be dredged and upgraded for containerisation, with the container facility opening in 1977, the centenary of the initial opening. Substantial quantities of South Island coal have been shipped from this port for the past 100 years. The port facilities have provided for LP gas and petrol for the past 50 years. In essence the port could be viewed (based on quantities of materials shipped in or out) as the primary port for energy shipments in the South Island. Education Lyttelton Primary School is a full primary school catering for years 1 to 8. It had a roll of as of The school was created in 2014 by a merger of Lyttelton West and Lyttelton Main schools. In popular culture Lyttelton was the location for most of the exterior scenes in Peter Jackson's 1996 horror movie The Frighteners. Paul Theroux described Lyttelton as having "pretty houses" but was frustrated by having to cycle over the Port Hills to get back to Christchurch as cycling through the Lyttelton tunnel is not permitted and told his wife "what an awful time I was having". Notable people Ben Brown (b. 1962), poet, memoirist and children's author Eileen Savell (1883–1970), farmer and volunteer nurse References Sources External links Lyttelton Harbour visitor information Lyttelton Community Portal Lyttelton Port Company First issue of Lyttelton Times, 1851 Populated places in Canterbury, New Zealand Port cities in New Zealand Heritage New Zealand Category 1 historic places in Canterbury, New Zealand 1848 establishments in New Zealand