New Zealand - New Brighton - Tramway looking towards the pier - Gala day - Circa 1915 - Photo Postcard Format #t1454 New Brighton - New Brighton is a coastal suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand -The naming of New Brighton was apparently done on a 'spur of moment' decision by William Fee, an early settler of the area. When Guise Brittan, the Waste Lands Commissioner, visited the area in December 1860, he was recognised and Fee chalked 'New Brighton' on a wooden plank, supposedly in reference to his fellow settler Stephen Brooker, who had come from New Brighton in England. - The Māori name for the area is Kaiuau (kai means food and aua is Yellow-eye mullet) or O-ruapaeroa (an east wind blowing along the shore). - There have been two piers in New Brighton. The first pier, of wooden construction, opened on 18 January 1894 and was demolished on 12 October 1965. The current concrete pier was opened on 1 November 1997. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brighton,_New_Zealand)