New Zealand - Christchurch - Burnham School - 1968 Photo Courtesy of Cathy Ahuriri Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Christchurch - The largest city in the South Island - The urban area is home to 377,200 residents - The territorial authority has 385,500 people - The second-most populous city in New Zealand - The Avon River flows through the centre of the city - People first settled in the Christchurch area in about 1250. - Christchurch became a city by Royal Charter on 31 July 1856. - The Canterbury Association, which settled the Canterbury Plains, named the city after Christ Church, Oxford. Reference: Wikipedia