Victoria Park
Hillside reserve of pine forest, native plantings and winding tracks with sweeping views over the plains.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Victoria Park on the Port Hills above Christchurch moves between two June days: the Diamond Jubilee opening of eighteen ninety-seven, and a winter afternoon in nineteen fifty-four when two teenage friends, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, came up the hill with Pauline's mother for a walk and tea. It follows the private religion the girls built together and the family news that threatened it. Best heard near the visitor centre by the old kiosk site.
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