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48°F / 9°C
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Helmores Lane
Merivale
Christchurch
8014
Bus 9,17
+64 3 941 6876 (Christchurch City Council Parks )
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Across the road from Hagley park, close to the city centre, and bordering the prestigious suburb of Fendalton, this small park is notable for its memorial to Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, the first European to arrive in New Zealand waters, in 1642. Commemorating the 350th anniversary of Tasman's arrival, the memorial was gifted by the Dutch community, in gratitude for the welcome bestowed on Dutch immigrants to New Zealand, following World War II. Tasman's prophetic words, "this land looks like a very beautiful land," appear on the memorial. Formal European trees, azaleas, rhododendrons, native plants, and in spring, daffodils, anemones and hyacinths, also gifted by the Dutch community, are on display here.
disabled access.
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