The film ‘Canterbury is One Hundred’ was produced by the National Film Unit in 1950 to celebrate the region’s centennial. Written and directed by Oxley Hughan, it emphasises the bucolic agricultural productivity of the Canterbury region, particularly through the lambing…
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In December 1850, the first ships carrying British settlers arrived in Canterbury. Many of the colonists built huts along the Avon River in what is now North Hagley Park. This cluster of huts became known as Settlers Corner. …
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They came to a land, rugged and brown, With never a road nor field nor a town. But league upon league hills, plain and spur, Of grass the colour of weasel’s fur. Of leafless bushes and sedges harsh, And rugged…
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