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Charlesworth Reserve
Charlesworth Wetland Reserve is a public conservation reserve in the Avon Heathcote Estuary, estuary of the Avon and Heathcote Rivers / Ihutai in Christchurch, New Zealand. Geography Charlesworth Reserve covers 20 hectares of land on the south-western edge of the Avon Heathcote Estuary in eastern Christchurch, New Zealand. To the north are the oxidation ponds of the Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant, wastewater treatment plant in Bromley, New Zealand, Bromley, and to the south is the suburb of Ferrymead. The reserve is bordered by Humphreys Drive (a continuation of Linwood Ave) and by Charlesworth Street to the west. About half the reserve is estuarine mudflats draining into the Avon Heathcote Estuary, and half is replanted shrubs and trees creating saltmarsh, coastal shrubland, and patches of forest. History Captain William Charlesworth (sometimes Charlsworth, 1824–1875) arrived in New Zealand in the 1850s and was involved in purchasing land to build the Ferrymea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avon Heathcote Estuary
The Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai is the largest semi-enclosed shallow estuary in Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury and remains one of New Zealand's most important Wetland, coastal wetlands. It is well known as an internationally important habitat for Bird migration, migratory birds, and it is an important recreational playground and educational resource. It was once highly valued for ''mahinga kai'' (Māori language, Māori for food gathering). Location The Avon River / Ōtākaro enters the estuary from the northwest, and the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River from the south-west. The estuary has a triangular shape, a short inlet connection with Pegasus Bay, and is primarily enclosed by the long Brighton Spit, on which the suburbs New Brighton, New Zealand, New Brighton, South New Brighton and Southshore, New Zealand, Southshore are located. The most prominent features of the inlet are the single deep channel between Rapanui Rock ("Shag Rock") and Brighton Spit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Christchurch Earthquake
A major earthquake occurred in Christchurch on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. New Zealand Daylight Time, local time (23:51 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC, 21 February). The () earthquake struck the Canterbury Region in the South Island, centred south-east of the central business district. It caused widespread damage across Christchurch, killing 185 people in List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll, New Zealand's fifth-deadliest disaster. Scientists classified it as an intraplate earthquake and a potential aftershock of the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, September 2010 Canterbury earthquake. Christchurch's central city and eastern suburbs were badly affected, with damage to buildings and infrastructure already weakened by the 2010 Canterbury earthquake and its aftershocks. Significant soil liquefaction, liquefaction affected the eastern suburbs, producing around 400,000 tonnes of silt. The earthquake was felt across the South Island and parts of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumner, New Zealand
Sumner is a coastal seaside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, and was surveyed and named in 1849 in honour of John Bird Sumner, the newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury and president of the Canterbury Association. Originally a separate borough, it was later amalgamated with the city of Christchurch as communications improved and the economies of scale made small-town boroughs uneconomic to operate. Toponymy Joseph Thomas (surveyor), Captain Joseph Thomas named the settlement for Bishop John Bird Sumner, one of the leading members of the Canterbury Association. The Ngāi Tahu name for the beach between Cave Rock (''Tuawera'') and Scarborough is ''Matuku Tako Tako''. This name has been used by both the state primary school and the city libraries. A. W. Reed gives the Māori language, Māori name for as ''Ohikaparuparu'' ("o" means place of; "hika" means rubbing, kindling, or planting; "paruparu" means dirt, deeply laden, or a preparation of fermented cockles). However ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitre 10 (New Zealand)
Mitre 10 is a New Zealand chain of home improvement stores established in June 1974. The company sells a range of household hardware, building supplies, heaters, air conditioners, garden products, barbecues and camping gear. There are 84 Mitre 10 member stores around New Zealand, including 19 in Auckland. Together, the members employ more than 8000 staff. History Mitre 10 was started in Melbourne, Australia in 1959 as a local co-operative, with the initial 8 independent operators pooling their resources for shared advertising and promotion. Separate state-based companies were formed in the years following. An overall licensing company was established in 1964. The co-operative concept became known to New Zealand hardware shop owners, and on 28 June 1974 the New Zealand Herald reported "some of the smaller firms in the timber and hardware merchandising field are grouping together to present a unified buying and selling front." The first member's meeting in 1974 consisted of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Charlesworth may refer to: Places * Charlesworth, Derbyshire, England * Charlesworth, Edmonton, Canada People * Charlesworth (surname), including a list of people with the surname * Charlesworth Samuel (died 1980), Antiguan politician Other uses * Charlesworth Bodies Charlesworth Bodies Limited of Much Park Street, Coventry, owned a coachbuilding business that had been founded in 1907 by Charles Gray Hill and Charles Steane. Principal product The company manufactured bodies in short runs for low-volume man ..., coachbuilders of Coventry, England * Charlesworth Cliffs, cliffs of Coats Land, Antarctica * ''Charlesworth'' (TV series), a British television series broadcast in 1959 {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oligosoma Maccanni
