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Christchurch and Canterbury Travel Guide
John Robert Godley, whose bronze memorial statue stands in Christchurch's Cathedral Square, would have seen the spectacular views of the Southern Alps when he paused for breath at the top of the Port Hills in 1850. The Canterbury Association, a British organization, had sent him to New Zealand to prepare for the arrival of settlers for a planned Church of England community. That year, four settler ships arrived bearing roughly 800 pioneers, and their new town was named for Godley's college at Oxford. More »
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