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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Police this morning recovered the body of a man from a riverbed in Christchurch following what appears to have been a 4WD expedition gone wrong. Police said the body was found about 10am in the Kowai riverbed, north of the city. Police...
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Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
The theft of four fully mounted saddles from the tack room of the Christchurch Riding for the Disabled charity is a major setback.
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jump to the full entry & travel map Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand After braving the shower block I was pleasantly surprised to find hot water - a lot more than we have got than in some more expensive sites and we lazily set off for the last leg of our journey. We detoured and stopped at Littleton for fish and chips at the port town before taking the scenic Summit Road to Christchurch....
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Saturday 19thA gentle day wandering Christchurch in the rain followed by a trip out to the Antarctic Centre Christchurch is the Aerial departure point for American and NZ Antarctic expeditions this museum is worth the money We thought we had finished complete with 16 degree snow storm with 40 km winds CHILLY When we found a whole new room
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand We arrived into Christchurch at around 3pm and took the bus into town. Here we wandered around and found somewhere to stay. We spent that evening sorting out our plans for New Zealand. We only have 3 weeks here and we are flying out of Auckland so we had to sort everything out. We chatted with a few travel agencies...
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Christchurch, New Zealand Its our last full day in Christchurch. What an amazing holiday we've had! The sun is shining today and its quite warm. Would you believe there is snow forcast for pretty much all of the country on Thursday!?!?!
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Christchurch, New Zealand After an Immigration scare in Singapore and again in Australia I have made it to Christchurch, and I currently call Kay and Jenny's couch home. In Singapore I had some chewing gum in my bag in order to keep my breath so fresh and so clean during my two days getting from point A to B. In Singapore gum is illegal, and there are...
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand And so began our New Zealand adventure. We arrived in Christchurch at approxiamtely 10.30pm after a delayed flight and headed immediately outside to the Shuttle bus that would take us to our Hostel (pre booked...or so we thought) in the city. After watching a poor boys snowboard nearly get smashed...
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Christchurch, New Zealand Our first full day in Christchurch has been great! We slept in a little and made our way to the Lotus Heart Cafe. So far, every meal we've had here has been tastey and innovative! We didnt do too much today, just walked around the city, took photos and of course ate! We leave early in the morning for our trip...
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand What a shock to the system ! Freezing. Literally. We arrived in Christchurch to freezing cold winds and severe weather warnings !. The first night was a planned stop in Christchurch - but it soon became clear that the weather was going to dictate the route we would take around the island, at least for the...
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand Finally, after 5 whole weeks of working at Kathmandu I get to move on. I only have about three weeks left in NZ so it is time to get travelling again. Took the long trip to Christchurch the day after I finished work, so I don't feel like I have had much time to relax since I was working at least 40 hour weeks....