The McCann's skink (''Oligosoma maccanni'') is a species of skink native to New Zealand. Identification ''Oligosoma maccanni'' can be identified due to their physical features these include but are not limited to an oval shaped body (in cross section)'', a'' pointed head, a long tail which tapers downwards, and comparatively long limbs and toes. McCann's skinks have shiny scales on their skin, they also have two pale and key dorsolateral lines. The ''O. maccanni'' 's dorsal stripe does not extend to the end of the tail. The only presence of speckling on the body is under the chin, the ''O. maccanni'' 's also have a well-defined pale dorsolateral strip. McCann's skink have a slim and beautiful figure. In particular, the width of its neck is almost the same as that of the head. It has creamy-grey, yellow or brown soles of the feet and belly. The throat often has fine black speckling. It was discovered by Patterson and Daugherty (1995) that this species had a transparent palpe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch Seagull Pit
The Seagull Pit is a derelict building site and tourist attraction on Armagh Street in the Christchurch Central City, New Zealand. The pit was formed when the derelict basement of the former PricewaterhouseCoopers Building became flooded by rainwater, attracting wild gulls that built nests there. The building had been demolished following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. In 2024 a Google Maps listing for the location was created, and it was described as a "tongue-in-cheek" tourist attraction in news media. History Prior to the earthquake, the site was occupied by the PricewaterhouseCoopers building. The 21-storey mixed-use commercial and retail building was constructed in 1990, and included an underground car park with 158 spaces. During the earthquakes the building sustained significant structural damage, and it was deemed uneconomic to repair in October 2011. The owners were Kiwi Property Group Ltd, which also operates Northlands Shopping Centre. The group received an insura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larus Dominicanus
The kelp gull (''Larus dominicanus''), also known as the Dominican gull, is a gull that breeds on coasts and islands through much of the Southern Hemisphere. The nominate ''L. d. dominicanus'' is the subspecies found around South America, parts of Australia (where it overlaps with the Pacific gull), and New Zealand (where it is known as the black-backed gull, the southern black-backed gull, mollyhawk – particularly the juveniles, or by its Māori name ''karoro''). ''L. d. vetula'' (known as the Cape gull) is a subspecies occurring around Southern Africa. The specific name comes from the Dominican Order of friars, who wear black and white habits. Description The kelp gull superficially resembles two gulls from further north in the .... Description The kelp gull superficially resembles two gulls from further north in the Atlantic Ocean, the lesser black-backed gull">Atlantic Ocean">.... Description The kelp gull superficially resembles two gulls from further north in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larus Bulleri
The black-billed gull (''Chroicocephalus bulleri''), also called Buller's gull or (Māori), is a Near Threatened species of gull in the family Laridae. This gull is found only in New Zealand, its ancestors having arrived from Australia around 250,000 years ago. Taxonomy Originally named ''Gavia pomare'' in 1855 by Carl Friedrich Bruch, the name was rejected by the New Zealand ornithologist Sir Walter Lawry Buller because it was already being used for another species. He then took up Prince Napoléon Bonaparte's "playful" genus name ''Bruchigavia'' (literally, "Bruch's seabird") as a provisional name for New Zealand gulls. But because Buller's proposed species name ''melanoryncha'' (literally, "black-billed") had already been given to another gull species, Frederick Hutton suggested the name ''bulleri'', in honor of Buller, in 1871. Buller accepted the offer and followed others in adopting the "larger and better-defined genus" of ''Larus''. The alternative common name Buller' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemiandrus Celaeno
''Hemiandrus celaeno'' is a species of endemic ground wētā in the family Anostostomatidae. ''H. celaeno'' is a small to medium-sized burrowing wētā found along the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand. ''Hemiandrus calaeno'' is a member of the short ovipositor ground wētā. ''H. celaeno'' is named for Celaeno of the Pleiades sisters in Greek mythology, whose name means "the dark one". Tag-named entity, ''H. ‘horomaka’'', has been included under ''H. celaeno.'' ''Hemiandrus celaeno'' is present on the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand from Kaikōura south to Banks Peninsula, and west to Porters Pass. Has been found in sheltered bush near remnant forest in Christchurch. ''Hemiandrus celaeno'' is classified as Naturally Uncommon by the New Zealand Threat Classification System. The qualifier is that it has a restricted range, only being found in the eastern South Island. Morphology ''Hemiandrus celaeno'' is a small to medium-sized ground wētā.''H. cel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allotrochosina Schauinslandi
''Allotrochosina'' is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae Wolf spiders are members of the Family (biology), family Lycosidae (), named for their robust and agile hunting skills and excellent eyesight. They live mostly in solitude, hunt alone, and usually do not spin spider web, webs. Some are opportunis .... It was first described in 1960 by Roewer. , it contains 3 species. References Lycosidae Lycosidae genera Spiders of Australia Spiders of New Zealand Taxa named by Carl Friedrich Roewer {{Lycosidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megadromus Antarcticus
''Megadromus antarcticus'', also known as the “Alexander beetle”, is a member of the Carabidae (ground beetle) family and only found in the Canterbury Region, Canterbury region of New Zealand.Landcare Research, N. Z. (2015). New Zealand Land Invertebrates - Megadromus (Megadromus) antarcticus (Chaudoir, 1865). Retrieved from https://biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz/scientific-names/c41ad33a-5c41-4446-8505-85508811bca7 ''Megadromus antarcticus'' are easily recognized by their iridescent green colouration. Description ''Megadromus antarcticus'' size can range in length from 22mm to 34mm.Britton, E. B. (1940). The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 69, 484. ''Megadromus antarcticus'' is a member of the Adephaga suborder which is morphologically defined by the presence of liquid feeding mouth parts as larvae and once matured, has six abdominal ventrites and pygidial glands.Lovei, G. L., & Sunderland, K. D. (1996) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
