# Bandsmen's Memorial Rotunda and Setting

Heritage NZ list 3093
https://www.chch.live/place/192
Stands inside: [Hagley Park North](https://www.chch.live/park/1572-hagley-park-north), the park outlines the pin falls inside
What else stood here: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.532643341615426&lon=172.6219157184641

## The encyclopaedia on it

The Bandsmen's Memorial Rotunda is a memorial bandstand in Hagley Park, Christchurch. Built in 1926 to commemorate armed forces bandsmen that died during World War I, the rotunda is on the south-side of the Avon River / Ōtākaro, opposite the Christchurch Botanic Gardens and close to Christchurch Hospital.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandsmen's_Memorial_Rotunda), a tertiary source

## Documents tied to this place

*These are leads, not evidence, search results nobody has read yet.* The first 10 of 22 are listed.
- The opening of the Bandsmens Memorial rotunda, Botanic Gardens, Christchurch (1926-09-19 12:00:00 UTC), http://library.christchurch.org.nz/heritage/photos/disc8/img0068.asp
- Botanic Gardens. Bandsmen's Memorial Band Rotunda In the Snow with the Public Hospital and Nurses Home Behind. Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. (1945-01-01T12:00:00.000Z), https://ehive.com/collections/204221/objects/1976259
- Bandsmen's Memorial Rotunda, Botanical Gardens (1980-01-01T00:00:00Z), https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/kathrynclarke/ccl-cs-76785
- Bandsmens Memorial Rotunda, Botanical Gardens Christchurch (1988-10-03T00:00:00Z), https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/star/prints/1988/ccl-cs-2248
- Woodland bridge in Christchurch Botanic Gardens: on the right is the Bandsmens Memorial rotunda. (196-?), http://library.christchurch.org.nz/heritage/photos/disc16/img0071.asp
- Christchurch Botanic Gardens, featuring Bandsmens Memorial Rotunda (1955-01-01T12:00:00.000Z), http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23526485
- Bandsmens Memorial rotunda (1990-09-25T00:00:00Z), https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/shane-duffy/ccl-cs-14038
- Bandsmen's Memorial Rotunda (2007-04-25T00:00:00Z), https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-48428
- Negative: Bandsmen's rotunda (copy), https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/1147867
- Bandsmen's Memorial Rotunda plaque (2007-04-25T00:00:00Z), https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-48420

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Bandsmen's Memorial Rotunda and Setting?**

A place on the record in Christchurch, Heritage New Zealand list no. 3093.

**Where is Bandsmen's Memorial Rotunda and Setting?**

Christchurch, [on the map →](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.532643341615426,172.6219157184641,17)