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  • lovely town Christchurch although now since the quake that has changed. Very nice and serene city. I loved it. Does look very British indeed. Haven't been back since 1988. But I do want to go back again for sure!

  • I swear my heart twists a little every time I see a picture of the Cathedral as it was, or just town in general :( Thank you for this video.

  • tommy owns this

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  • @9ying9 whoever SETTLES THERE FIRST. and it wont be the chinese cause they have bad eyesight.

  • All this is now gone & all Cantabrians are in mourning.

    Your video is now a nice look at history. We thank you.X

  • I started crying when I watched this. It's very sad indeed.

  • watching this makes me so much more gutted. i loved chch. visited playing in bands. heart goes out to everyone there or anyone who has lost loved ones

  • the rugby world cup is still happening in christchurch, john key said so

  • so this is the before and the after is not very good at all. The City is gutted. RIP to all who died and to all those family and friends who have suffered such misery and loss.

  • Cathedral and many of those old buildings were damaged in the quake yesterday.

  • even if i am very far,i think about you

    Be courageous!

    Hi and kisses from french riviera

  • Dear Heavenly Father, please send relief and comfort to the New Zealanders, may your grace abound in this difficult times, and may a New Zeal for Christ come to that Land, and may the Church of Christ stand on the Word in Christ Church, and may all of them understand this is not our home, because we, as Abraham, are waiting in a New Heaven and a New Eearth, and have only visitor´s visa in this present Cosmos, in Jesus Christ´s name, Amen.

  • Cathedral square... which is now ruined.

  • It's actually the 2nd Largest city moron.. Wellington is 3rd!!

  • Christchurch is awesome...im sure the economy will increase with the earthquake and Rugby World cup..people can see just how cool Christchurch is :P

  • christchurch is the skin head capital of nz

  • 1 human = to 10 sheeps. I have no idea about the economy and growth.

  • No, french architects need to stay in France.

  • Very beautiful, has a very young french arquitect got a chance to make much business there? =P

  • I wonder if defeppardoks would stop complaining if all the Asians in his neighbourhood were replaced by Maori, the indigenous folk of the land?

  • our ancestors must be turning in their graves at us letting our countries get filled up by people they died to defend them from for thousands of years. no patriotic western countries left to honour what they sacrificed their lives for. disgusts me that a few generations of making us feel guilty is undoing everything they fought for. when we all speak chinese and become part of china with no human rights dont complain to me about it

  • @defleppardroks that's ironic because most Maori who dead or living must think the same about Anglo-Saxons.

    You like Pauline Hanson crack me up, observing how the European continent is full of non-Europeans and don't want to live there and continue to bitch about how non-white people are developing economic clout outside of Europe.

  • @asymp2 indigenous means always were there, maori are native not indigenous. And most of the towns and cities around nz were built for british people and the maori have flocked to them from their maraes. at least there are maori who will fight to save what their culture is. Needs to be more towns like oamaru who celebrate who we are.

  • @asymp2 There is even evidence of celts being in nz before or at the same time as maoris. stone circles, maori legends of red haired blue eyed people living in the mountains, skeletons found with red hair, very similar artwork. some celtic god names have the same name in maori or very similar. does this mean the scots overide the maori clam to the land?

  • @defleppardroks This is what white power believes in right?

  • and as for being proud? Everyone is proud in some way, id say in the past 50 years that being proud to be white has become looked down on because our past is oppressing others and we shouldn't be proud of that. Im not proud of that and sometimes it twisted to look much worse than it was. But thats not our only history, our history is filled with great kings, building empires, patriotism, technological advancement, classical music, victorian and gothic architechture, etc thats what im proud of

  • very beautiful city

    God save New Zealand

  • At 0:35, I remember that wall of the cat's face when I was in NZ at the end of 2006 !

  • CHCH is the 2nd largest city with a pop of around 380,000 actually lol

  • Lets face it where ever you live on this planet there are beautiful places and some not so beautiful, chch is one of my favorite places but only because its perfect for cycling... you have hundreds of kms of flat roads to the west and south and some nice climbs in the port hills. Yep best place for cycling in NZ apart from Hawks bay on the east coast of the north island.

