Every January I find myself saying the phrase “new year, new me” any time I do anything remotely healthy or out of the ordinary. Ate a salad: new year, new me. Went to the gym: new year, new me. Read … Continue reading →
When Edward Gibbon Wakefield developed his theory of colonisation in c.1827 (while imprisoned for abducting a young woman) he envisioned for New Zealand the formation of an idealised English rural society, in which all hard-working labourers could aspire to rural … Continue reading →
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery portfolio is no longer, with Prime Minister John Key announcing a new Canterbury portfolio to replace it.
This week New Zealand entered its third week of the Covid-19 lockdown, and one of the phrases being thrown around a lot is creating a ‘new normal’. The idea of a ‘new normal’ gives a sense that life, whether for … Continue reading →
(From our correspondent.) Christchurch (N.Z.) Ten years ago I visited Christchurch for the first time, and recorded my impressions of the place in the columns of The Daily News. A decade means a go…
**TRIGGER WARNING: This blog talks of infant death and sex work** Time forgives and forgets, dulling the harsh effects of first-hand accounts of shocking life events to a point where one can laugh at unfortunate events, or even become … Continue reading →
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in December 2013 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in September 2012 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in December 2012 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in March 2012 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in March 2013 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in June 2013 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in the second quarter of 2011 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in the third quarter of 2011 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in June 2012 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in the first quarter of 2011 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in the fourth quarter of 2010 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in the fourth quarter of 2011 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An issue of New Zealand Freemason magazine, published in September 2013 by Freemasons New Zealand.
An open field along the west side of Manchester street, bounded by a row of well-grown English Poplars and known as the Circus Paddock, was regularly used for touring circuses which came to town.
Jessie Garland and Luke Tremlett References and acknowledgements Christchurch City Council. Garvin, J., 2001. A Building History of Northern New England. University Press of New England, New Hampshire. Insight Unlimited.
A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake in Canterbury has rocked a number of regions nationwide - here are the ones that have suffered most from the tremors.
A presentation by Dr Deirdre Hart at the New Zealand Coastal Science 20th Annual Conference. The presentation is titled, "Coastal Quakes: New Zealand's underrated hazard complex".
The last barrier has lifted from New Regent St in Christchurch meaning trams are back running after buildings were damaged from the Valentine's Day earthquake.
Dear Father and Mother, l arrived here all safe on the 23rd of September, after a splendid voyage of 94 days without a single storm. I enjoyed the voyage very much and was kindly treated by everybo…
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…
The original Commonwealth Games venue was destroyed in the earthquake.
Submission of the then New Zealand Historic Places Trust to the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission.
The University of Canterbury and student's association still need a further $5m to reopen the UCSA building badly damaged in the 2011 earthquake.
An entry from Gallivanta's blog for 12 December 2012 entitled, "Old School, New Times".