IN CENTRAL CHRISTCHURCH

This comprehensive document on public art in Christchurch is published here as it was in its original form in 1997.

An updated version, incorporating six new public sculptures, is currently being compiled and will be available here shortly.

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Overview

• Preface
• Introduction
• Location of Public Art Works

The artworks

• Bowker Fountain
• Bridge of Remembrance
• Caryatid
• Citizen's War Memorial
• Cook Statue
• Edmond's Clock Tower
• E Noho Ra De Chirico
• Ex Tenebris Lux
• Ferrier Fountain
• Fitzgerald Statue
• Floral Clock
• Godley Statue
• Industry and Concord
• Kate Sheppard National Memorial
• Merger
• Moorhouse Statue
• Nga Kete Wananga
• Mid Summer Night's Dream
• Peacock Fountain
• Poupou
• Queen Victoria Jubilee Memorial
• Rainbow Pieces
• The Reintroduction of the Fabulous Races
• Rolleston Statue
• Scott Statue
• Sir John Hall bust
• Taking Flight
• Taurapa, Christchurch / Seattle Sister City Sculpture
• Tile Medallions
• Untitled
• The Women's Suffrage Commemorative Wall Hanging
• Wrestlers

Appendices

• Appendix One: Chronological order of Public Art in Central Christchurch
• Appendix Two: Murals in Central Christchurch
• Appendix Three: Private Art in Central Christchurch Accessible to the Public
• Appendix Four: Institutional Art in Central Christchurch Accessible to the Public
• Appendix Five: Religious Art in Central Christchurch Accessible to the Public