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Heritage in the city

Buildings and public art, such as clocks, memorials, statues and fountains, are part of the heritage of our city. They give us a real sense of how the city has grown as well as commemorating our past, present and future.

Adding to our public spaces these features provide us with an environment that is both enjoyable and thought-provoking.

Buildings
Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings
Cuningham House
Addington Water Tower
Rose Historic Chapel
Sign of the Kiwi
Sign of the Takahe
Godley House
Old Municipal Chambers (Our City O-Tautahi)

Chalice

Neil Dawson's magnificent Chalice sculpture is located in Christchurch's Cathedral Square.

Clocks
Diamond Jubilee Clock Tower
Edmonds Clock Tower
Floral Clock
New Brighton Clock Tower
Scarborough Clock Tower

Fountains
Bowker Fountain
Peacock Fountain

Memorials
Aranui War Memorial
Ballantyne Memorial Rose Garden
Burwood War Memorial
Battle of Crete War Memorial
Cave Rock War Memorial Drinking Fountain
Citizens' War Memorial
Coutts Island War Memorial
Gallipoli War Memorial
Halswell War Memorial
Heathcote War Memorial
Kate Sheppard Memorial
Lancaster Park War Memorial entrance gates
Memorial Avenue War Memorial
Memorial to 19th Infantry Battalion
New Brighton War Memorial
Papanui War Memorial
Ruru Lawn Cemetery War Memorial
Sheldon Park War Memorial
Sumner Beach War Memorial
Witch Hill War Memorial
NZ Engineers Tunnelling Company memorial wall

Statues
Captain James Cook Statue
Captain Robert Falcon Scott Statue
Godley Statue
Fitzgerald Statue
Moorhouse Statue
Rolleston Statue
Queen Victoria Statue
The Bridge of Remembrance
Woolston Borough Monument

Historic Cemeteries

Information about the five closed cemeteries that Council manages, plus cemetery records.

Addington Cemetery
Akaroa French Cemetery
Barbadoes Street Cemetery
Mount Magdala Cemetery
Rutherford (Woolston) Cemetery
Interment site for February earthquake victims
Cemetery records

Architectural heritage booklets

Booklets looking at specific buildings which have had their existence threatened or have been the subject of retention and conservation projects.

Contextual Historical Overview

Report & maps providing a broad overview and understanding of the city and its development in the last 150 years