  • I wonder how many buildings were damaged during our recent 7.1 earthquake! So sad!

  • garden city not city of gardens stupid narrator

  • christchurch is the second largest city dumb cunt! lol.

  • christchurch is the second largest city dumb cunt! lol

  • It's such a racit hole that the only notable international act in city in modern times was a Metallica concert

  • @asymp2 uh iron maiden aswell. and whats wrong with wanting to live with your own ppl. nobody asked anybody in the western world if they wanted it multi-cultural, it was just the political elite. foreigners can stay in the north island if they want to be in nz

  • @defleppardroks Thanks for supporting my point that Christchurch is a racist hole. Whether or not Christchurch OUGHT to remain a racist hole is a whole different question that is best discussed in forums like stormfront

  • @asymp2 well i live in the wellington region and i for one am sick of the local shop keepers not being able to understand a simple fucking sentence in english or looking down on me(my fucking country dickheads). And although everyone 'gets along' there is a sense of division to a certain degree. Sterio types are right there underneath the surface and are quite often all too true. Still are the friendly real locals but they are a dying breed. i dont blame chch for wanting to keep it real nzers

  • @defleppardroks Which begs the question: why don't more White Anglo-Saxons own dairies instead of Indians and Koreans? Why are white people so anxious to be the proud master race on colonial lands while they willfully concede so much to non-white immigrants back in Europe?

  • @asymp2 i don't know why there aren't more white dairy owners, had two dif chip shops in my suburb(tawa) that were run by whites, but they sold up to asians bout 5 or so years ago, i can safely say there won't be anymore white owners. and as for europe willingly conceding? i really don't think willingly is the word. tolerating would be better. And look where their tolerence is getting them, setting up europe for another holocaust on a much grander scale as their tolerance wears thiner and thiner

  • @asymp2 look at previously proud tolerant countries like netherlands and sweden where they have been completely taken advantage of by taking in third world immigrants that thank them by turning their nights into a time of fear by raping their host countries women and murdering the men in the streets, killing paramedics and firefighters. Even in england and france their are entire neighbourhoods to avoid if your white even in daylight. No wonder euros are increasingly swinging to the far right

  • In my suburb driving down the street almost half the ppl are asian or indian and its only going to get worse.My gf asked at the dairy for a train ticket within tawa but lucky she looked coz he gave her a ticket all the way to wellington.when she asked bout it,he said i dont have anymore. my gf said y didnt u tell me, and he said i wont have a women being rude to me, especialy not a white one. Whats it going to be like in 20 years. Im moving down south or to the waiarapa sick of this shit

  • @defleppardroks What's wrong having Asians and Indians in the community?

  • @PoetryHound no respect. Eventual replacement of the current population. 50 years away this wont be the traditional nzers country anymore. im fine with them being a minority but when they come over over in huge numbers and bring their own culture, itl eventualy replace the current culture. i just want to perserve my own culture and mass immagration is a threat to that, look at england, they cant even fly their own flag anymore coz it could be seen as racist. what shit, fuck off then

  • New Zealand is full of Christians, isn't it. They should have used that island for the Castle Bravo test instead of bikini atoll. Would have saved a boat full of Japanese sailors as well.

  • I do not understand why every Christian denies the character of God. Christ Church, the name should normally cover his sacred. But God punishes the idolaters and 15,000 earthquakes a year. Denies the character of God and become Muslims.

  • All i remember from christchurch is hell..?? Money Hungry .. I buried my nana in akaroa last year stayed at my aunties and pledged never to go back there..?? Agen SHE (AUNTY)TOOK EVERYTHING now she can forget the sympathy from us..?? To others ThANK GOD

  • All i remember from christchurch is hell..?? Money Hungry .. I buried my nana in akaroa last year stayed at my aunties and pledged never to go back there..?? Agen 

  • ahhh, racism, asians are small ppl maoris an islanders will fight back, toe 2 toe maybe the asians should 2 but then if they do they are gona fuck us all up, so lets hug an asian today a guys lolz!!

