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Kōrero: Markets

Christchurch market

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Christchurch market

Christchurch’s Market Hall was built in Market Square, later renamed Victoria Square, in the 1850s. Farmers and growers sold produce, and initially livestock as well. The hall, with its steeply pitched roof, stands to the left of the main road in the centre of this view.

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Canterbury Museum

Reference: CM 2883

by Burton Brothers

Permission of Canterbury Museum, Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Perrin Rowland, Markets – Municipal markets, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23020/christchurch-market (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Perrin Rowland, i tāngia i te 26 February 2010.