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Kennedy's Bush Scenic Reserve is a public conservation reserve in the Port Hills south of Christchurch, New Zealand. It sits above the suburb of Kennedys Bush on the northern side of the hills, just north of Ōrongomai / Cass Peak. The reserve is covered in dense native bush, and at 130 hectares it is the largest remaining patch of native bush on the Port Hills.
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- 1 2 "Nelson craft beer pioneer Terry McCashin dies". Stuff . 1 November 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ↑ "Mac's founder Terry McCashin has died". The New Zealand Herald . 1 November 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ↑ Fletcher, Jack (5 October 2018). "'Exciting' day for Christchurch as 233 hectares of Port Hills land purchased for public access". Stuff . Retrieved 4 May 2019.
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