Reprint of ‘City and Peninsula’

“City and Peninsula” - Historic Places of Christchurch and Banks Peninsula”, 2^nd reprint.

Our city as we knew it has disappeared and is still disappearing. We all are starting to find it difficult to remember what was on some of these now empty sites. This book is not only a great historical reference for ourselves, but it also makes a perfect gift this Christmas.

Authored by noted heritage historian John Wilson and  published collaboratively by The Christchurch Civic Trust and Akaroa Civic  Trust, this book provides and excellent introduction to both the rural and urban heritage assets of Christchurch and Banks Peninsula.

200pp with over 290 full colour illustrations.

This book was produced for the World Heritage Conference hosted in Christchurch in 2007 and copies were given to delegates attending.  It is the most up to date  record of many heritage buildings pre earthquake.  Sadly many of these buildings are gone forever.

We have reprinted a limited amount, so order now.
Available from the Christchurch Civic Trust, PO Box 1927, Christchurch, 8140 or e-mail:  secretary@christchurchcivictrust.org.nz for $50 + $10 postage and packaging.

 

Click to download order form   City-and-Peninsula Order Form and post the order form to:
Christchurch  Civic Trust, PO Box 1927, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand

OR

Online payments made to:  CCT Bank Account #03-1351-0519933-03 (please include your name as a reference) and e-mail your name and the address for postage, including the amount of copies order  ($50 + $10 postage and handling per book) to:  secretary@christchurchcivictrust.org.nz

 

From the Foreword to the 1^st Edition by Helen Clark, Prime Minister, Minster of Arts and Culture

The historic  buildings and sites of the enlarged city of Christchurch, now including Banks Peninsula, illuminate many chapters of our nation’s story. Yet the human history of the region stretches much further back than the mid-nineteenth  century, when European settlers arrived. It began with the Maori occupation of what became Canterbury. This book highlights the length of human habitation of Canterbury  and its place in the wider New Zealand story.
Takapuneke, near Akaroa, was the scene of an incident in 1830 which contributed to  Britain’s decision to acquire sovereignty over New Zealand in 1840. I commend the former Banks Peninsula District Council and the Christchurch City Council on their decision to ensure that this land, of great importance to local iwi and the history of our nation, is to be protected.
I am pleased that the book goes beyond the grand buildings of the central city. It is inclusive of working class homes, corner shops, and other buildings which tell us so much about the local lives of the residents of Christchurch, Lyttelton, and Banks Peninsula in the past. This gives it a depth which would have been lacking had it focused only on the well-known landmark buildings.

From the Foreward of the second Edition by the pen of Timothy Hogan, Chair of  & Steve Lowmdes, chair persons of  Christchurch and Akaoa Civic Trusts:

You will be reminded of an architecture that once spoke of  the city’s past and the aspirations of its citizens and of aesthetic pleasures  of brick, carved limestone, and Gothic and Classical detailing that are gone forever. Nobody will ever build like that again. But we hope too that grief for the lost buildings will be relieved by memories of them. We want this book to  serve as a memorial to the city we have lost.