| LC control no. | n 80065884 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Christchurch (N.Z.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | New Zealand--Christchurch |
| Variant(s) | Christchurch, N.Z. Ōtautahi (N.Z.) |
| See also | Waimairi District (N.Z.) Heathcote County (N.Z.) Paparua County (N.Z.) Banks Peninsula District (N.Z.) Rangiora District (N.Z.) |
| Other standard no. | 18448 Q79990 |
| Beginning date | 1848-03-27 |
| Associated country | New Zealand |
| Found in | Andersen, J. C. Old Christchurch in picture and story, 1949. NZ place names database (archived), Oct. 23, 2009 (Christchurch; city; lat: -43.5326; long: 172.6362) Local government reorganisation, 1989: p. 138 (Christchurch City) p. 147 (local districts to be abolished [include] Waimairi District, Heathcote County, Paparua County, Rangiora District) Christchurch (N.Z.). City Council. Annual report 2006: p. 145 (Banks Peninsula District was abolished and included in the area of Christchurch city) New Zealand gazetteer, via WWW, viewed on August 13, 2024: search for place names (Christchurch; feature type: city; location: 43.531S 172.636E; history/origin/meaning: the name was chosen on 27 March 1848 at the first meeting of the Canterbury Association on the suggestion of John Robert Godley, whose college at Oxford, England, was Christ Church; Maori name: Otautahi: lit. Place of Tautahi, named after the chief Te Potikitautahi. Tautahi was the first to construct eel weirs and fish dams over 350 years ago and had his pa beside a ford on the Avon River; land district: Canterbury) Wikipedia WWW site, viewed on August 13, 2024: Christchurch, New Zealand page (Christchurch (Māori: Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island and the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand) |
| Geographic area code | u-nz--- |
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