Gateway to Hagley (Canterbury) Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand
By billiehenny on 11-Nov-13. Waypoint GC4RZ1G

Where is it please give me a hint

I thought it wasnt the thing so I kept trying to crack the code

Had to persist with this one, nice hiding spot.

Good easy find. TFTC

Wowsers

Great hide - needs new paper!

This was neat, thanks!

Out for a little Hagley caching wander with pals, this was our first stop - nicely concealed.

Nach langem Suchen gefunden.Great place.Greatings from Germany.Guihei

tftc

Out caching with TL. TFTC!

7.3 World travelers adventure log.Out and about exploring the world with Nildran on this epic adventure!Thanks for adding to our memories and letting us explore your favorite spots all over the world!It continues to be a wild ride!TFTC SLIf you find yourself at a local pub during trivia night, and the category is:'States shaped like a Mitten'here is some information that may help you win that round:Michigan trivia 7.333. The Detroit metro area sits atop a gigantic salt mine. According to some estimates, there's enough salt down there to last for 70 million years at the world's current rate of consumption. Pass the potato chips! 34. The nation's first tribally-owned casino was Kings Club Casino, operated by the Ojibwe Indians of Bay Mills.35. During the war of 1812, Detroit was hotly-contested territory. It was surrendered to the British in 1812, but the first attempt to retake the city in 1813 resulted in the River Raisin Massacre, which had the highest number of American casualties of any battle of the war. Detroit was finally recovered some nine months later during the Battle of Lake Erie.36. The Cross in the Woods Catholic shrine in Indian River has a 31-foot high crucifix, the largest one in the world.37. The nation as a whole learned how to spell the name of Kalamazoo (well, sort of) in 1942 when the Glen Miller song "(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo" hit the top of the charts.38. The Kalamazoo Mall was the first outdoor pedestrian shopping mall in the United States.39. Kalamazoo was also the original home of Gibson Guitars, and a budget model produced in the 60s and 70s was called the Kalamazoo.40. A Roseville man who dropped a couple of F-bombs after falling out of his canoe was convicted in 1999 under a law that had been on the books since 1897 prohibiting indecent, immoral, obscene, vulgar or insulting language in the presence or hearing of any woman or child. In 2002 the conviction was overturned by the Michigan Court of Appeals, and the law was struck down at the same time.41. It is still against the law in Michigan, however, to contumeliously reproach God, assuming you can even figure out what that means.42. In 2008, the city of Flint passed a law that gave police the authority to arrest anyone whose pants sagged so low as to expose their undies or bare butts. The local plumber's union has evidently declined to comment (or comply).43. Brighton and Grand Rapids have laws against being annoying, although Grand Rapids, obviously unwilling to foot the bill for jailing its entire populace, is planning to abolish that law ASAP.

Cool spot!

Day #2 Christchurch - The Mega New Zealand ExperienceA chance for an overseas Mega was too good to pass up. Especially with half the state seeming to be attending also. I set about some last minute planning. Flights still available Accommodation found Mode of transport securedLooks like its time to cross the ditch. Ive never visited the South Island before so it is bound to be a fun filled trip.I arrived after dark last night so today is my first chance to see the sights.A lucky break with parking here so made for a quick stop at this well hidden cache.A big thanks goes to billiehenny for taking the time to add Gateway to Hagley (Canterbury) to the geocaching map for us all to find and enjoy.-Wow! The fun just never stops.Have you logged your will attend for Victorias first ever Block Party? (Think Mega but even more special!)Join us on 22-23 March 2025 in Sunbury to celebrate 25 years of geocaching by logging your will attend at [**GCAP417**](https://coord.info/GCAP417).

Nice one! Thanks!

Found with the kids. TFTC

Thanks for the cache! Its a goodie

Great find thanks

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Nice find

Second find ever, cheers! L&E!

First one in Christchurch! TFTF

I was trying many combinations on the lockbox before eventually working it out

Thanks!

Great first find.

slick!!

