2005
Statue in Christchurch, New Zealand, botanic garden of William Sefton Moorhouse unveiled on 22nd November 1885 and carrying the testimonial "To whose energy and perseverance Canterbury owes the tunnel between the port and the plains". When Moorhouse died in 1881, he was accorded a huge State funeral. This bronze statue on a blue stone pedestal by English sculptor G A Lawson was financed by public subscription in recognition of the Lyttelton tunnel, Moorhouse's greatest achievement.
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