Christchurch, New Zealand

Recorded January 14, 2007.

Christchurch is the largest city on the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area with a population of 368,900 . It is one third the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula.

The video begins at the Christchurch Gondola which is a spectacular ride far above the city. 4-person cabins lift you gently up to 1500 feet above sea level for stunning 360° views extending over Pegasus Bay and the Pacific Ocean to Kaikoura; over Banks Peninsula, Lake Ellesmere and Lyttleton Harbour, and across the Canterbury Plains to the Southern Alps. Once on top we were perched on the rim of the Mt Cavendish crater. The video concludes in downtown Christchurch along the Avon River and on Cathedral Square.

From: http://timvp.com

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• christchurch
• new-zealand
• gondola
• avon-river
• cathedral-square
• lyttleton-harbour
• banks-peninsula

[thegreeensky]

Christchurch looks great.. so sad it was gone... but new zealand looks amazing still.. :)

[applesweeter]

I rided on this gondola before.

[garcondeplage]

OMG imagine being on the gondola during the earthquake..

[martza76]

Thank you for the clip - Chur Chur will rise above it all, it may take 30,000 porta loos and alot of dusting but it will happen - the quake was very scary and town will never look the same again, after living here for 40 years it is so sad to see.

[Madme43]

Awesome video clip. It is hard to live now knowing my city that I live in is no longer the same as of 22/02/2011 when a 6.3 5km deep earthquake struck our city it was shocking it took me about an hour and a half to get two blocks from my home to the school my son go to thinking I was not going to make it there where lumps and bump and hols all over the flooding was all over. We will rebuild but we will never be the same.

[sarahjane711]

@esca8652 I studied there a few years ago--best city ever!!!

[karinenz1]

this is so sad

[joetan1978]

now no more christchurch:(

[georgeaimer]

Very good video.

[themonth]

Reminds me on "Schauinsland" in Germany, only more Forest =P