Denmark. The Gardens sprawl over an area of 21 hectares and lie adjacent to the loop of the Avon River next to Hagley Park. The Christchurch Botanic Gardens have a variety of collection of exotic and local plants of New Zealand.

Located at -43.53, 172.62 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Cobham Intermediate School

Cobham Intermediate School is a state intermediate school in North West Christchurch, New Zealand. Cobham was originally named Fendalton Intermediate but that caused confusion between Fendalton Open Air Primary School so the governor-general of New Zealand, Viscount Cobham, allowed Cobham to use his name. At the end of term 1 in 2011 long running principal Trevor Beaton left Cobham Intermediate to retire. Scott Thelning from Mt. Pleasant School took over as principal in Term 3 2011.

Located at -43.5108, 172.584 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Ellerslie Flower Show

The Ellerslie International Flower Show is an annual garden show held in New Zealand. Previously held in the city of Auckland, the show moved to Christchurch at Hagley Park in 2008. Attendance is several tens of thousands of people at each event during the five days in which it is open to the public. The show has been held every year since 1994, except 1997 and 2011 (when it was cancelled due to the Christchurch earthquake).

Located at -43.528, 172.626 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Fendalton Open Air School

Fendalton Open Air School is a primary school in Christchurch, New Zealand known for its open-air classrooms. Fendalton Primary School was established in 1875, continuing to provide education for primary school children in Fendalton for over 125 years. As of 2007, the school has 520 students, and the principal is Paul Sibson. In 2002 and 2003, it was runner up in the Goodman Fielder School of the Year Awards.

Located at -43.5164, 172.591 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Rangi Ruru

Rangi Ruru Girls' School is a school located in Christchurch, New Zealand for girls aged 11 (Year 7) to 18 (Year 13). It is an independent day and boarding school in the inner suburb of Merivale.

Located at -43.5192, 172.617 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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St Bede's College, Christchurch

St. Bede's College is a Roman Catholic day and boarding school in Christchurch, New Zealand for boys aged 13 (Year 9) to 18 (Year 13). St. Bede's is the oldest Roman Catholic Boys' College in New Zealand's South Island. It is also the only Catholic day and boarding college for boys in New Zealand's South Island. Students at St Bede's are colloquially known as Bedeans. St Bede's College was founded in 1911 by the Marists, a religious congregation founded in Lyon, France in 1816.

Located at -43.4833, 172.618 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Christchurch Boys' High School

Christchurch Boys' High School is a single sex state secondary school in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is situated on a 12 hectare site between the suburbs of Riccarton and Fendalton, 4 kilometres to the west of central Christchurch. The school also provides boarding facilities for 130 boys, in a newly refurbished residence called Adams House, located about 500 metres to the east. The schools colours are deep blue and black with an occasional flash of gold.

Located at -43.5246, 172.599 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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St Margaret's College, Christchurch

St Margaret's College is an Anglican girls' day and boarding school in Merivale, Christchurch, New Zealand. The school is open to students in years 1 to 13. The school was established in 1910 on the initiative of Bishop Julius of the Diocese of Christchurch, who invited the Kilburn, England-based Sisters of the Church Order to set up the school. Prominent former students include author Ngaio Marsh.

Located at -43.5177, 172.624 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Christchurch Girls' High School

Christchurch Girls' High School in Christchurch, New Zealand, was established in 1877 and is the second oldest girls' secondary school in the country. Christchurch Girls' High School was established before Christchurch Boys' High School (1881). The first headmistress was Mrs. Georgiana Ingle. Christchurch Girls' High School is known to many as Girls' High and provides boarding facilities for 95 students from years 9 to 13 at Acland House, located 20–30 minutes walk away from school.

Located at -43.5249, 172.611 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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St. Andrew's College, Christchurch

St. Andrew's College Christchurch, New Zealand is a private, co-educational school that enrolls from Pre School-Year 13. It was founded in 1917 and it is the only independent, co-educational primary and secondary school in New Zealand's South Island. Although now a fully co-educational school, it was formerly an all-boys school. It became fully co-educational in 2001. St Andrew's, (known as StAC for short), is currently headed by Rector Christine Leighton.

