Grubb Cottage, 62 London Street, Lyttelton. Built in 1851, the cottage is the oldest surviving domestic dwelling in Lyttelton and one of the earliest in Canterbury. Historically it was the first section of land sold within New Zealand, and not pre…
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The Canterbury Club was established in 1872 by a group of twenty prominent Christchurch businessmen. These gentlemen founded the Club to provide a city haven, a private venue where they could meet, discuss business affairs, and socialise. The first chairman…
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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,…
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CANTABRIANS are familiar with observing Canterbury Anniversary on Show Weekend each year, coinciding with the agricultural and pastoral show which has been running since 1862. However, that observance (the second Friday after the first Tuesday in November) has only been…
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Here are a couple of photos that Beverley took on our Airforce Museum visit at Wigram yesterday. We had 27 turn up which was heartening and the guided tour conducted by Ken from the Museum was excellent. There was a…
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Do you have any Ancestor Stories? Do you have a story to tell about an ancestor? We are looking for short biographies and stories about those first immigrants, Colonists, and others that arrived in Canterbury prior to 31 October, 1876….
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The newsletter is still a work in progress as they say, but as we are going out in April to Kate Sheppard’s House for a self guided tour and afternoon tea on April 18th and they require 2 weeks advance confirmation and…
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Christchurch’s heritage buildings are being celebrated and promoted with a new initiative launched in the city this week. The blue plaque scheme has been going in the United Kingdom for more than 150 years and has recently been introduced to…
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Erected in 1898 the Britomart Monument commemorates the raising of the British flag on Green’s Point and convening of a British court of law nearby on 11 August 1840. The British had sent a warship to keep an eye on…
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