Which New Zealand city lies on the River Avon?
Avon River (Canterbury) for the city, stated that he wanted his sculptures to help the city's healing process from the earthquakes. CCC's contribution towards the project was NZ$502,500, while CERA refused to say how much it spent. The second sculpture will be placed at the Arts Centre. The two sculpture are Gormley's first works in New Zealand. Avon River (Canterbury) The Avon River / Ōtākaro flows through the centre of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, and out to an estuary, which it shares with the Heathcote River, the Avon Heathcote Estuary. The Avon follows a meandering course through Christchurch from its source
Avon River (Canterbury) the Māori as Ōtākaro or Putare Kamutu. The Canterbury Association had planned to call it the Shakespere . The river was given its current name by John Deans in 1848 to commemorate the Scottish Avon, which rises in the Ayrshire hills near what was his grandfathers' farm, Over Auchentiber. The Deans built their homestead adjacent to the Avon River where the suburb of Riccarton now lies. The name was officially altered to Avon River / Ōtākaro by the "Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998", one of many such changes under the Ngāi Tahu treaty settlement. Commercial punting as a tourist