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Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from Dùn Èideann, the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Archaeological evidence points to lengthy occupation of the...

Built in 1863 and demolished in 1887. The Oriental was one of Dunedin’s larger hotels. It had a bar and a restaurant, and was the venue of lodge meetings, coroner’s inquests, the organization of walking races, and its fair share of disorderly behavior. It was a mostly respectable establishment...

Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The first inhabitants migrated to the area sometime between 1000 and 1250 AD.[6] They...