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Brooklands New Brighton
Halswell
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Where: Rolleston Ave
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DANCE-O-MAT
Where: 129 Gloucester Street
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Pop a $2 coin into an old Laundromat washing machine, plug in your iPod and dance along to your favourite beats on this outdoor dance floor.
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IMAGINATION STATION
Where: Cathedral Junction, 109 Worcester Street
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LASER STRIKE
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EXPLORE THE CITY’S STREET ART
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CHRISTCHURCH ART GALLERY
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MARGARET MAHY PLAYGROUND
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Where: Worcester Boulevard
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GAP GOLF
Where: The Commons, 70 Kilmore Street
HALSWELL MINIATURE TRAINS
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Where: Halswell Domain Ride the miniature trains every Sunday
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ADAPTED YOGA & PILATES
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Where: 438 Halswell Road
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NEW BRIGHTON BEACH & PIER
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Where: Marine Parade
CHRISTCHURCH CIRCUS CENTRE
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Where: Roy Stokes Hall
NEW BRIGHTON’S SEASIDE MARKET
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Fresh produce, cakes, second hand stalls and live entertainment every Saturday.
MALTHOUSE CINEMA
Burwood & Parklands TRAVIS WETLAND NATURE HERITAGE PARK
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Where: 71 Colombo Street
THOMSON PARK / RAWHITI DOMAIN
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CENTAURUS PARK
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NEW BRIGHTON LIBRARY Where: 213 Marine Parade
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Where: St Barnabas Church, Fendalton Road
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FENDALTON LIBRARY Where: 4 Jeffreys Road
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LITTLE ARPEGGIOS MUSICPLAY
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Where: 170 Clyde Road
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Where: The Medbury Centre, Creyke Road
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Where: 26 School Road
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ORTON BRADLEY PARK
Where: Charteris Bay
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TEMPLETON SUMMER POOL
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PAPANUI LIBRARY
Where: 35 Langdons Road
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Books, free wifi, preschool programmes and reading to dogs.
Where: 62 Kirk Road Six lane pool and toddlers pool.
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BLUEBERRY BLISS AT BROADFIELD BERRYFRUIT
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ALPINE ICE
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Where: 495 Brougham Street
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OPAWA FARMERS MARKET
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Where: 275 Fifield Terrace
LYTTELTON MARKET
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Where: London Street
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McLeans Island, Russley & Harewood
Groups To Join
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STEAM SCENE
Where: 621 McLeans Island
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Where: 196 Roydvale Ave
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ARION FARM
Where: 890 McLeans Island Road An educational animal park.
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SHIRLEY LIBRARY
Where: 36 Marshland Road (by the Palms Mall)
CREATIVE JUNK
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Where: Westburn Terrace
COURT THEATRE
Where: Bernard Street
Where: 266 Barrington Street
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GYMBAROO CHCH SOUTH LTD
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Sensory movement experiences for babies as young as one month old.
Sydenham
SCIENCE ALIVE
Where: 46 Coleridge Street
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Where: 239 Waltham Road
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Where: 60 Hussey Road
Where: Waltham Park, 30 Waltham Road
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CRAIGHEAD RESERVE
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Where: Groynes Drive The perfect place for a picnic.
Annual Events
BMX track, slides and swings.
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Where: 54 Oxford Street
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MT PLEASANT FARMERS MARKET
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Where: 3 McCormacks Bay Road
Where: Herberden Avenue
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HEATHCOTE VALLEY RIDING SCHOOL
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FERRYMEAD HERITAGE PARK
The Plunket website has a list of community groups, playgrounds and family centres to visit, as well as parent education courses.
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SUMNER BEACH & ESPLANADE
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Where: Sumner Beach
FERRYMEAD GOLF COMPLEX
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THE GONDOLA
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Where: 10 Bridle Path Road
plunket.org.nz ————————————————————————————————————–
PARENTS CENTRE
parentscentre.org.nz ————————————————————————————————————–
LA LECHE LEAGUE
Get breastfeeding help online or via group meetings. lalecheleague.org.nz
AKAROA FRENCH FESTIVAL (OCT)
NOSTALGIA FESTIVAL (FEB)
HERITAGE WEEK (OCT)
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KIDSFEST (JUN / JUL)
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Bishopdale Riccarton WHARENUI SWIM CLUB. Where: 73 Elizabeth Street
WALTHAM SUMMER POOL
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OKEOVER COMMUNITY GARDEN 97
FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS (JUN)
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Each session is half an hour long and includes singing, dancing and simple percussion instruments. ————————————————————————————————————–
BISHOPDALE LIBRARY
Where: 17c Bishopdale Court Books and free wifi.