Tftc,app wouldn't let me log till now. Signed some months ago.

Nice!

Yay I found it thanks that was fun

Very cool container wasn't too tough of a find

Almost stuck in too far to remove.All goodTFTC

Thanks first cache after almost a decades hiatus.

Driving in the rain and thought Id stop and get this one. Had to sign with a mud stick M as I didnt have a pen. 50% was losing its adherence.Thanks for the cache billiehenny

Found a while ago, Catching up on logs, TFTC SL

coolerino

Good find

Great hiding spot TFTC

Awesome find thank you

Great hide.... first touched, thought this might be it. But couldn't remove it. Had to walk away and think about it.... second time try and it was what I thought it was. Hehe found it. And thank you...

Nice and easy. TFTC

Too easy

Spotted it as we walked towards it. Thanks!!

Nice

No pen great hide !

Found pretty quickly but took awhile to retrieve as there were heaps of muggles about.

After a stressful morning of being tested I was glad to get out into South Hagley Park for some exercise - I stopped for a look here and failed to spot the cache. Looked again about an hour later with StewNZ and the extra keen set of eyes soon spotted this one. That makes 2 out of 4 finds and over 6 stops on my short run today - probably more time spent searching than running Thanks billiehenny for placing all your caches and giving me both a direction to run and an excuse to stop!

Found it!

Another great hide here, nice easy find despite the many muggles this afternoon, TFTC

Yay!

Great hiding spot

Best GC we have found in Christchurch so far

Stopped at this cache while visiting **New Zealand**! [^]**My #151st visited Geocaching country!**---This cache was easily found and the logbook was signed.One more smiley face for me in the GEO map.Everything was in good condittion.Another awesome hide. +1 FPThank you for hiding this cache and showing me this place! ---Greetings from ***Riga, Latvia***! [^]**Happy caching!**----------***For a little entertainment, here are 10 Fun Facts about Latvia!*** 1) Latvia is among the worlds greenest countries.2) Its home of the first Christmas tree.3) The Latvian flag is considered by many to be the oldest national flag in the world.4) Country has the widest waterfall in Europe.5) Latvia boasts the finest Art Nouveau architecture in the world.6) Jacob W. Davis, a Latvian tailor, was an inventor of rivets on famous Jean pants.7) The Latvian Song & Dance Festival is recognised by UNESCO as the largest amateur song and dance festival in the world!8) Alexander Laime, a famous Latvian-born explorer. He is most noted for being the first recorded human to reach Angel Falls (highest waterfall on earth), located in Venezuela, by foot.9) Latvians love basketball and Ice Hockey.10) Latvia is famous for being the home country of the inventor of the flavor of Pringles.----------..\*""*.,,.*"",..,*"",.\...\ ------- **MATISONS!** ------- \....\*""*.,,.*"",..,*"",..\.....\......\ /// \Paldies/ Aith / Aciu / Thanks / Merci / Gracias / Danke / Bedankt / ???????? / ?????? / ?? / Tak / Kiitos / e??a??st?e? / ???? / ???????? / Ksznet / Grazie / ?? / ?? / Whakawhetai / ??????? / Dzieki / Obrigado / Mul?umiri / C?????? / Hvala / Dky / Tesekkrler / Ngiyabon??? / ?????? / ?? / Tak / Kiitos / e??a??st?e? / ???? / ???????? / Ksznet / Grazie / ?? / ?? / Whakawhetai / ??????? / Dzieki / Obrigado / Mul?umiri / C?????? / Hvala / Dky / Tesekkrler / Ngiyabon

Saturday Morning I was bored, so randomly booked a plane ticket to Christchurch. While in the area I decided to look for a few random caches. After not having much luck at night caching, I decided on Sunday to visit Hagley Park.I immediately spotted something of interest as I walked up to this, and once I got the right grip I managed to retrieve it. Lots of runners out around here so I had to fake that I was using the gate to rest / stretch. I hope they bought it

Good hide, was tricky to remove

Sneaky

Really good

342. Hey from Aus! I havent seen one like this before. I saw it, didnt know how to retrieve it, came back to it as my geo senses told me to, yank! Thanks so much

Fun one

found it. holy

Good find!

