The Firefighters' memorial is a sculpture made from steel girders from the site of the World Trade Centre and was gifted to Christchurch by the city of New York. Artist Graham Bennett used the steel to create a memorial to firefighters. It was unveiled on Labour Weekend in 2002.
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The Discovery Wall is a large interactive exhibition which allows several people to simultaneously explore images and stories of the history of the people and places of Christchurch. Images displayed on the Wall can also be found on the Discovery Wall website.
Canterbury Stories is our digital heritage repository for collecting and presenting online collections from our digitised archives, publications, photographs and community. Canterbury Stories includes material from Photo Hunts, exhibitions on Christchurch places and themes, sets of images, as well as a growing collection of archive and published material.
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