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First Four Ships website

The First Four Ships carried the Canterbury Association’s first settlers. The Association, founded in 1848 and guided by Edward Gibbon Wakefield and John Robert Godley, imagined the founding of an Anglican Church settlement in New Zealand comprising a cross-section of English society. In late 1848, the Association’s land surveyors found what they considered the ideal site for the proposed settlement of Canterbury and its chief town, Christchurch (originally, the Wairarapa was to be the site). In May 1849, official sanction was gained and the Association in London was notified. By July 1849, the setting out of the port town and surveying of the Bridle Path and Port Hills were under way. On January 3, 1850, the Association’s purchase terms were approved for a reservation of 2½ million acres in the Canterbury region. With that, the Association began recruiting emigrants, and by July 1850, preparations were well under way for the voyage to New Zealand.
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Anchored at Lyttelton at on December 16, 1850...

HISTORY IN THE MAKING: "Arrival of the first four ships" as painted by William Menzies Gibb in 1900 from a drawing done by Sir William Fox in December 1850. The picture shows the Cressy, Charlotte Jane, Randolph, Sir George Seymour in Lyttelton Harbour.

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Swiss gold referendum...

Swiss gold reserves: The proposal would require the Swiss National Bank to have gold reserves of at least 20% of the value of the assets of the Swiss National Bank, and see all Swiss gold currently held in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York returned to Switzerland. The popular initiative was started by Swiss People's Party MP Luzi Stamm and two other MPs, with the 100,000 signatures required for a referendum obtained by early 2013. The proposal is opposed by the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss government, as it would limit the SNB's ability to print money.
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Catalonia leader pushes on with independence vote...

Catalonia's leader has pledged that a symbolic independence vote will be held despite the legal challenges by the Madrid government. Catalonia’s regional President Artur Mas said in a speech on Wednesday that Spain’s semi-autonomous Catalonia will go ahead with the referendum on Sunday, promising to protect Catalans' "right to decide." -

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Guy Fawkes fireworks, New Brighton Christchurch NZ

If NZ does not want its current flag Canterbury will have it...