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Christchurch

[ krahyst-church ]

noun

  1. a city on E South Island, in New Zealand.


Christchurch

/ ˈkraɪstˌtʃɜːtʃ /

noun

  1. a city in New Zealand, on E South Island: manufacturing centre of a rich agricultural region. Pop: 344 100 (2004 est)
  2. a town and resort in S England, in SE Dorset. Pop: 40 208 (2001)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In 2019, less than a month after the Christchurch massacre, New Zealand lawmakers passed a gun buyback scheme, as well as restrictions on AR-15s and other semiautomatic weapons, and they later established a firearms registry.

From Vox

So, three years after the Christchurch attack, the only tool required to fool the platforms’ automated systems for removing terrorist content is basic video editing software, plus some persistence.

From Time

“Some of the things that they do could keep you awake at night,” says arachnologist Fiona Cross of the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.

The Christchurch massacre of worshippers at mosques in New Zealand in March 2019 caught the attention of American officials.

Christchurch remains a buzzing, thriving city,'' William said in a speech.

The couple will leave George behind for a two-day tour of Dunedin, Queenstown, and Christchurch, all on South Island.

Short flights link Wanaka to Christchurch; by road the journey takes five hours.

He last visited New Zealand in March 2011, shortly after the Christchurch earthquake.

The Christchurch quake, he said, was a popular conversation topic with his young kindergarten students.

“Restoration” was begun at first under the direction of Mr. Ferrey, who also restored Christchurch Priory.

Perfect skeletons of them are still preserved in the museum of Christchurch, New Zealand.

The heir at the time was at Christchurch; but at such a period a slight interruption to his studies was not to be lamented.

He comes from the north country, but for many years he hath gone the round of the forest from Southampton to Christchurch.

By these signs Alleyne knew that he was on the very fringe of the forest, and therefore no great way from Christchurch.

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