Port Hills
Volcanic ridgeline of walking tracks, pine forest and wide views over the city and harbour.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Port Hills above Christchurch goes back to one winter afternoon in June nineteen fifty-four, at the tea kiosk in Victoria Park. It follows two schoolgirls, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, a mother who walked with them down a pine-shaded track, and a trial that drew reporters from around the world. Best heard among the pines on the park's walking tracks.
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