Lyttelton Harbour: stories An independent guide to Whakaraupō tag:www.lytteltonharbour.co.nz,2026-10:whakaraupo-guide 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z A working port: coal, containers, cruise ships and the town beside them tag:www.lytteltonharbour.co.nz,2026-10:whakaraupo-guide:working-port 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Lyttelton is a busy working port as well as a harbour town. How the port grew, what moves through it today, and how to enjoy watching it at work. Lyttelton after 2010–11: what fell, what stayed, what was rebuilt tag:www.lytteltonharbour.co.nz,2026-10:whakaraupo-guide:lyttelton-after-the-earthquakes 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z How the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes changed Lyttelton: the heritage buildings lost, the cottages that survived, and the long rebuild of the town. Lyttelton's settler cottages: what the 1850s left us tag:www.lytteltonharbour.co.nz,2026-10:whakaraupo-guide:lyttelton-settler-cottages 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Lyttelton's small timber settler cottages: where they came from, how they fit the steep streets, what survived 2011 and what to check when buying or restoring one. The Lyttelton Timeball: a time signal, two earthquakes and a rebuild tag:www.lytteltonharbour.co.nz,2026-10:whakaraupo-guide:lyttelton-timeball 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z How Lyttelton's Timeball told ships the time from 1876, how the 2010–11 earthquakes brought the tower down, and how it was rebuilt and reopened in 2018. Ōtamahua / Quail Island: quarantine station, ship graveyard and a day trip tag:www.lytteltonharbour.co.nz,2026-10:whakaraupo-guide:quail-island-otamahua 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z A day on Ōtamahua / Quail Island in Lyttelton Harbour: its quarantine and leprosy station history, the ship graveyard, Antarctic dogs and how to visit. Harbour walks, from the Bridle Path to Mount Herbert tag:www.lytteltonharbour.co.nz,2026-10:whakaraupo-guide:harbour-walks 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Our pick of Lyttelton Harbour walks: the seaside track to Corsair and Cass bays, the crater rim, Godley Head and the long climb up Mount Herbert. Getting to Lyttelton by tunnel, bus, the Bridle Path or the ferry tag:www.lytteltonharbour.co.nz,2026-10:whakaraupo-guide:getting-to-lyttelton 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z Four ways into Lyttelton from Christchurch: the road tunnel, the Port to Port bus, the old Bridle Path over the hill and the Diamond Harbour ferry.