  • lovely city.For a city of 400.000 people its got a very low crime rate compared to other same sized citys around the word,ohh and it has a wizard with a big hat who stands on a we stool and shouts at you when you walk pass him.lol.x

  • I found Christchurch very beautiful city but,

    racist people

    no night life

    boring city

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  • I've lived in 4 nz towns, Christchurch wins hands down!!!!!!!!

  • i drank a demon envy under the bridge of rememberance mmm soo nice. Go to chrischurch its amazin you can streach out to new brighton beach and go to akaroa for a week aswell

  • It's a hole but if you love colonial English culture and friendly people, it's a great place!

  • english? no way.

  • I've read its racist and Asian people have been subjected to abuse regularly.

  • @Blueyedblondeful yes since when i was visiting in town there are huge numbers of asians and i've seen people get abusive to them

  • are there many murders in NZ?

    

  • @ugboy1 yes but not much only 2-3 murderd this year

  • @ningle4567 really? i live in toronto canada, and we are known to be a peaceful country... and only last month about a block from my house, 6 negros got shot, and 3 died.... thats more then christchurch in a year?... whats the population there? and does it freeze in the winter?

  • @101andrewj both cities are really safe not only compared to other places but also for their size, just ignore the idiots on here saying otherwise.

  • losersoftheleft: from my observations, the biggest problems in ChCh are caused by rather white looking folk - the so called boy racers fro example.

  • I've enjoyed many of your vids & want to say thanks & well done.

  • Far to wild for me lol

  • All thing's work out for the good of those who love the Lord who's called according to his purpose!

  • nicest city in NZ for sure.. and I'm from Wellington so not biase :)

  • Christchurch doesnt look anything like that any more. Please Christchurch English? Most people u ask round here hate them

  • @SimeonWaltersTV

    most people round christchurch hate english people???

    why ???

    tell me .

  • @GrungeRocker1000 Especially in the youth. It's kinda like the America - Canada thing. New Zealand is also like that with Australia

  • @GrungeRocker1000 they dont hate english people they speak english so i would shut up if i were you

  • @foxlover1922

    do me a favour PISS OFF !!

    You ignorant little cunt.

  • Fuck you Auckland is way better than this shit hole bogan town!

  • @electroplox oi i would shut the hell up if i were you you gay fasturd

  • why not go to manchester and pick up sum prosties lol

  • Nice city!!

    I am form Hong Kong. Most of the historical nbuilding has gone long ago in my place.

  • lord knows why our government puts so much effort into alcoholic prostitute crime town Auckland.

  • thanks for leaving out Cashel St, Tuam St and Armagh St. when talking about it's 'english heritage' bit. ya wanka

  • ChristChurch is better then Wellington as there are more Tourist and more plaza areas and more parks

    THere is also a good sized out doors market in the cathdral square

    And yes lots of out door dinning

    Night time however,it is mad max beyond thunder dome however all the cities in NZ are pretty much like that in the late evenings

    However,during the day time it becomes a quant little charming tourist town again

  • Im from christchurch =] if you are too add me as a friend or sub. Cheers =] check out my page to see what ill be doing next..

  • I love Christchurch.

  • I wouldn't live anywhere else, even with all the murderers.

  • @rawiristone there is no murders in newzealand so i would shut up if i were you

  • @foxlover1922 what a clown, stop raping the comments you coconut tree.

  • @rawiristone Really? Ever been to Wellington?

  • @rawiristone Murderers in Christchurch? New Zealand is the safest country in the world. I don't see how there can be many murderers.

  • Unfortunately Christchurch is overrun with cars at rush hour now. Some of the credit for that must go to Christchurch City Councilors.

    For some reason there is still free all day car parking very close to the centre of Christchurch. This encourages the use of cars and long distance commuting to Christchurch.

    I fail to see why people who don't pay rates in Christchurch should get all day free parking in the heart of Christchurch.

  • wrong, 2nd Largest city

  • Awesome video!  Good job Dennis!

