Murray Aynsley Hill is a hillside suburb of

Christchurch Christchurch (; ) is the largest city in the South Island and the List of cities in New Zealand, second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand. Christchurch has an urban population of , and a metropolitan population of over hal ...

, New Zealand, located on the fringes of the

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south-east of the city centre. Situated above the suburb was Glenelg Children's Health Camp; the school for children with behavioural problems was closed by the

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, in January 2012. The suburb is named after early Christchurch settler

Hugh Murray-Aynsley Hugh Percy Murray-Aynsley (8 October 1828 – 22 February 1917) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand. Early life Murray-Aynsley was born in Gloucestershire, England, in 1828. His father was John Murray-Aynsley (179 ...

. The first owner of the land was Colonel Alexander Lean.

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Suburbs of Christchurch {{CanterburyNZ-geo-stub