Cool idea! No pen to sign.

Found while visiting family TFTH

TFTC

Woohoo

Found it, good hiding spot!

My first cache! So fun

TFTC

Biked past it half an hour ago and it was still there

(1 of 4 today)Greetings from Australia!Flew over the Ditch yesterday for the Cricket Test at Hagley Oval. Beautiful little ground. Havent sat on a hill for the cricket on a very long time.After the days play was done my compatriots walked back to our hotel while I wandered around the park looking for caches. After not attempting two which were fenced off, I made four finds before getting back just in time to go straight back out to a nice Vietnamese restaurant for dinner.###END OF CUT AND PASTE SECTION###Weighed up the hide options on approach and of course checked the wrong ones first. Still had CIH pretty quickly, though. Nice camo.SLTNLNTFTC

I saw this cache before I got the app and Im pretty sure its gone now but I dont know

Just a great little hike. Thanks for the fun!

Cool hide!TFTC!

Sneaky and cheeky! TFTC!

Found. Great park for walking! More muggles than usual due to the concert. Tfth

Back in full operation, hopefully it will stay a little longer this time.

Found it. Sending words

I noticed it needs maintenance. If you can send me the two words I will accept that as a log. Will restore shortly

Ez

Quick find on a sunny afternoon, kind of 50/50 on this one. TFTC!

Back in action

Tftc DrFragger with Family

That one gets a not only for the cache, but also for being so well maintained (we're the second on the new list) and the "add-on".

Just cycled past and noticed its gone. Will replace shortly.

Tftc good spot!

Great hide, couldn't find it at first, didn't even have a clue.

It is a very fun one to search for, and it is in the most least expected spot!!!!!! Enjoy!!!!

Easy find!

Another good hide, thank you!

Kia ora for the cache.

Tftc greetings from Austria

First of the day, at first I touched the container, without realising it was the cache, later coming back to it and seeing in of the others in our group had found it.

Love this series, they are so cleverly hidden!

Seconda volta in Nuova Zelanda in visita a mio figlio Federico che vive a Chch.Mi accompagna NitiFlex, per lui la prima volta in Oceania.Abbiamo degli obiettivi, a fine vacanza riusciremo a raccoglierli tutti.Dopo cena si fa una passeggiata nel parco.TFTCSaluti dall'Italia.

Finalmente con Eletab sono arrivate le nostre vacanze in Australia e New Zeland.Viaggio davvero lungo, pi di 18000 km da casa in linea d'aria !!!Questa la prima Tradi di questa nazione che mi manca !Affrontiamo anche una multi ma la stanchezza prende il sopravvento e abbandoniamo velocemente.I primi due giorni sono passati in viaggio per cui la vera caccia inizia solo domani...3 GiornoCi svegliamo presto e abbiamo 2 ore e mezzo prima di colazione per cui i primi 10000 passi volano cos. A fine giornata arriviamo a farne le quattro volte di piu' (39.000). Abbiamo visitato un mercato di prodotti alimentari locali e esplorati 3 bellissimi parchi. About this cache:sempre dopo la prima cena in New Zeland come digestivo/ammazzacaff ci becchiamo anche questa cache ! Thanks Owner

Very cool

Cool container! We have a night in Christchurch before we go back to the states, so we decided to look for some caches! TFTC

# #6,942 #----------A nice creative hide here in the most simplest of places. Thats always a good way to hide them: naked to the muggles eye but obvious to the cacher! TFTC!!! ----------> All geocaches are signed as mmmPIZZA or mPZ

Nice hide. Thanks.

In the Hagley Park South area today and grabbed a few caches as we wandered round.As we approached we honed in on the hint item and soon found this nicely hidden cache. We have found many in similar hiding places but this was nicely done TFTCTim and Viv - ddm

Nice hide, tftgc