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CHRISTCHURCH - THE URBAN SCENE
The highly cosmopolitan urban expanse of Christchurch offers an exciting metro culture, fine infrastructure and numerous places of interest. The beauty and friendly culture of the city makes it the perfect place for fun and studies.
CHRISTCHURCH HISTORY
Maori oral history suggests that people first inhabited the Canterbury area about a thousand years ago. These first inhabitants were moa-hunting tribes and these were followed by the Waitaha, Ngati Mamoe and Ngai Tahu tribes, which continued untill about 1830. The first European landed in Canterbury in 1815, 45 years after Captain James Cook sighted what he named "Banks Island", later found to be a peninsula. Christchurch became a city by Royal Charter on July 31, 1856, making it officially the oldest established city in New Zealand.
CHRISTCHURCH THE GARDEN CITY
Christchurch's numerous well-established parks and public gardens have given the city international fame as the 'Garden City'.
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