The city’s stones
Six entries and every one of them is public memory, two captains in bronze, the citizens' war memorial, and the Provincial Council Buildings that kept three listings for themselves. A short loop of the centre.
The walk, as a line
Straight between pins, the streets run longer. Every numbered pin opens that place’s own record.
The stops, in order
- Captain Robert Falcon Scott Statue and Setting, 153 Oxford Terrace · Heritage NZ list 1840 · 38 unread leads
Captain Scott’s statue on Oxford Terrace, the Antarctic captain the city claims.
- Captain James Cook Statue and Setting, 89 Armagh Street · Heritage NZ list 1860 · 42 unread leads
Captain Cook’s statue on Armagh Street, the other captain in bronze.
- Citizens' War Memorial and Setting, 99 Cathedral Square · 40 unread leads · a Wikipedia entry
The Citizens' War Memorial by the Square, the city’s own dead.
- Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings Former Land Transfer Office, 86 Armagh Street · Heritage NZ list 45 · 42 unread leads
The former Land Transfer Office, the provincial buildings' street face.
- Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings Courtyard/Grounds, 280 Durham Street North · Heritage NZ list 45 · 22 unread leads
The Provincial Council courtyard and grounds, the ground is listed too.
- Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings, 280 Durham Street North · Heritage NZ list 45 · 29 unread leads · a Wikipedia entry
The Provincial Council Buildings, the walk ends at the seat of the old government.
What the register built on the way
Council structures within about 30 m of the stop-to-stop line, the bridges, steps and shelters the route passes. Site names are the register’s own.
A set of steps at Godley Statue Reserve, 4 steps · built 2023 1 m off the line
A set of steps at Victoria Square, 3 steps · built 2018 1 m off the line
A set of steps at Godley Statue Reserve, 3 steps · built 2009 5 m off the line
A set of steps at Canterbury Provincial Council, 5 m long · built 2009 6 m off the line
A boat ramp at Victoria Square, 11.3 m long · built 2018 13 m off the line
A jetty at Canterbury Provincial Council, 3 m long · built 1998 16 m off the line
A set of steps at Canterbury Provincial Council, 3 m long · built 2009 17 m off the line
A ramp at Avon Riverbank Central City, 18 m long · built 2016 21 m off the line
The reports along it
7,675 council reports pinned within 150 m of the line, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 6,330 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Pavement - Damaged
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Road Signage
Accessibility
Hazard, vehicle
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Trees - General
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Animal - General
Graffiti on a playground or in a park
Dumped RubbishQuestions, answered briefly
Six entries and every one of them is public memory, two captains in bronze, the citizens' war memorial, and the Provincial Council Buildings that kept three listings for themselves. 6 listed places, 1.0 km as the line runs, Christchurch Central City.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott Statue and Setting (153 Oxford Terrace) to Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (280 Durham Street North), the order is a suggestion, not the only way round.
Every one, each pin is a row in the district plan’s heritage schedule, and each opens the place’s own sourced record here.
1.0 km measured straight between the pins, the streets run longer, and the stops deserve a pause each.
The record behind this
Every stop is a row in the district plan’s heritage schedule, held here as the register’s own layer. The order and the notes are ours, the listings are the council’s and Heritage New Zealand’s. "Setting" is the register’s word for the ground a listing covers.
The rest of the register here: Central City
The same ground today: Christchurch Central City
More walks over this ground: The square and its ring · The boulevard · The river bend · The school’s own register
This page as markdown: /walks/civic-stones.md · the route as data: /walks/civic-stones.geojson · on the live map: the walks layer.