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YMCA BISHOPDALE
Where: 13a Bishopdale Court
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Where: 188 Strickland Street
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ELEPHANT PARK / BISHOPDALE PARK
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CHRISTCHURCH ARTS FESTIVAL (AUG. EVERY TWO YEARS)
MUMS AND BUBS AT HOYTS CINEMA
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Weekly screenings on Wednesdays at 11am for a child-friendly cinema environment. ————————————————————————————————————–
RICCARTON BUSH Where: 16 Kahu Road
WALKING FESTIVAL (SEP — OCT)
UPPER RICCARTON LIBRARY
Where: 71 Main South Road
Where: Corner Leacroft Street and Harewood Road
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SUMMERTIMES (DEC TO FEB)
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Where: Westfield Riccarton
SCAPE PUBLIC ART BIENNIAL (OCT — NOV. EVERY TWO YEARS)
SUMMER STARTER FUN RUN (NOV)
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Where: Engineering Road
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BANKS PENINSULA WALKING FESTIVAL (NOV)
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If you have any questions about this project, or if you want to get involved, please contact us through the Facebook page at fb.com/ChildandYouthFriendlyChristchurch ————————————————————————————————————–
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Where: 50 Ferrymead Park Drive
Walk the length of the beach or take your bikes for a ride down the Etsplanade. Finish with an ice cream.
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The Child and Youth Friendly Christchurch initiative is all about making Christchurch the best city in New Zealand to grow up in. We want to achieve this by collaborating with local and central government, iwi, organisations, businesses and people of all ages.
WORLD BUSKERS FESTIVAL (JAN)
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An early 1900s throwback with steam trains, old-style shops (including café) and chickens.
The places and spaces that feature on this map were identified by children and parents in our city, and we hope that it will provide you with some new ideas and heaps of family fun!
PLUNKET
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Where: 131 Bridle Path Road
Check out neatplaces.co.nz for details.
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Where: 50 Ferrymead Drive
Visit this farmers market on Saturday morning before driving to Sumner beach.
Where: 2/2 Leacroft Street
YMCA ADVENTURE CENTRE
Where: Northcote Road
NORMAN KIRK MEMORIAL SUMMER POOL
MUSIC AND MOVEMENT CLASSES
Northcote
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Surf school holiday programmes and after school lessons for $50
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Northwood
Opens fortnightly on Wednesdays (7.30pm – 8.30pm).
SCARBOROUGH PARK
Where: Corner Stoke Street & Esplanade, Sumner
Where: 63 Waimea Terrace
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Features an ongoing family and kid friendly programme.
Test your biking skills on this popular bike track which is laid out as a street network.
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Where: St Martin’s Church, 50 Lincoln Road
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Get creative with the recycled materials and art supplies at Creative Junk.
WESTBURN RESERVE
MUSICAL PLAY CLASSES
SPREYDON LIBRARY
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Where: Poulton Ave
READING CINEMA
Where: Barrington Street
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An 18 hole mini golf course. Perfect for all ages.
There are a number of groups to join for education, parental support and to meet likeminded people.
The Parents Centre offers parent support and education via their website and their Bishopdale Centre (2/2 Leacroft Street).
Steam train rides at McLeans Island. Open the first Sunday of every month.
Park with playground. Watch a rugby or cricket match in the weekend.
Where: 25 Disraeli Street
There are over 400 animals at Orana Park. Get yourself an annual membership to save some coin.
MCLEANS ISLAND
BARRINGTON PARK
Open Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Addington
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SHIRLEY TOY LIBRARY
RICHMOND PARK
Lunch at Little River Café then head to the mudslides at Little River Campground (Fri and Sat 1.00pm – 3.00pm). This camping ground plays host to a number of fun family-friendly events, including weaving workshops, twilight cinema, chainsaw carving and The Drum Festival.
THE GROYNES
Where: 475 Robinsons Road
Spreydon & Beckenham
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PIRATE’S ISLAND ADVENTURE GOLF
Shirley & Richmond
SUMNER PUZZLE CLUB / TOY LIBRARY
Where: 30 Wiggins Street
A Saturday farmers market.
Head to this Sunday market for organic produce and some lunch.
DIAMOND HARBOUR & QUAIL ISLAND
Where: Amos St
If you want to turn your Akaroa day trip to an overnight one, Okains Bay has a superb camping ground. The Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum is well worth a visit too.
WILLOWBANK
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Pick your own blueberries any day of the week during summer.
