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Canterbury, New Zealand
The New Zealand region of Canterbury mostly comprises the Canterbury Plains. Christchurch is the main city, which is also the seat of the Canterbury Regional Council (trading as Environment Canterbury) and the Christchurch City Council.
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Geography
Pre-European History
1769 - 1850
Colonisation
In 1848 Edward Gibbon Wakefield and John Robert Godley established the Canterbury Association to plan a Church of England colony in New Zealand's South Island. The colony was to be based upon theories developed by Wakefield while in prison for eloping with a woman not-of-age.
The University of Canterbury is located in Christchurch.
Regions of New Zealand |
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North Island: Northland | Auckland | Waikato | Bay of Plenty | Gisborne* | Hawke's Bay | Taranaki | Manawatu-Wanganui | Wellington |
South Island: Tasman* | Marlborough* | Nelson* | West Coast | Canterbury | Otago | Southland |
*unitary authorities |