The story of the Henderson sisters shows how the women’s suffrage movement was associated with the temperance movement, and religion.
Extra extra! Read all about it! British Newspaper Archives
Digitised newspaper archives are The Best. They make history and bygone society easily accessible to us, and are generally much less temperamental than microfilm readers. While PapersPast (NZ) and Trove (Australia) are free, here at Christchurch City Libraries we subscribe to a whole bunch of other newspaper archives for you. Recently we have subscribed to…
Searching for soldiers: Anzac events
Whether it's searching for the military records of a soldier in your family, or remembering the cost of war - we have a range of Anzac events in 2023.
Remembrance recovered
A WWI grave marker is donated to ChristChurch Cathedral and later displayed in the library - Kat wonders, what was this soldier's story?
What came before Redwood Library?
Kat investigates the history of the area where Redwood Library now sits.
Pussy galore: The first ever Christchurch cat show
The aptly named Kat explores Christchurch's cat show history with the help of online newspaper resource, Papers Past.
Opening up your family history at the library
What happens when a family historian investigates their own family? If you're Kat, the Battle of Waterloo comes into it...
The Colombo-Gloucester corner: A sweet spot over the years
As work begins on the new Court Theatre building Kat looks at the history of this city corner that includes more than a little confectionery.
WORD Christchurch 2020: More than a spoonful of social enterprise
What started of as a high school youth enterprise project has now become not only a book but also a tasty WORD Festival session, hosted by Annabel Langbein. Rather than create a business, Tulsi Lathia and others from Rangi Ruru School wanted to create a social enterprise project that uses food of the world to…
A fond farewell
Due to changing circumstances this will be my last blog for Christchurch City Libraries. I've had a whole lot of fun writing about all sorts of interesting things. In total I've written 56 blogs for the library (including this one) and three for our professional development Bibliofile site. I'm going to look back briefly at…
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