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Kōrero: Canterbury region

The council chamber

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The council chamber

This is the sombre, wood-panelled passage in the Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings. Completed in 1865, the buildings were regarded as the finest example of High Victorian Gothic architecture in New Zealand before the 2011 earthquake.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Jock Phillips

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John Wilson, Canterbury region – Politics and government, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10344/the-council-chamber (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Wilson, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.