2 March 1970
Amid mounting controversy, City Council begins construction of road deviation through Hagley Park. The work was stopped by March 7 for legal reasons, and the project was eventually scrapped.
2 March 1974
Re-built Centennial Pool opens.
3 March 1879
First Town Hall design competition. But building costs were too high and the project was abandoned in March 1882.
Bust of Roald Amundsen, Canterbury Museum. Flickr CCL-2012-Amundsen
4 March 1977
Museum Antarctic wing opens. View our page on Antarctica and its Christchurch connections.
5 March 1863
Samuel Bealey elected third Superintendent of Canterbury.
6 March 1856
Riccarton race course established.
6 March 1914
First point to point flight in Canterbury by J. W. H. Scotland from Timaru to Christchurch. In the same year, Scotland had the dubious privilege of becoming the first pilot to crash in New Zealand.
7 March 1925
Cholmondeley Home for children (a gift of Hugh Heber Cholmondeley) opens at Governors Bay.
More March events in the Christchurch chronology: a timeline of Christchurch events in chronological order from pre-European times to 1989.
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