{"id":1037,"date":"2011-05-27T22:46:33","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T21:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/05\/30\/new-brighton-pier-new-zealand\/"},"modified":"2011-05-30T22:56:53","modified_gmt":"2011-05-30T21:56:53","slug":"new-brighton-pier-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/05\/27\/new-brighton-pier-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"New Brighton Pier, New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nNew Brighton Pier, New Zealand<\/a>, a photo by Steph Jennings<\/a> on Flickr.<\/span><\/div>\n

300m pier which struts out into Pegasus Bay.<\/p>\n

4 Rivers flow into the bay from north to south they are:<\/p>\n

Waipara River
\nAshley River
\nWaimakariri River
\nAvon River and Heathcote River via the Avon Heathcote Estuary.<\/p>\n

The pier was built originally in 1894 and was demolished in 1964.<\/p>\n

$4 million was raised by the council and community funds to build a new pier, and in 1987 it was opened. You can get good views of the ocean at the end.<\/p>\n

There is a library at the beginning of the pier and a cafe underneath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Brighton Pier, New Zealand, a photo by Steph Jennings on Flickr. 300m pier which struts out into Pegasus Bay. 4 Rivers flow into the bay from north to south they are: Waipara River Ashley River Waimakariri River Avon River and Heathcote River via the Avon Heathcote Estuary. The pier was built originally in 1894 … Continue reading New Brighton Pier, New Zealand<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[103,1],"tags":[343,344,342,562],"class_list":["post-1037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-wbiagw","tag-nzpicoftheday","tag-new-zealand","tag-photo","tag-photography"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6WGy-gJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1033,"url":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/05\/23\/new-brighton-beach-new-zealand\/","url_meta":{"origin":1037,"position":0},"title":"New Brighton Beach, New Zealand","date":"May 23, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"New Brighton Beach, New Zealand, a photo by Steph Jennings on Flickr.New Brighton is a coastal suburb of Christchurch, lying to the east of the city centre. 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