# The monuments of Christchurch

Every named memorial and artwork the open map records standing on the city’s public ground, 138 of them, plus 117 more drawn without a name.

- [185 Empty Chairs](https://www.chch.live/memorial/185-empty-chairs), memorial · 2012
- [1914/1919 War Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/1914-1919-war-memorial), memorial
- [19th Inf Battallion](https://www.chch.live/memorial/19th-inf-battallion), memorial
- [2011 Earthquake Interment Site](https://www.chch.live/memorial/2011-earthquake-interment-site), graveyard
- [22 February 2011 earthquake memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/22-february-2011-earthquake-memorial), memorial
- [A Day at the Beach](https://www.chch.live/memorial/a-day-at-the-beach), mural · 2022
- [A Tribute To Firefighters](https://www.chch.live/memorial/a-tribute-to-firefighters), memorial
- [Akaroa War Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/akaroa-war-memorial), war memorial
- [All our Afternoons](https://www.chch.live/memorial/all-our-afternoons), sculpture · 1990
- [An Installation](https://www.chch.live/memorial/an-installation), installation · 1980
- [Anzac Fronds](https://www.chch.live/memorial/anzac-fronds), installation
- [ANZAC Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/anzac-memorial), war memorial
- [Archie Lilly memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/archie-lilly-memorial), memorial
- [Armentieres](https://www.chch.live/memorial/armentieres), memorial
- [Back in Time](https://www.chch.live/memorial/back-in-time), sculpture
- [Ballantyne's fire memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/ballantynes-fire-memorial), memorial
- [Bapaume](https://www.chch.live/memorial/bapaume), memorial
- [Bathing Figure](https://www.chch.live/memorial/bathing-figure), artwork
- [Birds Flock Together](https://www.chch.live/memorial/birds-flock-together), mural
- [Brick Wharf Cairn](https://www.chch.live/memorial/brick-wharf-cairn), memorial
- [Bridges of Friendship Garden](https://www.chch.live/memorial/bridges-of-friendship-garden), installation
- [Britomart monument](https://www.chch.live/memorial/britomart-monument), obelisk
- [Brockworth Street Art Gallery](https://www.chch.live/memorial/brockworth-street-art-gallery), mural
- [Burwood War Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/burwood-war-memorial), memorial
- [Canterbury Centenary 1850 - 1950](https://www.chch.live/memorial/canterbury-centenary-1850-1950), plaque
- [Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/canterbury-earthquake-national-memorial), stele
- [Canterbury Workers Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/canterbury-workers-memorial), stele
- [Chalice](https://www.chch.live/memorial/chalice), sculpture
- [Chapman's Homer](https://www.chch.live/memorial/chapmans-homer), sculpture
- [Citizens' War Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/citizens-war-memorial), war memorial
- [Commander Frank Arthur Worsley](https://www.chch.live/memorial/commander-frank-arthur-worsley), bust
- [Community Pride Aotearoa](https://www.chch.live/memorial/community-pride-aotearoa), mural
- [Community Spirit](https://www.chch.live/memorial/community-spirit), mural
- [Corgis on High](https://www.chch.live/memorial/corgis-on-high), sculpture
- [Crocodile](https://www.chch.live/memorial/crocodile), statue
- [Cumulus Gate Pavilion](https://www.chch.live/memorial/cumulus-gate-pavilion), sculpture
- [Dahlias](https://www.chch.live/memorial/dahlias), sculpture
- [Dalai Lama visit memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/dalai-lama-visit-memorial), plaque
- [Diminish and Ascend](https://www.chch.live/memorial/diminish-and-ascend), sculpture
- [Egypt](https://www.chch.live/memorial/egypt), memorial
- [Fairy Tern](https://www.chch.live/memorial/fairy-tern), mural
- [Falling in love](https://www.chch.live/memorial/falling-in-love), artwork
- [Fanfare](https://www.chch.live/memorial/fanfare), sculpture
- [Field of Daisies](https://www.chch.live/memorial/field-of-daisies), mural
- [First World War Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/first-world-war-memorial), war memorial
- [Flinders](https://www.chch.live/memorial/flinders), mural
- [Flour Power](https://www.chch.live/memorial/flour-power), sculpture
