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The University of Canterbury Club (UCC) is a friendly and welcoming social club located across the road from the University of Canterbury at the iconic and beautiful Ilam Homestead. You’re welcome to come in and enjoy the good company and ambience of the Homestead or relax in the peaceful garden with a locally brewed craft beer or delicious New Zealand wine.
In 1954, the Rector’s daughter, Juliet Hulme, and another pupil at Christchurch Girl’s High School, Pauline Parker, bludgeoned to death Pauline’s mother while on a picnic at Victoria Park on the Port Hills. In 1994, Peter Jackson (who went on to bring the New Zealand film industry into the global spotlight with the Lord of the Rings trilogy) made the film Heavenly Creatures, which is based on the brutal events of 1954. The film had a budget of US$5 million dollars and starred a young Kate Winslet as Juliet and Melanie Lynskey as Pauline. Many scenes for the film were shot in the Ilam Homestead and its grounds. The north lounge (colloquially known as the Swettenham Lounge after the long serving club manager, Charles Swettenham) was decorated as a family living room and the bar lounge as a dining room.
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