Christchurch
About Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island and the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand. Christchurch has an urban population of 407,800, and a metropolitan population of 556,500. It is located in the Canterbury Region, near the centre of the east coast of the South Island, east of the Canterbury Plains. It is located near the southern end of Pegasus Bay, and is bounded to the east by the Pacific Ocean and to the south by the ancient volcanic complex of the Banks Peninsula. The Avon River / Ōtākaro winds through the centre of the city, with a large urban park along its banks. With the exception of the Port Hills, it is a relatively flat city, on an average about 20 m (66 ft) above sea level. Christchurch has a reputation for being an English city, with its architectural identity and nickname the 'Garden City' due to similarities with garden cities in England, but also has a historic Māori heritage. Christchurch has a temperate oceanic climate with regular moderate rainfall.
On the show — 26 mentions total
This one in the international exhibition in 1906 went into Lake Victoria in Christchurch. It was so popular that 1,967,682 people visited it at a time when the whole population of New Zealand was 975,000 — more than twice as many people went to this as lived in the whole country.
from 374: No Such Thing As Tarzan In A Waterpark, 2021-05-21 at 00:35:23 · read transcript
Other times Christchurch came up
It was basically, they were banning bestiality. They outlawed, and this is the quotes here, knowing sexual conduct or sexual contact with an animal, forgetting that that's what we are. There was a loophole in Christchurch in New Zealand where if you wanted to register your diesel car, you needed to pay two hundred and sixty dollars. If you wanted to register a hearse, you could register it for fifty eight dollars.
73: No Such Thing As A Useless Condom, 2015-08-07 · listen
It was basically they were banning beastiality. They outlawed, and this is the quotes here, knowing sexual conduct or sexual contact with an animal, forgetting that that's what we are. There was a loophole in Christchurch in New Zealand where if you wanted to register your diesel car, you needed to pay $260. If you wanted to register a hearse, you could register it for $58. So a lady registered her diesel car as a non-commercial hearse. by arguing that whenever she went to the supermarket, she was bringing back dead chickens.
No Such Thing As A Useless Condom, 2015-08-07 · listen
I think that's fair enough. I think that's a good point. Very eco-friendly. I thought I'd look at a few more local achievements as soon as we're in Christchurch. I went on the Guinness World Records and I found out that the largest ever game of leapfrog was in Christchurch. It involved 1,348 participants, which I think by coincidence is the exact number of people in this building right now.
567: No Such Thing As A Honey Badger On Toast, 2025-01-23 · listen
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