Chief Post Office

The Chief Post Office or Christchurch Central Post Office, originally known as the Government Buildings, is located in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Type: Retail building
Description: building in Christchurch, New Zealand
Also known as: “Chief Post Office, Christchurch”, “Old Post Office”, “Old Post Office, Cathedral Square”, and “Old Post Office, Christchurch”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Christ Church Cathedral and Tūranga.

Christ Church Cathedral

Cathedral

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Christ Church Cathedral, previously spelled ChristChurch Cathedral and called Cathedral Church of Christ, is a deconsecrated Anglican cathedral in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. Christ Church Cathedral is situated 140 metres northeast of Chief Post Office.

Tūranga

Library

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Tūranga is the public library located in Central Christchurch, New Zealand. It opened on 12 October 2018 and replaced the nearby Christchurch Central Library that was closed on the day of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Tūranga is situated 210 metres northeast of Chief Post Office.

Ibis Christchurch

Hotel

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Ibis Christchurch is a hotel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Christchurch and Waltham.

Christchurch

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Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the second most-populous urban area in the country. As well as having the most attractions of any place in the South Island, it's the major international entry point for visiting the rest of the island.

Waltham

Suburb

Waltham is an inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located approximately 2 kilometres south-east of the city centre. State Highway 76, part of Christchurch's ring road system, and known there as Brougham Street, runs through the suburb, as does the Lyttelton Line rail corridor.

Merivale

Suburb

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Merivale is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, north of the city centre. Like all suburbs in Christchurch, it has no defined boundaries and is a general area, but for the purposes of statistical analysis only, Statistics New Zealand defines it as being…

Chief Post Office

Categories: built structure and building
Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.53147° or 43° 31′ 53″ south

Longitude

172.63558° or 172° 38′ 8″ east

Levels

Height

8 metres (26 feet)

Open location code

4V8JFJ9P+C6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 750782802

OpenStreetMap feature

building=retail

Wikidata ID

Q5096889

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