Port Levy is a long, sheltered bay and settlement on
Banks Peninsula in
Canterbury, New Zealand.
The current population is under 100, but in the mid 1800s it was the largest Māori settlement in Canterbury with a population of about 400 people. It is named after Solomon Levey [
sic], a Sydney merchant and ship owner who sent a number of trading vessels to the Banks Peninsula area during the 1820s.
The bay was settled by the Ngai Tūāhuriri sub-tribe of Ngāi Tahu, and the chief Moki named the bay "Koukourarata" after a stream in
Wellington that recalls the birth of his father, Tu Ahuriri.
It was also the home of Tautahi, the chief after whom the swampland area Ōtautahi was named - now the site of the city of
Christchurch.
The first Māori
Anglican church was built here - a stone memorial marks the site.
Portions of the
Peter Jackson film "
Heavenly Creatures" were shot in Port Levy. At this place,
Pauline Parker and
Juliet Hulme, two 16 year old girls from
Christchurch, saw their imaginary
Fourth World on 3rd April, 1953, the so-called Port Levy Revelation. It was never explained what actually happened then (a gateway through the clouds, they called it).
(See also:
Parker-Hulme murder.
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Banks Peninsula is in the Canterbury region on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, partly surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, and adjacent to the largest city in the South Island, Christchurch. The peninsula has a land area of approximately 1,000 km².
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The New Zealand region of Canterbury (Māori: Waitaha) is mainly composed of the Canterbury Plains and the surrounding mountains.
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For the first Duke of Wellington, see .
Wellington (unofficially
Te Whanganui-a-Tara[1] or
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Anglicanism most commonly refers to the beliefs and practices of the Anglican Communion, a world-wide affiliation of Christian Churches. There is no single "Anglican Church" with universal juridical authority, since each national or regional church has full autonomy.
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Peter Jackson
Jackson at the premiere of the in Wellington
Born September 31 1961 (1961--) (age 46)
Pukerua Bay, New Zealand
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Heavenly Creatures is a 1994 fantasy thriller film directed by Peter Jackson and written with his partner Fran Walsh.
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Pauline Yvonne Parker was born on May 26, 1938 in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Together with her friend Juliet Hulme, she murdered her own mother, Honora Parker, on June 22, 1954.
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Anne Perry (born October 28 1938), born Juliet Hulme in Blackheath, London, England, is a British historical novelist and convicted murderer (see also Parker-Hulme murder).
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The daughter of Dr.
..... Click the link for more information. Christchurch (Māori: Ōtautahi) is the regional capital of Canterbury, New Zealand. The largest city in the South Island, it is also the second largest city and third largest urban area of New Zealand.
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The Parker-Hulme Murder was a murder and court case that occurred in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1954.
On June 22, 1954, the body of Honora Rieper (née Parker)[1] was found in Victoria Park in Christchurch.
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geographic coordinate system enables every location on the earth to be specified by the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system aligned with the spin axis of the Earth.
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