The Sign of the Takahe
Cashmere/Port Hills Community & Business Association held its Christmas function at the Sign of the Takahe, an important Christchurch Heritage building
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Angela's Journal
From the Diary of a High-Class Landlady
Ding Dong Merrily on High
The bay window at Dyers House is a perfect setting for our Christmas tree. Ten ft tall and covered in hundreds of lights and over a hundred heirloom ornaments.
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Visiting the heritage home of Dame Ngaio Marsh
Dame Ngaio Marsh grew up in Cashmere Christchurch and lived throughout her life in this cottage close by to Dyers House. A Queen of Crime, her novels with Inspector Roderick Alleyn are still in print. Awarded Dame of the British Empire for her...
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Thelychiton or dendrobium?
Among the orchids at Dyers House is this tiny pink rock orchid
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Who has Naming Rights?
Since the Christchurch earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 many tall cranes were imported to deal with deconstruction and reconstruction of much of our city centre.
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- New Zealand's Christmas tree
- The Sign of the Takahe
- Ding Dong Merrily on High
- Visiting the heritage home of Dame Ngaio Marsh
- Thelychiton or dendrobium?
- Who has Naming Rights?