  • Well done on this video. I live in Christchurch and thought you did a really great job researching and filming this

  • Earnest, not John Rutherford

  • Haha I've lived here my whole life, pretty cool place but theres heaps of bogans and apparently we have a reputation as being racist, particularly to asians. In general though its pretty chilled out and we have a mint rugby team.

  • @gmactera lol bagans there are called hicks here :D They don't harm none and it makes for good fun. I'd rather be a bogan than a stuck up goodie goodie. ;)

  • @TheTruthHurtsYup

    Yeah ,I like the bogans too

    You also see them at armagetten or the motor car races.They smoke a lot of weed,eat a lot of subway sandwiches and always up for a good time and laughter

    It is the Rugbee heads and the ganster puppy wanna bees and the middle class snobs you have to worry about

  • @gmactera

    One thing you never want to give one inch on is that

    very "racist" quality. For Gods sake take a lesson from

    England or here in the USA..once you lose your

    white identity its welfare, crime, slums, drugs,

    riots, gangs, violence, hatred and bankruptcy.

    You the last place on Earth with any sanity.

  • @gmactera By "chilled out" he means the population gets by on weed to relieve of the boredom

  • @gmactera Hi, All the while i thought NZ have the lowest level of racist. Why?

  • why being racist to asians? 

  • @9ying9 cause they dont belong here.

  • @MissWooHoo1 maybe when this was made it was 2nd

  • @MissWooHoo1 I accept what you said if you are Maori :)

  • @9ying9 new zealand is an anglo celtic european country. the white europeans SETTLED it. Asians, arabs, africans and middle easterners are coming after settlement and leeching off us. whites settled here so we own it.

  • @MissWooHoo1 your a fucking retard.

  • @MissWooHoo1 yes u own it but only on youtube and books, we know the reality otherwise.

  • i had been there 4 a few months.... There are really beautiful =P

  • it's really cool i went there!!!i loved it!!!

  • Dunedin is more relaxed than Christchurch. Christchurch is changing every year as there are more cars on the road, so don't think this video reflects Chch in 2009. The council encourages people to use their cars by allowing free all day parking in the inner city.

  • you dont know what youre talking about.tell me where they have free parking in the inner city....umm there isnt any ya muppet

  • Cranmer Square and Durham St for instance

  • I must go and visit

  • Avoid winter because of the smog.

  • i liv in nz yeah all you real mother fukn g's cum here we all da skids are at g ftp hard all day everyday mean tinny houses get on the piss and fuk yuor granny hard

  • lol

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  • It would seem you are not a rocket scientist.

  • Dunedin is nice, but Christchurch is my favorite

  • How is the biking in CC. Lots of paths for biking or is it choke full of autos. What price of rent for single person in decent district?

  • Christchurch has traffic jams at rush hour now. So cycling is probably the fast way to get home from work now. If you want a relaxed city go to Dunedin or avoid the 3 major cities.

  • cool , will visit january and want to come back again next year for 3 months to find lite seasonal work (not fruit picking). pt time work , biking and chill

  • Be aware that cyclists are 2nd class citizens on the road in NZ. So it pays to figure out the most cycle friendly route to get around.

  • same here in israel , everyone thinks the problem is arab terrorist or war. not even mate , its busses and insane drivers.

  • I can't recommend the 3 major cities in NZ for road cycling. NZ drivers just aren't that good and its legal for 15 years olds to drive.

  • FUCK ISRAEL!!!

  • Do you know anything about NZ ???

  • If you are going to complain about Israel you should say something about it. I see Palestinians seeking publicity on Tibet videos and they don't know much about Tibet.

    Palestinians get support from the EU after they fire missiles. Invaded countries in the PRC don't get support from the EU like Palestinians do.

    Free the EU from being stupid

  • i went to riccarton high lol it was nice back then now im in the us

  • what a trippppppper wtf im from chch hahaha this guy is a trippa he has no idea what he on about bahahaha

  • I like how he skips all the shitty bits in town and avoids the emos and shizz haha

  • this makes christchurch look soooo poncy

  • ha my school right next to museum

  • chch rox its awesome beautiful and lol it has an awesome bus service YAY GO METRO lol i <3 chch 4ever

  • Chirstchurch is the most beautiful city in New Zealand

  • Have you been to Dunedin ???

