Focus on Statue of William Rolleston and explain the Heritage listing.
On 26 November 1981, the statue was registered by Heritage New Zealand as a Category II historic place, with the registration number being 1946. It is one of the three statues that commemorate superintendents of Canterbury (the other statues commemorate James FitzGerald and William Sefton Moorhouse) and they are all placed on Rolleston Avenue (Moorhouse's statue is some distance inside the Botanic Gardens). The three statues thus form an important historical setting.
statue Heritage New Zealand James FitzGerald William Sefton Moorhouse Botanic Gardens