- [Flying Books](https://www.chch.live/memorial/flying-books), mural
- [Flying into the Eye of the Storm](https://www.chch.live/memorial/flying-into-the-eye-of-the-storm), mural
- [Francois Le Lievre](https://www.chch.live/memorial/francois-le-lievre), plaque
- [Free Flight](https://www.chch.live/memorial/free-flight), sculpture
- [Fyfa Campbell Dawson](https://www.chch.live/memorial/fyfa-campbell-dawson), plaque
- [Gallipoli](https://www.chch.live/memorial/gallipoli), memorial
- [Giraffes](https://www.chch.live/memorial/giraffes), statue
- [Heathcote War Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/heathcote-war-memorial), war memorial
- [Henry James Nichols VC MM Memorial Statue](https://www.chch.live/memorial/henry-james-nichols-vc-mm-memorial-statue), war memorial · 2007-03-07
- [Huia](https://www.chch.live/memorial/huia), mural
- [Inner Struggle](https://www.chch.live/memorial/inner-struggle), artwork
- [Jack Hinton VC](https://www.chch.live/memorial/jack-hinton-vc), memorial
- [James Cook Statue](https://www.chch.live/memorial/james-cook-statue), statue
- [James Edward Fitzgerald](https://www.chch.live/memorial/james-edward-fitzgerald), statue
- [Jigsaw Pieces](https://www.chch.live/memorial/jigsaw-pieces), mural
- [John Robert Godley](https://www.chch.live/memorial/john-robert-godley), statue
- [John Webb Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/john-webb-memorial), plaque
- [Jutland](https://www.chch.live/memorial/jutland), memorial
- [Kate Sheppard National Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/kate-sheppard-national-memorial), person
- [Kiwi](https://www.chch.live/memorial/kiwi), sculpture
- [Kokourarata Pou](https://www.chch.live/memorial/kokourarata-pou), pouwhenua
- [Le Quesony](https://www.chch.live/memorial/le-quesony), memorial
- [Lest We Forget](https://www.chch.live/memorial/lest-we-forget), memorial
- [Llew Summers 2014](https://www.chch.live/memorial/llew-summers-2014), artwork
- [Lorna](https://www.chch.live/memorial/lorna), statue · 1983
- [Love is Love](https://www.chch.live/memorial/love-is-love), mural
- [Lyttelton Soldiers' Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/lyttelton-soldiers-memorial), war memorial
- [Mary, Blessed Mother](https://www.chch.live/memorial/mary-blessed-mother), statue
- [Medway Footbridge Earthquake Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/medway-footbridge-earthquake-memorial), memorial
- [Memorial Gate](https://www.chch.live/memorial/memorial-gate), war memorial
- [Messines](https://www.chch.live/memorial/messines), memorial
- [Moa](https://www.chch.live/memorial/moa), statue
- [No Place Like Home](https://www.chch.live/memorial/no-place-like-home), street art
- [Nucleus](https://www.chch.live/memorial/nucleus), sculpture
- [NZ Summer Beach Kit](https://www.chch.live/memorial/nz-summer-beach-kit), mural
- [NZDF Air Force Museum Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/nzdf-air-force-museum-memorial), war memorial
- [Palestine](https://www.chch.live/memorial/palestine), memorial
- [Passchendaele](https://www.chch.live/memorial/passchendaele), memorial
- [Passing Time](https://www.chch.live/memorial/passing-time), sculpture · Feb 2011
- [Penguins](https://www.chch.live/memorial/penguins), statue
- [Pier at Sunset](https://www.chch.live/memorial/pier-at-sunset), mural
- [Pig](https://www.chch.live/memorial/pig), statue
- [Pilgrims Rock](https://www.chch.live/memorial/pilgrims-rock), plaque
- [Pou](https://www.chch.live/memorial/pou), pouwhenua
- [Pou Pou Monument](https://www.chch.live/memorial/pou-pou-monument), sculpture
- [Queen Victoria Statue / Christchurch South African War memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/queen-victoria-statue-christchurch-south-african-war-memorial), war memorial
- [Rhinoceros](https://www.chch.live/memorial/rhinoceros), statue
- [Rise From The Rubble](https://www.chch.live/memorial/rise-from-the-rubble), mural · 2017
- [Riverside Mural](https://www.chch.live/memorial/riverside-mural), mural
- [Ron's Shoes](https://www.chch.live/memorial/rons-shoes), sculpture
- [Rose Sculpture](https://www.chch.live/memorial/rose-sculpture), artwork
- [Rusty Cabbage Tree](https://www.chch.live/memorial/rusty-cabbage-tree), artwork
- [Sacred Heart of Jesus](https://www.chch.live/memorial/sacred-heart-of-jesus), statue
