The CTV Memorial Site stands on the site of the former Canterbury Television (CTV) headquarters at the corner of Cashel and Madras Streets in Christchurch. The building was destroyed during the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The building collapsed, killing 115 people, representing 60% of the fatalities during the earthquake.
In some ways, Cuba Street is the heart of Wellington. The Bohemian street is home to what is usually described as an eclectic mix of shops, cafes, bars and restaurants. The thoroughfare is named in honor of early New Zealand Company barque, which arrived in Wellington on Jan. 3, 1840. The city closed the middle section of the street to traffic in 1969, making it a pedestrian-only mall, one of the busiest hubs for pedestrians in Wellington. Since 1995 Cuba Street has been registered as a historic area under the Historic Places Act 1993.
Dunedin Railways, formerly known as the Taieri Gorge Railway, is the name of Dunedin Railways Limited, an operator of a railway line and tourist trains based at Dunedin Railway Station in the South Island of New Zealand. The company is a council-controlled trading organization wholly owned by Dunedin City Council through its holding company Dunedin City Holdings Limited.
Dunedin railway station in Dunedin on New Zealand’s South Island, designed by George Troup, is the city’s fourth station. It is nicknamed “Gingerbread George.”
The Edwin Fox Maritime Museum houses what is said to be the “oldest merchant sailing ship still afloat.” The vessel, built in 1853 in India, transported immigrants to New Zealand and Australia and is the only remaining ship that brought convicts to Australia. After its sailing days, the boat was used in the 1880s as a floating freezer and later as a coal store hulk. In about 1950, the Edwin Fox was left to rot on its moorings, but preserved as a museum piece.
First Church is a prominent church in Dunedin and the city’s primary Presbyterian church. The current church, considered to be decorated Gothic style, stands on the stump of Bell Hill, a significant promontory that initially divided the heart of Dunedin in half. Dr. Thomas Burns, the brother of Scottish poet Robert Burns, laid the foundation stone in 1868, but the church was not completed until 1873.
The rail line between Riverhead and Helensville opened in 1875. The Helensville Railway Station opened in July 1881. It closed in 1987, though it reopened temporarily in 2008 and 2009.
The Hokonui Moonshine Museum in Gore, New Zealand, explores one of Southland’s most colorful stories: the long tradition of illicit whisky making in the Hokonui Hills. Located in Gore’s heritage precinct, the museum brings together artifacts, recreated scenes, audio and visual displays to tell the story of the region’s prohibition-era bootleggers and the officials who tried to stop them. The Gore Visitor Centre serves as the front entrance to the museum.
The story includes the exploits of the McRae family, whose illegal distilling operations became part of New Zealand folklore after decades of dodging police and customs officers. Research for the museum began in the 1990s, when oral histories and archival records helped separate legend from fact and document more than 30 prosecutions under distillation laws. The museum opened in 2000 as a social history attraction focused on that unusual past.
In recent years, the site has expanded beyond interpretation alone. The museum now also includes a legal distillery, allowing visitors to connect the old Hokonui story with a modern expression of the spirit once made in secret.
Howick Historical Village is a living museum in Auckland, New Zealand. It is a re-creation of a New Zealand colonial village using surviving buildings from the surrounding area. Despite its name, the Village is actually located in the suburb of Pakuranga.