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Section sizes

Section size for Christchurch (56 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	13,350	13,350
Toponymy	5,917	5,917
History	277	57,125
Waitaha Māori settlement	8,689	8,689
European settlement	8,502	8,502
Provincial growth	14,584	14,584
Modern history	9,684	9,684
2010–11 earthquakes	6,374	6,374
Port Hills fires	1,703	1,703
2019 mosque shootings	7,312	7,312
Geography	135	30,636
Location	1,015	1,015
Geology	1,890	1,890
Aquifer and spring-fed streams	3,510	3,510
Central City	4,983	4,983
Suburbs	2,283	2,283
Satellite towns	1,219	1,219
Climate	15,601	15,601
Demographics	24,820	31,471
Culture and identity	2,216	2,216
Urban area	4,435	4,435
Economy	70	18,102
Economic profile in 2023	3,493	3,493
Industry	3,888	3,888
Services for agriculture	5,110	5,110
Tourism	2,227	2,227
Gateway to the Antarctic	3,314	3,314
Government	15	5,751
Local government	2,910	2,910
Central government	2,826	2,826
Culture and entertainment	1,122	37,133
Cinema	4,194	4,194
Parks and nature	7,815	7,815
Theatre	6,688	6,688
Music	6,185	6,185
Venues	9,745	9,745
Festivals	1,384	1,384
Sport	4,728	4,728
Education	186	1,794
Secondary schools	1,313	1,313
Tertiary institutions	295	295
Transport	15,519	15,519
Utilities	15	14,403
Water supply	2,718	2,718
Wastewater	5,293	5,293
Electricity	2,969	2,969
Telecommunications	3,408	3,408
Media	3,362	3,362
Notable people	65	65
Sister cities	1,047	1,047
See also	179	179
References	15	2,086
Notes	26	26
Bibliography	2,016	2,016
Citations	29	29
External links	1,190	1,190
Total	243,858	243,858

This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations:

Mitchell, Charlie (15 January 2020). "Christchurch is New Zealand's second city, deal with it". The Press. Retrieved 15 January 2020. Earlier this week, a colleague of mine pointed out a grave miscarriage of justice – something was wrong on the internet. That something was Wikipedia, the wonderful online encyclopaedia that anyone can edit, in which errors are usually swiftly corrected. This was an exception; Its page for Christchurch incorrectly identified the city as the third-most populous in New Zealand. To any unassuming, New Zealand-curious reader, the rational conclusion would be that Wellington was the more populated city. A visit to the Wellington page provided confirmation; it is, apparently, "the second-most populous urban area of New Zealand".
Sarah Pollok (20 September 2023). "The most interesting cities in New Zealand and the world according to Wikipedia". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 September 2023. Nonetheless, if you're after a destination brimming with attractions, historical events and figures worth a page on Wikipedia, Christchurch is the place.

This article is written in New Zealand English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, realise, analyse, centre, fiord) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Text and/or other creative content from Christchurch was copied or moved into History of Christchurch, New Zealand on 2 May 2024. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

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Mentioning Auckland in first sentence

Currently the first sentence reads

Christchurch (/ˈkraɪstʃɜːrtʃ/ ^ⓘ; Māori: Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island and the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland.

I question if it worthwhile to mention who is in first place. Seeing as the Auckland wiki does not mention who is second. Whilst Wellington does not mention Auckland being the first and only mentions Christchurch within the footnote on boundary totals.

Plus details on order of cities is in the second-largest city link. Unclesi86 (talk) 01:38, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree and I have removed mention of Auckland from the first sentence. Schwede 66 02:15, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

City brand logo

Recently the city has gained an official city brand logo. [1]

This is a logo that is agreed on by local stakeholders to represent the city.

And on city pages like Porto, Amsterdam, and Helsinki have their own brandmarks beside the city flags and coat of arms.

What information is needed for this to happen? Unclesi86 (talk) 02:01, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I realize that since it's everywhere in the city. I'm unsure why Roger 8 Roger removed it with the summary being "original research" when it doesn't really make sense. I have no objections to that logo. Alexeyevitch^(talk) 02:21, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's promotional, has no independent notability. These sort of things come and go over time, some stick but most fade away never to be seen again. This article is about Christchurch, not the comings and goings of various committees of the CCC. If this logo is still around in ten years time we can reassess its inclusion then. What other articles on WP do is of no relevance here. The infobox is for the absolutely essential facts relevant to the article, and this promotional logo isn't one of them. What is your connection with it? Did you or your company design it? Roger 8 Roger (talk) 03:04, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I just think if the Amsterdam article has a brandmark... the Christchurch article could also have it. Alexeyevitch^(talk) 04:15, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Think of it as the 21st century version of a coat of arms which were also developed as a way to give cities a unique identity https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/23508/civic-coats-of-arms

It is currently across the city as @Alexeyevitch says with work being done to implement it more.

And yes i am part of the work, but hopefully that doesn't lessen the need for it to be on WP Unclesi86 (talk) 04:14, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's true, and I don't see a problem with including the logo. Alexeyevitch^(talk) 04:21, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I also see nothing wrong with including the city logo. We appear to have consensus for inclusion, so let's do it. Schwede 66 05:26, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Alexeyevitch^(talk) 05:31, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Parks & nature section

My view is that the Parks & nature section needs a total rewrite. Given the historic branding of Christchurch as the "Garden City", the existing content about Parks warrants a top level heading (it doesn't really fit under Culture), and significant expansion is justified. I don't think the existing coverage meets the GA criteria for breadth of coverage. I could have a go at this over the next couple of weeks, unless there are other editors who are keen. What would you like to see under "Parks".? I am also unsure about including content about "nature". Christchurch is not really known for endemic species, although there are notable places like Riccarton Bush, plus (near-threatened) black-billed gulls in the city area, and (endangered) Hector's dolphins in Lyttlelton Harbour. Any suggestions for how to treat this aspect ? _Marshelec (talk) 06:53, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article improvements

The content was previously was dull and unencyclopedic - should be better now. I don't think this meets the B and GA criteria at the moment. It could take weeks or prehaps months to get the article up to a 'good quality' standard. Copyediting is welcome. Alexeyevitch^(talk) 12:51, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think we need a citation blitz. A lot of statements are currently uncited, but could be. David Palmer//cloventt ^(talk) 01:48, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked?

I appear to be blocked from the main page of this article and the New Zealand article. Anybody else having having trouble with edits? Roger 8 Roger (talk) 20:16, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Roger 8 Roger I have just made a small edit successfully. I hope you can get this resolved promptly._Marshelec (talk) 20:47, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It looks as though your edit this morning went through fine? Turnagra (talk) 21:20, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes thanks, I see it has gone through now. Initially it did't go through which seemed unusual. A few days ago I made some edits to 'New zealand' which also did not go through. I'll let it be and move on. Roger 8 Roger (talk) 22:56, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Christchurch Politics

Should we add a section on Christchurch's politics? The city tends to be more conservative than the rest of New Zealand TheodosiusM (talk) 02:28, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Does the government section not already serve this purpose? ―Panamitsu (talk) 05:36, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies, I meant my page was not properly loading when I made that comment,

Thanks for your help anyway! TheodosiusM (talk) 06:07, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]