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| The mascot of the Crusaders, Canterbury's Super Rugby team |
This month's region is Canterbury
Location –
You find Canterbury on the right hand side of the South Island. It's large geographically but less than a
million people live there.
Origin
of name – I couldn't find anything definitive but am willing
to guess that it was named after Canterbury, a cathedral city, in England.
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| Cardboard Cathedral - temporary cathedral |
Main
Cities – Christchurch.
By far the biggest city in the region. You may recall that Christchurch
was hit by 2 big earthquakes in 2010 and 2011.
The city has still not fully recovered – the iconic cathedral has still
to be rebuilt.
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| Lake Tekapo & Church of the Good Shepherd |
Places
to visit – Christchurch (Cardboard cathedral), Mt Cook
(highest mountain in NZ), Lake Tekapo, Akaroa, Hanmer Springs, Kaikoura (whale
watching)
Famous
people from Canterbury
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| Dan Carter |
Charles Upham (double VC), Colin McCahon (artist), Dan
Carter (rugby), Hayley Westenra (singer), John Britten (motorcycle designer),
Kate Sheppard (suffragette) and Dame Ngaio Marsh (author).
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