  • I like Christchurch because it has a cleaner anus than Wellington

  • realmente hermoso

  • What city in NZ has a better nightlife?

  • Wellington all the way. Christchurch looks nice but is shit boring and theres a good chance that you will get stabbed

  • yo is christchurch that bad as u say(like gettin stabbed). cos i am currently considering to study there.

  • Dunedin is the university city. Check it out

  • christchurch isnt bad at all , your most likely to get stabbed and robbed in auckland city than anywere else in nz ,,and also has the highest polynesian/maori population than any other city in the WORLD,nowhere could compete to the south auckland struggle even east aux west aux and parts of the noff shore.can be really dangerous at times.

  • auckland of course ! were the fuck u from south is?

  • the problem with the "no expanding outside limits" is that they are building new houses wherever they find a space, they have no backyards, close together, and traffic is becoming a bitch, also they have destroyed a historic hospital building (some say was haunted) and are destroying a historic military base. Sigh

  • cheech is so not daht lame

  • 5 blocks long? lol what's that, like pyramid blocks :P

  • who needs sleeping pills when you got this.

  • the best city in the world

  • OMG ive been here 4 years now and im stuck here bcoz of my gf. i fukin hate it here. there is no club scene(i mean proper club scene). I miss europe. so sad

  • Surprise! Surprise.. yet another immigrant who hates NZ..... we should start a club lol

  • Before the Maori there was another people, I don't know the spelling for them but it's something like the Mori Ori's. The Maori ate them all as they were cannibal at one time apparently.

  • I LIVE THERE!!! LOL

  • Same!

  • Its awesome!!

  • Planning my first trip to NZ . Will stop in CC , do they mind Israeli Jews ? Do we get heat because of the Gaza war and the West Bank . Or do the locals not care.

  • na mate we all good with any one here a. it a very peacefull place and is the safest place in nz plus many things such as skiing hotpools native forrest parks and other places to go whale watching and dolphin watching are all within 1 hour of the city

  • As an immigrant who's lived in pre and post apartheid South Africa... Kiwis are extremely biased :( The country is gorgeous tho

  • Yup, Im going nuts here. On top of all things Ive just lost a job to someone else, betcha just bcoz im not kiwi...

  • thats the same in every country though, especially when the recession strikes, it happens to kiwis in australia alot.

  • The locals don't care! Welcome

  • If you go to CHCH, whatever you do DON'T and I repeat DON'T stay in a hostel called Vagabond backpackers...the guy in charge is a c*nt who doesn't know how to treat guests!!!

    But CHCH is a nice place to visit.

  • mmm chch, lots of white girls with warm beds on cold nights who like to root!!

  • I just moved back to CHCH after being away for 20 years, forgot how cold it gets in winter. But absolutely the best city to live in, very safe and friendly. Especially the bus service, compared to Wellington. If your planning to visit CHCH, please do, you won't be disappointed. I should be an ambassador:-)

  • Its amazing how nice a city can look if you leave out all the bad areas like Aranui and Linwood.lol

  • "most english town outside of england".....riiiiiiggght

  • It's the SECOND largest city in New Zealand, there are 350,000 people.

  • we love chch and nz spent a yr there, miss it and wil be going back next yr

  • wtf life doesent 'revolve' around the cathedril LOL thats funny

  • @hamfish225 please dont take the mick its a wonderful place so i would shut up if i were you

  • CHCH is simply a nice and quiet city....ppl are pretty friendly u know.........but for me it's abit too boring....i'd been living there for abt two years.......and honestly quite abit of racism there as well

    espacially towards Asian from what i've seen.....

    nway.....wish to get back there for vacation

  • its not racist....

    i think some students at schools from more poor areas tend to get annoyed with how much better international students are treated. I dont think they realise how much more they pay. lol. Like everywhere you go their is always racisim. The difference in NZ is that its not violent racism and its just a couple of comments here and their.

  • i stay Chch is 5 years,i love it

  • where r u now n where abt u from