80km southeast of Christchurch is Akaroa (Maori for long harbor; pop. c 800). There are a number of old buildings. The Roman Catholic parish church of St Patrick was built in 1864; it was the third church of the mission station established by Bishop Pompallier in 1840.

The neo-Gothic St Peter's Church (Anglican) in Rue Balguerie was built in
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