Q:Information: - Christchurch ( / krastrt / ; Mori : tautahi ) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region . The Christchurch urban area lies on the South Island 's east coast , just north of Banks Peninsula . It is home to 381,800 residents , making it New Zealand 's third most - populous urban area behind Auckland and Wellington . The city was named by the Canterbury Association , which settled the surrounding province of Canterbury . The name of Christchurch was agreed on at the first meeting of the association on 27 March 1848 . It was suggested by John Robert Godley , who had attended Christ Church , Oxford . Some early writers called the town Christ Church , but it was recorded as Christchurch in the minutes of the management committee of the association . Christchurch became a city by Royal Charter on 31 July 1856 , making it officially the oldest established city in New Zealand . The river that flows through the centre of the city ( its banks now largely forming an urban park ) was named Avon at the request of the pioneering Deans brothers to commemorate the Scottish Avon , which rises in the Ayrshire hills near what was their grandfathers ' farm and flows into the Clyde . The usual Mori name for Christchurch is tautahi ( '' the place of Tautahi '' ) . This was originally the name of a specific site by the Avon River near present - day Kilmore Street and the Christchurch Central Fire Station . The site was a seasonal dwelling of Ngi Tahu chief Te Potiki Tautahi , whose main home was Port Levy on Banks Peninsula . The tautahi name was adopted in the 1930s . Prior to that the Ngi Tahu generally referred to the Christchurch area as Karaitiana , a transliteration of the English word Christian . The city 's name is often abbreviated by New Zealanders to Chch . In New Zealand Sign Language , the city 's name is the fingerspelled letter C ( made by forming the hand into a C shape ) signed twice , with the second to the right of the first , while mouthing '' Christchurch '' . - The Tasman Sea (Mori: "Te Tai-o-Rehua") is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean, situated between Australia and New Zealand. It measures about across and about from north to south. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, who was the first recorded European to encounter New Zealand and Tasmania. The British explorer Captain James Cook later extensively navigated the Tasman Sea in the 1770s as part of his first voyage of exploration. - Banks Peninsula is a peninsula of volcanic origin on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It has an area of approximately and encompasses two large harbours and many smaller bays and coves. The South Island's largest city, Christchurch, is immediately north of the peninsula. - Auckland is a city in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the most populous urban area in the country. Auckland has a population of , which constitutes percent of New Zealand's population. It is part of the wider Auckland Regionthe area governed by the Auckland Councilwhich also includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, resulting in a total population of . Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world. The Mori language name for Auckland is or , meaning "Tmaki with a hundred lovers", in reference to the desirability of its fertile land at the hub of waterways in all directions. It has also been called karana, the Mori enunciation of "Auckland". - New Zealand is an island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmassesthat of the North Island, or Te Ika-a-Mui, and the South Island, or Te Waipounamuand numerous smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long period of isolation, New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal, fungal and plant life. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks, such as the Southern Alps, owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland. - The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east. - Polynesia ( from "poly" "many" + "nsos" "island") is a subregion of Oceania, made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are termed Polynesians and they share many similar traits including language family, culture, and beliefs. Historically, they were experienced sailors and used stars to navigate during the night. - The South Island or Te Waipounamu ("Mori") is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, and to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean. The South Island covers and is influenced by a temperate climate. 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