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[ad_1] Canterbury scientist makes history with national medal One of our most respected scientists has received national recognition for decades of dedication to Aotearoa New Zealand’s freshwater ecosystems. Dr Adrian Meredith, principal scientist for water ecology, received the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society Medal, marking the first time a regional council scientist has achieved this…
[ad_1] A new, temporary garden at 2 London Street is bringing the site’s history to life and reimagining aspects of the building that previously stood there. The site was once home to the United Friendly Society Dispensary from 1886 to 1918, and provided healthcare services similar to those now in modern pharmacies and chemists. The garden beds trace the footprint of the dispensary building and…
[ad_1] Opening this Saturday 20 September, this exhibition of work by Māori artists offers a window into the rich narratives of taniwha that tāngata whenua have held for generations. It’s party time Celebrate the opening of Whāia te Taniwha with a night of music, kai and creativity. Enjoy live sets from Te Kahureremoa, MĀ and…
[ad_1] The redevelopment of the park has been ongoing since 2021, with the heritage gates restored and rededicated, new sports grounds and recreational spaces complete, and over 11,000 native trees and shrubs put in the ground. Construction of the community centre and changing rooms are underway, and now it’s time to start planning the…
[ad_1] An old milking shed was the inspiration for Milkers Gate, Parklands, when it was named in 2002. The area had a rich dairying history and has since been developed by Brian Gillman Ltd into The Limes subdivision, with some names causing controversy among Burwood-Pegasus Community Board members. Richmond’s Aldersley Street was named in 1941…
[ad_1] The name has been given to Christchurch City Council by Ngāi Tūāhuriri and is consistent with the traditional practice of whakahaumanu te papatupu | restoring the customary title to the land beneath the building. “Ōmōkihi was the name of an old kaika (settlement), possibly a nohoka/nohonga (seasonal occupation site) where mogi/mōkihi rested during their…
[ad_1] The gates have been refurbished after being damaged in the 2010/11 Canterbury earthquakes and will be formally rededicated by Mayor Phil Mauger at a community event on Armistice Day, Saturday 11 November, at 12.30pm. Christchurch Memorial RSA President Dennis Mardle says the gates were built on Stevens Street in 1924 to commemorate the sacrifice…
[ad_1] Made possible by The Hine te Hiringa – Empower Women Utilising FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 fund, Watch This Space and ChristchurchNZ, the mural celebrates the lives, achievements, legacies and impact of a group of influential wāhine. The women featured in the mural include singer, broadcaster and champion for Māori culture and language, Airini…
[ad_1] Maybe you’re more interested in how much it would cost to light a house with electricity 109 years ago. You can find out all of this and more as Christchurch City Libraries marks 70,000 items on its digital heritage repository Canterbury Stories with the Guide to Christchurch and Picturesque Canterbury. “The guide from 1914…
[ad_1] The Christchurch Family History Expo 2023 will run from 18 to 20 August at Tūranga and will be packed with workshops, speakers and activities galore. Events over the three day expo begin by taking your first steps on your family history journey and using freely available tools to build up your family knowledge, or…
[ad_1] Maybe you’re more interested in how much it would cost to light a house with electricity 109 years ago. You can find out all of this and more as Christchurch City Libraries marks 70,000 items on its digital heritage repository Canterbury Stories with the Guide to Christchurch and Picturesque Canterbury. “The guide from 1914…
[ad_1] Maybe you’re more interested in how much it would cost to light a house with electricity 109 years ago. You can find out all of this and more as Christchurch City Libraries marks 70,000 items on its digital heritage repository Canterbury Stories with the Guide to Christchurch and Picturesque Canterbury. “The guide from 1914…
[ad_1] The Christchurch Family History Expo 2023 will run from 18 to 20 August at Tūranga and will be packed with workshops, speakers and activities galore. Events over the three day expo begin by taking your first steps on your family history journey and using freely available tools to build up your family knowledge, or…
[ad_1] Students connect with history, future of Takapō Regional Park Over the next 25+ years, we will be removing pest trees from Takapō Regional Park in five stages and planting native and exotic species in their place. Tree removal work has already begun in the centre of the park. Wilding pine seed spread has been…
[ad_1] Running from 6 May to 20 August 2023, Absence brings together works from artists working across diverse mediums and eras. All connect with that central theme – from things that have been and gone to those we think may soon arrive. Covering a wide spectrum that includes the mournful and the mischievous, the monumental…
