Maori oral history relates that humans occupied the Christchurch area around 1000 ACE. Archeological evidence found in a cave in 1876 has indicated that the area was first settled by moa-hunting tribes about 1250. A party of European settlers established themselves in what is now the Christchurch area, early in 1840. The “First Four Ships” were chartered by the Canterbury Association and arrived on December 16, 1850, bringing the first 792 of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton Harbour. The Canterbury Pilgrims had aspirations of building a city around a cathedral and college, on the model of Christ Church in Oxford. The name “Christ Church” was decided prior to the ships’ arrival, at the Association’s first meeting, on March 27, 1848. New Zealand’s first public railway line, the Ferrymead railway, opened from Ferrymead to Christchurch in 1863. Due to the difficulties in traveling over the Port Hills and the dangers associated with shipping, a railway tunnel was bored through the Port Hills to Lyttelton, opening in 1867. Christchurch became a city by Royal Charter on July 31, 1856. Many of the city’s Gothic buildings by architect Benjamin Mountfort date from around this period. from the navigator
We expect to be docked in Christchurch at 7:00 am. At 7:00 pm, we will set sail for Dunedin. The distance to be covered is 186 nautical miles, which requires an average speed of 19.5 knots.
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