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Burnside
Where: Northlands Shopping Centre
ART CLASSES AT ART METRO
Where: Okains Bay
Where: 287 Okuti Valley Road
Where: Sisson Drive
MUMS AND BUBS AT HOYTS CINEMA
CAMPING AT OKAINS BAY
MUDSLIDES IN LITTLE RIVER
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Open Thursdays (5.30pm –7.00pm) and Saturdays (9.30am–12.00 Noon).
Where: 743 McLeans Island Road
An expansive recreational area including walking and bike tracks, dog park and playground. ————————————————————————————————————–
GRAHAM CONDON CENTRE
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ORANA WILDLIFE PARK
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Papanui
A wooden maze, lawn labyrinth and seasonal corn maze.
Where: Sockburn School, 34 Springs Road
Where: Port Hills
Road trip to Akaroa and grab some fish and chips for lunch on the beach.
Hornby, Templeton & Prebbleton
HORNBY TOY LIBRARY
VICTORIA PARK
Where: Akaroa
There’s loads of family entertainment at this museum.
Where: 493 Shands Road
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Yaldhurst Opawa & Sumner, Heathcote, & Tai Tapu St Martins Banks Peninsula, Ferrymead & Lyttelton
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DAY TRIP TO AKAROA
Wigram
TOTHILL’S MAZES
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Where: 21 King Edward Tce
YALDHURST TRANSPORT MUSEUM
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Where: 295 Ilam Road
Where: 45 Harvard Ave
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CADDYSHACK CITY MINIGOLF
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Port Hills & Banks Peninsula
Take a picnic to Orton Bradley Park and remember to take some cash so they’ll let you in. Great for camping too!
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AIRFORCE MUSEUM
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Pick your own raspberries, strawberries and blueberries from late December.
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JELLIE PARK RECREATION & SPORTS CENTRE
CASHMERE PLAYGROUND
WALTHAM PARK
Where: 40 Rhodes Road
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Early childhood learning through music on Monday mornings.
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RASPBERRY CAFÉ
Learn the basics of soccer. Saturdays only from 8.30am to 1.00pm.
MEDBURY MUSIC, MOVEMENT & MORE
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Where: 30 Waltham Rd
A city-wide golf course with approximately nine holes. BYO ball and putter, or pick one up from The Commons where the course starts.
SOCCER FOR TOTS
Where: 68 Hackthorne Road
Where: Ferry Rd and Aldwins Rd
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Fendalton, Ilam & Merivale Where: Abberley Crescent
GO POTTY CERAMIC STUDIO
EDMONDS FACTORY GARDEN
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Where: Catch the Ferry from Lyttelton Harbour
ABBERLEY PARK
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Where: 136 Shaw Ave
Take a stroll on the boardwalk and watch the ducks, geese and pukekos.
Where: 46 Queenspark Drive
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Woolston & Waltham
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Where: Burwood
PARKLANDS LIBRARY
Where: 66 Colombo Street
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Sign up to family friendly yoga and pilates classes. Specialised instruction is provided for all stages of motor development.
SOUTH LIBRARY
Where: Fairview Street
Where: 93 Marine Parade
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NEW BRIGHTON COMMUNITY GARDENS
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Where: 75 Lyttelton Street
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Circus school. What’s not to love about that? The kids circus includes juggling, balancing, acrobatics and aerials. ————————————————————————————————————–
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PIONEER STADIUM
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A Department of Conservation project, Nature Play is a public play space for kids.
HAGLEY PARK
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Where: Waitikiri Drive
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Where: 339 Halswell Road
Duck. A family café in the Gardens.
NATURE PLAY
Where: Kennedys Bush Road
TE HĀPUA SUMMER POOL
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CHCH BOTANIC GARDENS & VISITOR CENTRE
HALSWELL QUARRY
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One of the world’s largest outdoor playgrounds, designed in collaboration with local children.
Where: Entrance off Rolleston Ave or Park Terrace.
Where: All over, visit Streetart.co.nz for info.
An adventure park in the tree tops.
Food trucks, RAD Bikes, The Arcade and Retro Sports Facility
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A Lego play centre for the young and old. Bring a packed lunch!
ANTIGUA BOATSHEDS
Where: 70 Kilmore Street
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Where: 105 Heyders Road
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Where: 91 Peterborough Street
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WASHINGTON WAY SKATE PARK
THE COMMONS
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OTAUTAHI URBAN FORAGING IN THE RED ZONE
Somerfield & Cashmere
NEAT PLACES FOR KIDS A CHILD AND YOUTH FRIENDLY CHRISTCHURCH INITIATIVE
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NEAT PLACES FOR KIDS
LATITUDE & LONGITUDE 43.53000° S, 172.6203° E
A CHILD AND YOUTH FRIENDLY CHRISTCHURCH INITIATIVE
POPULATION 341,469 (2013)
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