- [Seeds of Life](https://www.chch.live/memorial/seeds-of-life), mural
- [Sēmisi Fetokai Potauaine Vaka 'a Hina 2019](https://www.chch.live/memorial/semisi-fetokai-potauaine-vaka-a-hina-2019), plaque
- [Sheep](https://www.chch.live/memorial/sheep), statue
- [Skippy The Dog](https://www.chch.live/memorial/skippy-the-dog), plaque
- [Sled Dog](https://www.chch.live/memorial/sled-dog), sculpture
- [Somme](https://www.chch.live/memorial/somme), memorial
- [Spires](https://www.chch.live/memorial/spires), sculpture
- [Spitfire](https://www.chch.live/memorial/spitfire), war memorial
- [Spring enclosure](https://www.chch.live/memorial/spring-enclosure), plaque
- [St Luke's in the City Earthquake Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/st-lukes-in-the-city-earthquake-memorial), memorial
- [Statue of Charles Meryon](https://www.chch.live/memorial/statue-of-charles-meryon), sculpture
- [Statue of Robert Falcon Scott](https://www.chch.live/memorial/statue-of-robert-falcon-scott), statue
- [Stay](https://www.chch.live/memorial/stay), sculpture
- [Sumner South African War memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/sumner-south-african-war-memorial), war memorial
- [Sunflowers and Honeycombs](https://www.chch.live/memorial/sunflowers-and-honeycombs), mural
- [Tane](https://www.chch.live/memorial/tane), sculpture
- [Tawhiri-Matea](https://www.chch.live/memorial/tawhiri-matea), sculpture
- [Te Hamo o Tū Te Rakiwhānoa](https://www.chch.live/memorial/te-hamo-o-tu-te-rakiwhanoa), pouwhenua
- [Tezuka](https://www.chch.live/memorial/tezuka), mural
- [The Arcades](https://www.chch.live/memorial/arcades), sculpture
- [The Joy of Eternal Spring](https://www.chch.live/memorial/joy-of-eternal-spring), sculpture
- [Tree Houses for swamp Dwellers](https://www.chch.live/memorial/tree-houses-for-swamp-dwellers), sculpture
- [Turkey](https://www.chch.live/memorial/turkey), statue
- [Turtoise](https://www.chch.live/memorial/turtoise), sculpture
- [Under the Eaves](https://www.chch.live/memorial/under-the-eaves), installation
- [University Map](https://www.chch.live/memorial/university-map), relief
- [University of Canterbury Coat of Arms](https://www.chch.live/memorial/university-of-canterbury-coat-of-arms), relief · 1929
- [Untitled Test Structure](https://www.chch.live/memorial/untitled-test-structure), sculpture · 1970
- [Upham Clock](https://www.chch.live/memorial/upham-clock), memorial
- [Vaka 'A Hina](https://www.chch.live/memorial/vaka-a-hina), sculpture
- [War Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/war-memorial), memorial
- [War Memorial, Great War, World War](https://www.chch.live/memorial/war-memorial-great-war-world-war), obelisk
- [Water Power - Aquafluere](https://www.chch.live/memorial/water-power-aquafluere), fountain · 2006
- [Wicked Monarch](https://www.chch.live/memorial/wicked-monarch), mural
- [William David Mason memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/william-david-mason-memorial), yes
- [William Rolleston](https://www.chch.live/memorial/william-rolleston), statue
- [Woods from the Trees](https://www.chch.live/memorial/woods-from-the-trees), artwork
- [World Peace Bell](https://www.chch.live/memorial/world-peace-bell), sculpture


## Questions, answered briefly

**How many monuments does Christchurch have?**

56 named memorials and 82 named artworks on the open map, plus 117 more the map draws without a name.

**What kinds of memorial are here?**

War memorials, earthquake memorials, statues, plaques and stones, the map’s own memorial tag, kept as it was mapped.

**Where does the monument map come from?**

OpenStreetMap, every named node or way tagged historic=memorial or tourism=artwork inside the city boundary (ODbL). A name is the mapper’s; a listing is a lead, not a catalogue record.

**Are the cemeteries on this page?**

No, they keep their own roll at [/cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery).


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Named nodes and ways tagged historic=memorial or tourism=artwork on OpenStreetMap, inside the city boundary (ODbL). A name is the mapper’s; a listing is a lead, not a catalogue record.
The whole roll as data: https://www.chch.live/memorials.geojson
The cemeteries: https://www.chch.live/cemetery