Ripapa Island
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Ripapa Island, also known earlier as Ripa Island, located just off the shore of Lyttelton Harbour, has played many roles in the history of New Zealand. A Māori fortified pā there played a key role in
Fort Jervois
Derelict Armstrong guns and emplacements
8-inch Armstrong gun mechanism
History of Canterbury Region
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The history of the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand dates back to settlement by Māori people in about the 14th century.
Ripapa Island
…tribe built one there in the early 19th century. In the 1820s, Taununu faced a fierce fight with another Ngāi Tahu group, in what was to be known as the kai huanga feud. Kai huanga, meaning "eat relatives", refers to the cannibalistic nature of the feud and that those they fought and ate were close relatives, even…
A bullock wagon in the Canterbury region in the 1880s.
Building damage in Worcester Street, corner Manchester Street, with ChristChurch Cathedral in the background. (September 2010)
A store damaged in the February 2011 earthquake.
Pyne Gould Corporation Building, 24 February 2011