Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 256-257: Crux

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A PDF copy of pages 256-257 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Crux'. Photos: Trent Hiles

Domestic Maids and the Curse of the Bloody Handprint

Articles, Lost Christchurch

This charming advertisement designed in 1913, was printed onto postcards and distributed at the New Zealand High Commission Office in London to attract young, single women to the colony. Irregardle…

Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 186-187: Dino-Sauna

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A PDF copy of pages 186-187 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Dino-Sauna'. Photos: Gap Filler

Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 278-279: Porthole

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A PDF copy of pages 278-279 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Porthole'. Photos: Tessa Peach

The Spanish Beauty and the Beast – The Manchester St Murder

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For £55, reports The Press in 1909, an Antipodean may travel to London and back via the Cape, and secure a very pleasant holiday. For boarders and employees at Alfred and May Burn’s ‘Silver Grid’ b…

 “Strange Freak of a New Zealand Girl”

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Dressed in a black cutaway coat, dark trousers and a white silk neckcloth, and sporting a Billy-Cock hat over short hair, Henry Jame Muir stood before a London magistrate in 1889 dressed in the clo…

Jennifer Middendorf's Blog 01/09/2014: Tunnelling

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An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 1 September 2014 entitled, "Tunnelling".

Uncovering Victoria Square

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In 1848, when the City of Christchurch was nothing but a design concept of the Canterbury Association back in London the idea of a ‘little slice of England’ (but half the world away) was born (Rice 2014, 9). Exactly how … Continue reading →

A local Lyttelton landmark lives on

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This week on the blog, we look at what we found beneath a local landmark in the community of Lyttelton: the newly refurbished Albion Square. The Albion Square, on the corner of London and Canterbury streets, is home of the … Continue reading →

Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 318-319: Macbeth

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A PDF copy of pages 318-319 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Macbeth'. Photos: Darryl Cribb

Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 260-261: Light Inspiratio…

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A PDF copy of pages 260-261 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Light Inspiration for Lyttelton'. Photos: Alan Povall

Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 168-169: Lyttelton Petanq…

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A PDF copy of pages 168-169 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Lyttelton Petanque Club'. Photos: Gap Filler

Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 258-259: Upon the Upland …

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A PDF copy of pages 258-259 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Upon the Upland Road'. Photos: Trent Hiles

Bexley 5

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Caption reads: "I lived in London all through the Blitz, you get used to these things. Living here after the earthquakes didn’t bother me. I had a small battery operated radio and the neighbour lent me her generator. Initially I used it to run the fridge but after a while I couldn’t get it started. I don’t want to move, to be quite honest. There’s nothing that will be able to replace the life I built here."