Mystery surrounds how a yacht became marooned on a Christchurch beach last night. The vessel ran aground at New Brighton Beach, about 250m north of the pier, at around 6.30pm yesterday.

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Here are 12 rare photos of the lost New Brighton Pier. For beautiful, historic images from the past have a look at memorylane.co.uk/ and see what you can discover.