The tide at New Brighton could go out a long way and the sand was hard, making motor and bicycle racing on New Brighton beach a popular past time that would draw the crowds. Many cycling and motor …
A Tale of Convicts, Ship Wrecks, Strange Family Relations, and a £500 Bequest. Before the Canterbury Settlement was inaugurated, a young Australian lad landed at Port Cooper in the company of his f…
The Anglican church of St. Michael and All the Angels, at 84 Oxford Terrace, stands on the site of the first church the Canterbury Association’s settlers built in 1851. Perhaps there a…
New Zealand’s largest and most iconic booksellers, publishers and printing company was Whitcombe & Tombs of Christchurch. It was established in 1882 by Mr. George Hawkes Whitcombe, a seem…
“The most historic bridge in Christchurch” The iconic stone arch which spans over Cashel Street bridge – linking Cambridge with Oxford Terrace is “a visible symbol” wh…
By Fabian Bell The Avon is a lovely river. Of course I know that many people will say that it is no better than a ditch, &c. I pity their want of taste. Of course the stream is narrow and does …
It is midday on the busy intersection of Manchester, High and Lichfield Streets when this photograph was taken from the corner of Bedford Row c. 1904. The street is full of activity as shoppers mak…
Earthquakes in Christchurch are not unusual events, we’ve been beset with them since European settlement began – and no doubt long before. What is most disturbing of all is that our Eur…
The town of Lyttelton on Saturday morning (15 August) was thrown into a state of great excitement owing to a most extraordinary rise and fall of the water in the harbour…
Up until February 22nd, 2011, the city of Christchurch was a unique, historic and cultural living and breathing entity. Inherited from a long list of valuable contributors dating back to its incept…
File reference: CCL-2012-03-13-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0132 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2012-03-13-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0131 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2012-03-13-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0133 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
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File reference: CCL-2012-03-13-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0135 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2012-03-13-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0139 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2012-03-13-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0134 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2012-03-13-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0140 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2012-03-13-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0137 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2012-03-13-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0141 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
File reference: CCL-2012-03-13-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0136 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
A video of the Christchurch Wizard speaking outside the Canterbury Museum about the restoration of the ChristChurch Cathedral.
28 February 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-01-28-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0019 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
28 February 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-01-28-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0017 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
6 March 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-03-06-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0117 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
6 March 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-03-06-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0110 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
6 March 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-03-06-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0106 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
6 March 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-03-06-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0105 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
6 March 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-03-06-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0115 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
6 March 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-03-06-AroundChristchurch-IMG_0124 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.