[ad_1] The exhibition is being curated by the Christchurch Archaeology Project in collaboration with Underground Overground Archaeology, and is titled “Three tales of one city.” Exhibition organiser and archaeologist Katharine Watson says that archaeologists are often asked what their favourite artefact is, and they wanted to change this question up a little bit. “We decided…
[ad_1] On 20 October 1862, the Albion Cricket Club wrote to the Christchurch City Council expressing outrage for a young man who insisted on riding his horse through cricket games in Latimer Square. Meanwhile on 5 July 1862, Officer of Customs W G Carver wrote to the Council wanting to step down from his responsibility…
[ad_1] A showcase of Linwood’s history aims to help boost the sense of community at the local library. A new Reflections of the East photography exhibition has been curated by Linwood librarians and highlights images of the suburb from the early 1900s through to the 1990s. “After the last two years the team really wanted…
[ad_1] History was made at the Capital Classic in Wellington today as Hamish Kerr snared the outright New Zealand men’s high jump record courtesy of a stunning world-leading outdoor leap of 2.31m. The 24-year-old Christchurch-based athlete has been knocking on the door of capturing the mark for himself – which he had jointly held with…
[ad_1] Paralympic, Commonwealth and World silver medallist Holly Robinson has written herself into the record books by becoming the first Para athlete to win a medal in an open event in the history of the Jennian Homes New Zealand Track and Field Championships. The 26-year-old javelinist took out silver on the first part of day…
[ad_1] Female-owned businesses, a chequered criminal history, circuses, and a company that offered miraculous cures to arthritis – the 90 year history of New Regent Street is anything but boring. Before it was turned into the street we’re familiar with now, the area was once an open field known as the Circus Paddock and was…
[ad_1] Streets provide a way for us to commemorate important events in history, through names – and in one special instance through trees. On June 1st 1945 St James Avenue in Papanui became the first of fifteen streets in the suburb to be made into a living memorial for Cantabrians who lost their lives during…
[ad_1] Early Chinese laundries feature in a new gallery of story panels that captures the history of Victoria Street. Dotted along the busy thoroughfare to the central city, the panels share stories from the past, providing a narrative on significant buildings and landmark structures. Christchurch City Council Transport Planning and Delivery Manager Lynette Ellis says that much of the…
[ad_1] A new information board telling the story of the Lyttelton Rail Tunnel – the oldest rail tunnel in New Zealand – has been erected on Heathcote Valley’s Station Road. The information board has been developed by Engineering New Zealand’s Canterbury Heritage Chapter to publicly honour the achievement of the engineers who oversaw the tunnel’s…
[ad_1] Family slideshow evenings held in a darkened lounge are a fond, nostalgic memory for Christchurch woman Isabel Tweedy. Her late father Ian Tweedy was a hobby photographer who took thousands of slide photographs in his lifetime, recording family holidays, picnics and tramping trips. Some of his images from the 1950s, 60s and 70s have…
[ad_1] Life for Japanese prisoners of war in Australia and New Zealand was not easy, and as new research from Flinders University and UC shows, some of them turned to art to cope. [ad_2] More at the source
[ad_1] An old painting of Banks Peninsula cottages has set the scene for a family history lesson given by a visiting grandfather to his young grandchildren at Akaroa Museum. The naïve oil on canvas by an unknown artist shows the “Harris Cottages” in Okains Bay. Museum Director Lynda Wallace says the Harris family descendants have…
[ad_1] Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel and Ngāi Tūāhuriri Upoko Dr Te Maire Tau are welcoming the growing public discussion about how we acknowledge our history. The pair co-chair the Te Hononga-Papatipu Rūnanga Committee, which binds Christchurch City Council to the six papatipu rūnanga within the Christchurch catchment. In a joint statement released today, they said:…
The principles of land surveying date back almost as far as the idea of land ownership. Ever since ancient man determined that one piece of land would belong toonegroup, and the other piece to another group, there was a need to mediate between land disputes. This is where land surveying came in, although today surveys are…
The arts and crafts era (1880’s – 1920’s) takes a side step from the traditional New Zealand home. Recently I have spoken about The Modern Townhouse, The Transitional Home, The New Zealand State House, Art Deco Homes, Beautiful Bungalows and The New Zealand Villa. But both before and during the time of the Villa another…