view gallery S0 km | Bushman — Waimate, New Zealand in Figurative Public Sculpture To commemorate the clearing the forests around Waimate during the late 19th century this Bushman resting on a log was created. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 03/03/2010 last visited: 04/27/2013 |
view gallery S0 km | War Memorial Clock Tower — Waimate, New Zealand in Town Clocks This town clock started life in Waimate's third post office in 1912. In 1956 it was reinstalled in the War Memorial Clock Tower. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 02/01/2010 last visited: 04/27/2013 |
view gallery E0 km | Saddlery — Waimate, New Zealand in Ghost Signs The back entrance to a shop that once was a saddlery and today houses the local branch of the Red Cross. The sign gives reference to a changing world where covers for motors where needed perhaps more than saddles for horses. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 02/23/2010 last visited: 04/27/2013 |
view gallery SW0.2 km | Recognition Of the Men and Women Who Gave Their Services to the Waimate Hospital — Waimate, New Zealand in Citizen Memorials Dedicated to the many people who worked at the Waimate Hospital posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 02/01/2010 last visited: 04/27/2013 |
view gallery SW0.2 km | Margaret Cruickshank — Waimate, New Zealand in Statues of Historic Figures Erected to the memory of Margaret Cruickshank, New Zealand's first practising woman doctor. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 02/06/2010 last visited: 04/27/2013 |
view gallery NE0.2 km | Arcadia Theatre — Waimate, New Zealand in Vintage Movie Theaters Built in 1906 as Quinn's Arcade this building was converted into a picture theatre in 1918 seating some 725 people. The theatre opened in 1920 and run until 1955 when it was damaged by fire. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 02/06/2010 last visited: 04/27/2013 |
view gallery S0.2 km | Edward VII Band Stand — Waimate, New Zealand in Gazebos Built as a memorial to King Edward VII after his death in 1910, this band stand is the centrepiece of Seddon Square in Waimate. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 02/23/2010 last visited: 04/27/2013 |
view gallery SW0.3 km | Waimate Grain Silos. Waimate. Canterbury. New Zealand. in Grain Elevators A familiar landmark in the Canterbury town of Waimate are the historic 35m high concrete wheat silos, opened in 1921. They are part of the old Empress flour mill on Queen Street. posted by: Punga and Paua location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 04/22/2010 last visited: 04/27/2013 |
view gallery SW0.5 km | Chief Huruhuru Monument — Waimate, New Zealand in Citizen Memorials Known as the Chief Huruhuru Monument, this obelisk honours Te Huruhuru, as well as the brothers Micheal, John, and Paul Studholme. This was the beginning of pakeha settlement of the Waimate district. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 03/03/2010 last visited: 04/27/2013 |
view gallery SW0.6 km | Judith Anne Cameron — Waimate, New Zealand in Citizen Memorials Commemorating the life of a nurse who worked at the Oak House Medical Clinic posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 02/01/2010 last visited: 04/27/2013 |
view gallery SW0.6 km | Isabel McRae — Waimate, New Zealand in Dedicated Trees Isabel McRae served as mayoress of Waimate for 18 years. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 02/09/2010 last visited: 04/27/2013 |
view gallery SW0.8 km | William Geddes Sundial — Waimate, New Zealand in Citizen Memorials William Geddes was a prominent citizen of Waimate and is remembered through this sundial in Victoria Park. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 02/27/2010 last visited: 04/27/2013 |
view gallery SW0.8 km | William Geddes Sundial — Waimate, New Zealand in Sundials A memorial to a prominent Waimate citizen, this sundial was installed after his death in 1931. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 03/03/2010 last visited: 04/27/2013 |
view gallery SW3.4 km | Mt John Planetable — Waimate, New Zealand in Orientation Tables At top of Mt. John is a planetable that points out locations as far as 150 km away. It also mentions communities around New Zealand that are well over the horizon. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 02/05/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery SW3.4 km | Mt John Planetable — Waimate, New Zealand in Rotary International Markers This planetable was installed by the Rotary Club of Waimate. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 02/05/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery W3.4 km | White Horse — Waimate, New Zealand in Satellite Imagery Oddities Created to honour the Clydesdale horse and its contribution to the South Canterbury agricultural-based economy. The White Horse can be viewed from Waimate, from the sky, and by walking or driving to the top of Mt. John. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 01/24/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery SW6.8 km | The Mighty Moa — Arno, New Zealand in Signs of History The moa were a flightless bird that stood 2 metres (6 feet) high. This combination natural history and history sign discusses the moa and the dig at what is considered to be one of the largest moa skeleton finds in New Zealand. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 03/08/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery NE11.9 km | Bishop Selwyn and Edward Shortland — Hook Beach, New Zealand in Citizen Memorials A chance meeting of Bishop Selwyn and Edward Shortland in 1844 gave these two early Europeans an opportunity to exchange notes about the South Island. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 02/01/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery SW12.1 km | Early Pioneers Between the Rivers - 1854 — Waihao Downs, New Zealand in Citizen Memorials A substantial roadside memorial at the Junction of SH 84 and Serpentine Valley Road commemorates the earliest pioneers of the district. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 02/01/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery S15.9 km | The Plough — Waimate, New Zealand in Citizen Memorials An impressive plough and stone monument honouring the earliest settlers of the Pikes Point district. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 02/02/2010 last visited: 06/10/2012 |
view gallery NE18 km | Memorial Christian Cross, Otaio. New Zealand. in Christian Crosses A christian cross as a memorial at Otaio in South Canterbury. posted by: Punga and Paua location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 03/09/2010 last visited: 03/09/2010 |
view gallery NE25.3 km | Catholic Church of St Andrew. St. Andrews. Canterbury. New Zealand. in Roman Catholic Churches In the small Canterbury coastal village of St Andrews stands a beautiful church called St Andrew. posted by: Punga and Paua location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 12/06/2009 last visited: 11/05/2009 |
view gallery NE25.6 km | Memorial Christian Cross. St Andrews. New Zealand. in Christian Crosses A tall Christian cross as a memorial, on the crossroads at St Andrews in the South Island. posted by: Punga and Paua location: North Island, New Zealand date approved: 03/09/2010 last visited: 03/09/2010 |
view gallery SW26.2 km | ALTAVADY. Waitaki Valley, Otago. New Zealand. in Readable From Above Altavady - a farm in the Waitaki Valley, on the road from Duntroon to Oamaru has a hedge of trees forming its name, that can be seen on Google Earth. posted by: Punga and Paua location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 12/09/2009 last visited: 06/07/2012 |
view gallery S29.6 km | 45th Parallel Plaque. SH.1. South Island. New Zealand. in Great Lines of Earth This plaque, in the South Island along SH.1, stands on the 45th Parallel, halfway between the Equator and the South Pole. posted by: Punga and Paua location: South Island, New Zealand date approved: 11/18/2009 last visited: 06/07/2012 |
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