Heritage Week 2009

Heritage Week promises to open your eyes to places of the past, places of peace, and places you never knew existed!

Doves and Defences: Discover Christchurch in Peace and Conflict is the theme for our 17th annual Heritage Week.

Uncover some of our City's hidden histories and explore how peace and conflict have shaped Christchurch; from war memorials in the city, townships and suburbs, along with underground bunkers and caverns, to sites of peace and the people who fought for it in many different ways and see how fashion, music, and dance influenced our culture.

Beca Heritage Week is packed full of Exhibitions and Displays, Lectures and Seminars, Music, Dance and Film, Tours, Open Days and Walks, and much more - there's something for everyone.

Most events are free or at low costs.

Key events:

• Documentary screening: Citizen Soldier: ake ake kia kaha ? forever strong
• Plaque Unveiling - Second Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast Battalion Group
• It's Swing Time in Christchurch
• The Bailies Bar Heritage Week Quiz Night
• Windows into our Past
• Never Be Afraid: a New Zealand Soldier Writes to His Niece About Life in a Prisoner of War Camp
• Announcing the  Fendalton-Waimairi Community Board Heritage Awards
• Secret Gardens in the City

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