Across
- 2. A path of moving water, like the Waimakariri or the Avon.
- 3. The wooden sailing vessels that brought the first British settlers.
- 4. What the early town streets turned into whenever it rained.
- 5. A fortified or protected Māori village surrounded by wooden fences.
- 6. The wet, soggy ground that covered early Christchurch before it was drained.
- 8. Skilled workers who built the first wooden houses and shops in town.
- 12. The harbor where the first four immigrant ships arrived in 1850.
- 13. Large double-hulled canoes used by the first explorers to reach New Zealand.
- 14. A type of fuel delivered by horse and cart used to light fires for heating and cooking.
- 15. A long-finned fish caught in the wetlands using wooden traps.
Down
- 1. The massive natural disasters in 2010 and 2011 that required Christchurch to be rebuilt.
- 5. The Māori name for greenstone used to make beautiful treasures and tools.
- 7. The European guns that changed traditional warfare during the wars of the 1800s.
- 9. A giant native bird that used to wander the plains eating leaves.
- 10. A strong native plant used to weave baskets and mats.
- 11. A massive sheet of slow moving ice that crushed mountain rocks into gravel.