Located at -43.5081, 172.614 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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St Albans, New Zealand

St Albans is one of Christchurch, New Zealand's largest suburbs. It is a short walk from the central city. To the east of St Albans is Shirley and to the west is Fendalton. The suburb is inside the Christchurch Central electorate and is represented by Nicky Wagner, who has been the MP since the 2011 election.

Located at -43.508, 172.63 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Papanui High School

Papanui High School (PHS) is a secondary school (years 9-13) in Papanui, a suburb of Christchurch city, New Zealand. Papanui High School is a coeducational secondary school, located between Northlands Mall and Firestone tyre factory, opposite the Christchurch Sanitarium Health Food Company factory. The school was founded as Papanui Technical College in 1936, but became a 'High School' in 1949.

Located at -43.4931, 172.607 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Westfield Riccarton

Westfield Riccarton, (also known by its former name Riccarton Mall), is a large retail complex located in the Christchurch, New Zealand suburb of Riccarton. First opened in 1965, it is Christchurch's oldest shopping mall. Riccarton Mall was extensively remodeled around 1994-1995 with most stores relocating to new premises within the mall, Farmers is one of the few stores to remain in its original location. The remodel introduced a food court into the mall and a new rooftop car park.

Located at -43.5309, 172.598 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Medbury School

Medbury School in Christchurch, New Zealand is an independent school for boys between Years 1 to 8 (ages 5 to 13).

Located at -43.5212, 172.588 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Christchurch Adventist School

Christchurch Adventist School (CAS) is a co-educational, K-13 secondary school (years 1–13) in Papanui suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The school is ethnically diverse, with 39% of students New Zealand European 39%, 7% Māori, 10% Samoan, 8% Other Pacific, 7% Asian, 15% European and 14% other (including Latin American and African).

Located at -43.4987, 172.612 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Aorangi School

Aorangi School was located in the suburb of Bryndwr in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. The school was closed by the government on 27 January 2010. About 40 of the former Aorangi School students transferred to Burnside Primary School. The last principal was Stephanie Thompson. The school's roll before closure was 87. The current Prime Minister John Key was a former student at Aorangi.

Located at -43.506, 172.595 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Carlton Hotel, Christchurch

The Carlton Hotel in Christchurch was an historic pub on the corner of Papanui Road and Bealey Avenue. Built in 1906 for the New Zealand International Exhibition, it was registered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as a Category II heritage building. The building was damaged in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake and demolished on 9 April 2011.

Located at -43.5206, 172.627 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Peterborough Centre

The Peterborough Centre, the former Teachers' College Building, is located on the corner of Peterborough and Montreal Streets in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is a Category II heritage building. As a result of the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, it received NZ$12 million in damage.

Located at -43.525, 172.63 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Mona Vale, Christchurch

Mona Vale, with its homestead formerly known as Karewa, is a public park of 4 ha in the Christchurch suburb of Fendalton. The homestead and gate house are both listed as heritage buildings with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT). The fernery and the rose garden, and pavilion with the setting of the park along the Avon River, add to the attractiveness of the property. It is one of the major tourist attractions of Christchurch.

Located at -43.5233, 172.609 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Daresbury (house)

Daresbury, earlier known as Daresbury Rookery is one of the finest grand houses in Christchurch, New Zealand. Designed in the English Domestic Revival style, it is one of the best designs of Samuel Hurst Seager.

Located at -43.5217, 172.605 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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St Saviour's Chapel

St Saviour's Chapel is an Anglican church in Christchurch, New Zealand. Originally located in Lyttelton, it was relocated to Cathedral Grammar School in the 1970s. Following the earthquakes and the demolition of the Anglican church in Lyttelton, St Saviour's is to be relocated back to Lyttelton on to the site of the former Holy Trinity Church.

Located at -43.5275, 172.628 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Cranmer Court

Cranmer Court, the former Christchurch Normal School, was one of the most significant heritage buildings in Christchurch, New Zealand. Its demolition, due to some damage in the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake, was controversial.

Located at -43.525, 172.63 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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