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Kōrero: Wetlands

Christchurch, 1860

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Christchurch, 1860

The city of Christchurch was built on swampy land. This view looking south to the Worcester Street bridge shows flat, poorly drained land next to the flax-lined Avon River.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Edward Seager Album

Reference: 1/2-022720-F

by Alfred Charles Barker

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Peter Johnson, Wetlands – What are wetlands?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14283/christchurch-1860 (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Peter Johnson, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.