In addition to the outstanding view, a surprise awaits at the peak of Upoko-o-Kurī / Witch Hill, with a large stone seat facing towards Christchurch. This is a war memorial to New Zealand Wimbledon tennis champion Anthony Wilding and others, including two local Māori (Lyttlton facing side of the memorial) who died in WWI. The monument also includes a poem by famous English WWI poet Rupert Brooke, who died at Gallipoli, ‘The Dead‘.
Anthony Wilding was the first tennis player to win major titles on grass, clay and hard court (wood) in a year (1913). This apparently made him the first tennis superstar!
The monument was destroyed during the 2012 Christchurch earthquake but is fully restored, which explains why it looks quite new.
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