There were only 7 ringing towers in New Zealand. Auckland, Hamilton, 2 in Wellington, 2 in Christchurch and Dunedin. |
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Christchurch is New Zealand’s 2nd biggest city after Auckland. It has a population of about 350,000. |
The population of New Zealand is around 4 million - that’s about the same size as Manchester and Birmingham put together. |
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The land mass of New Zealand is about the same as the British Isles. |
If you can’t ring in Christchurch the next nearest place is a five hour drive (Dunedin) or an hour’s flight (Wellington). |
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If you drilled a hole through the Earth starting in Christchurch you would come out in Northern Spain. |
The UK city of Coventry has about the same population as Christchurch - they lost their cathedral once too! |
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They used to say that there were 20 sheep for every person in New Zealand. These days there are more cows per capita than sheep. |