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Christchurch Convention Centre, to Town Hall
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
Wednesday 2 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-02IMG_2170 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Oxford Terrace
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Oxford Terrace, 6 March 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-03-06-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0128 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
‘The Bricks’ and Shipping on the Avon
Articles, Lost Christchurch
When Christchurch was Young Written for Ellesmere Guardian by Mr W. A. Taylor, 1944 The Avon river (Otakaro) predates its sister stream the Heathcote (Opawaho) as a navigable course to Christchurch…
Christchurch Convention Centre, looking to Crowne Plaza
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Wednesday 2 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-02IMG_2167 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
1880s Christchurch – Dull and as Flat as a Kitchen Table
Articles, Lost Christchurch
In 1886, an English woman who called herself ‘Hopeful’, wrote of her experiences after emigrating to Christchurch, New Zealand. She berated the agents of shipping companies who painted…
Christchurch Press 31 July 2012: The Future of Christchurch Special Featur…
Articles, UC QuakeStudies
Page 10 of The Future of Christchurch special feature in the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 31 July 2012.
Christchurch Press 31 July 2012: The Future of Christchurch Special Featur…
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Page 6 of The Future of Christchurch special feature in the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 31 July 2012.
Christchurch Press 31 July 2012: The Future of Christchurch Special Featur…
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Page 7 of The Future of Christchurch special feature in the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 31 July 2012.
Christchurch Press 31 July 2012: The Future of Christchurch Special Featur…
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Page 11 of The Future of Christchurch special feature in the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 31 July 2012.
Christchurch Press 31 July 2012: The Future of Christchurch Special Featur…
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Page 8 of The Future of Christchurch special feature in the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 31 July 2012.
Christchurch Press 31 July 2012: The Future of Christchurch Special Featur…
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Page 4 of The Future of Christchurch special feature in the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 31 July 2012.
Christchurch Press 31 July 2012: The Future of Christchurch Special Featur…
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Page 9 of The Future of Christchurch special feature in the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 31 July 2012.
Christchurch Press 31 July 2012: The Future of Christchurch Special Featur…
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Page 1 of The Future of Christchurch special feature in the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 31 July 2012.
Christchurch Press 31 July 2012: The Future of Christchurch Special Featur…
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Page 2 of The Future of Christchurch special feature in the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 31 July 2012.
Christchurch Press 31 July 2012: The Future of Christchurch Special Featur…
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Page 5 of The Future of Christchurch special feature in the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 31 July 2012.
Christchurch Press 31 July 2012: The Future of Christchurch Special Featur…
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Page 12 of The Future of Christchurch special feature in the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 31 July 2012.
Christchurch Press 31 July 2012: The Future of Christchurch Special Featur…
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Page 3 of The Future of Christchurch special feature in the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 31 July 2012.
Rosa Harris’ Corner Shop, Beckenham 1919
Articles, Lost Christchurch
It is the start of the second week of June 1919 and New Zealand’s Prime Minister, William Massey and the Minister of Finance, Sir Joseph Ward, are in Paris awaiting the signing of the Peace Treaty …
Julius von Haast and his Milkcan Seismometer
Articles, Lost Christchurch
German born colonist, Sir Julius von Haast, was an explorer specialising in geology. Amongst his many achievements was the founding of the Canterbury Museum. Born Johann Franz von Haast in 1822, in…
Whaling, Forty Mile Beach, A Gruesome Discovery – A Pioneer’s Story
Articles, Lost Christchurch
By a Pioneer of the Fifties Many years previous to, and some few years after the arrival of the first four ships, the coast of New Zealand was frequented by whalers, notably those of England, Ameri…
Canterbury College students out for sport on Capping Day
Articles, Lost Christchurch
The Canterbury College Students’ procession as part of the capping festival took place on the morning of 13 June 1915, and despite the enormous crowd of spectators that crammed every inch of …
The Clock Tower – neglected by the Government, admired by the People
Articles, Lost Christchurch
As Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee drew near in 1897, plans were being put in place throughout the Dominion for suitable memorials. In Christchurch, a number of funds were set up and subscri…
Government Geologist reports on ‘extraordinary earthquake phenomena’
Articles, Lost Christchurch
After the September, 1888 earthquake centred in Hanmer caused extensive damage to the Christchurch cathedral, the government geologist, Alexander McKay was sent out to review the land damage. This …
September 1888 – the most destructive earthquake since the Canterbury Pilg…
Articles, Lost Christchurch
Shortly after 4 o’clock this morning the whole of the South and a portion of the North Island was shaken by a violent shock of earthquake, the most severe experienced for more than 20 years……
Gala Day at Wainoni Park – 1909
Articles, Lost Christchurch
There is great excitement in the households around Christchurch today. It’s the Labour Day holiday and many families are going to Wainoni Park for the opening of the season. Everyone has been…
An Extraordinary Accident
Articles, Lost Christchurch
Excitement at Lyttelton The ordinary routine of running the express train on the No. 2 wharf at Lyttelton and transferring the passengers to the waiting ferry steamer was disturbed on the evening o…
A Poor Joke! A Premonition of What Was Yet to Come.
Articles, Lost Christchurch
This photographically produced postcard of Christchurch’s Provincial Government buildings, appearing twisted and warped, was a semi-humorous card sent out at Christmas after the Murchison ear…
“It’s over!” Armistice Day in Cathedral Square
Articles, Lost Christchurch
Cathedral Square hosted one of New Zealand’s most significant historic events after the armistice was signed by the Western Allies and the Central Powers on 11th November 1918 in Paris, Franc…
Convict transportation, whaling adventures, drunken sprees: a life lived a…
Articles, Lost Christchurch
A colourful account of Maori and early European life before the arrival of the first four ships. Jimmy Robinson, who lived as a ‘Pakeha Maori’ at Akaroa and helped raise the British fla…
“Would to God I had never heard the name of New Zealand”
Articles, Lost Christchurch
“To tell you is a great task, for I can assure you it is a most awful country,” wrote James Boot from Christchurch, New Zealand in letter to his parents in Nottingham, England in June, …