Alison looks at the life and times of Alice Burn - suffragist, rational dresser, cyclist and doctor.
New Regent Street in the 1930s: Theft, fire, and candy
A sampler of stories and history relating to "New Zealand's most beautiful street" featured in our 'New Regent Street - A stroll through 90 years' exhibition.
Nursing on the high seas: Hospital ships in WWI
In the lead up to Anzac Day Alison looks at life on board WWI hospital ships.
The first nurses of WWI
In the lead up to Anzac Day Alison looks at how the first nurses joined the war effort, including Christchurch nurse, Sister Louie McNie.
Life on a sheep station in the 1860s – more hilarious than you might think
Getting your eyebrows nearly burnt off and other things that shouldn't happen to a Lady - the amusing letters of settler, Mary Anne Barker.
Before Tūranga – The Lyttelton Times
The third in a series of posts that looks at the history of the central Christchurch sites on which your new library, Tūranga, has been built. Next to Cathedral Chambers/Hobbs' Corner was the home of the Lyttelton Times and the Star. The Lyttelton Times originally set up in Lyttelton with the printing press that arrived on the Charlotte…
Te Ao Hou – Weaving indigenous identity back into Ōtautahi: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
It was a chilly, damp, blustery and all-over a very Christchurch kind of day on Friday. Sheltered in the foyer of the Piano was a small and well-wrapped group of people, both long-term locals and people visiting just for the weekend, waiting for our 90 minute tour of the central city with Joseph Hullen (Ngāi Tūāhuriri/Ngāti…
An evening with Ivan Coyote – Tuesday 16 May at WORD Christchurch Autumn Season
Last year, I went to two events run by WORD Christchurch, and I fell in love with Ivan E Coyote. I first saw them (Ivan goes by the gender-neutral pronoun) at Speaking Proud which I'd attended to see old favourite David Levithan. Ivan read their reply to a letter someone had written them, 'Shouldn't I feel pretty'…
Canterbury – a hive of activity for 165 years
165 years ago this January, a ship called the Mary arrived in Lyttelton bringing two hives of honey bees from Nelson. The history of introduced bees in New Zealand is unusually linked with women named Mary. Back in 1839, a woman called Mary Bumby first brought European bees to New Zealand. Miss Bumby, with her appropriately bee-ish…
Back in time and half a world away
Armchair travel is always a big hit over the Summer holidays, so we've put together a travel list with a bit of a twist... Come, throw yourself backwards in time and half a world away. Our new booklist, International Historical Fiction, has heaps of recommendations from all over the world, and from many different time…
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