Photo Hunt 2017: Plains, Port Hills & Peninsula - Finding our way This year the theme for Photo Hunt is Plains, Port Hills & Peninsula - Finding our way. However, the photos you submit are not limited to this theme. We invite you to share any of your photos and help grow the city's photographic […]
A 1920s bloke’s shed at 60 Aikmans Road, Merivale: Picturing Canterbury
A 1920s bloke's shed at 60 Aikmans Road, Merivale. This shed held the prized family car, the motorbike, tools and was also used for the family business. Arthur James Pearce did his cobbler work in this shed. This shed was every 1920s mans dream, hence why it got its own photo! Taken by Arthur Cyril […]
Hang gliding – Port Hills: Christchurch Photo Hunt 2017
Photo Hunt 2017: Plains, Port Hills & Peninsula - Finding our way This year the theme for Photo Hunt is Plains, Port Hills & Peninsula - Finding our way. However, the photos you submit are not limited to this theme. We invite you to share any of your photos and help grow the city's photographic […]
From the Sign of the Takahe: Picturing Canterbury
Taken from the Sign of the Takahe out a window across the Canterbury Plains to the Southern Alps. Entry in the 2013 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt. Photo Hunt 2017: Plains, Port Hills & Peninsula - Finding our way This year the theme for Photo Hunt is Plains, Port Hills & Peninsula - Finding our […]
Diwali 2017 at Christchurch City Libraries
To celebrate Diwali 2017 Christchurch City Libraries will be holding a variety of events including live performances, story times and craft making sessions. What is Diwali? Diwali or dīpāvali, the festival of lights, is traditionally celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs with the rising of the new moon at the end of the month, Ashvin. […]
Papanui Technical School Tramping Club Hike: Christchurch Photo Hunt 2017
Photo Hunt 2017: Plains, Port Hills & Peninsula - Finding our way This year the theme for Photo Hunt is Plains, Port Hills & Peninsula - Finding our way. However, the photos you submit are not limited to this theme. We invite you to share any of your photos and help grow the city's photographic […]
Waka, Okain’s Bay, 1977: Picturing Canterbury
"This is my 2nd photo of the waka on Waitangi Day, 1977. The launching coincided with the opening of the Museum. I'm not sure if this was taken prior to the official launching, or the way back. (I think it was the latter). See also File Reference: HWC08-SO-101." Date: 6 February 1977 File Reference: HWC08-SO102 Entry […]
Antarctic Season Opening 2017
With temperatures that can fall to -60 degrees celsius, months without sunlight, and a desert landscape nearly devoid of moisture, the continent of Antarctica is perhaps the most desolate place on earth. Yet every September, foreign scientists and military personnel descend upon the city of Christchurch in preparation for their journey to this frozen landscape. […]
The interior of a clothing factory: Picturing Canterbury
The interior of a clothing factory. The people standing at the end of the middle tables are operating irons. Date: 1909. Do you have any photographs of factories in Canterbury? If so, feel free to contribute to our collection. Kete Christchurch is a collection of photographs and stories about Christchurch and Canterbury, past and present. Anyone can […]
A Fatigue Party On Duty, Addington Camp, Christchurch: Picturing Canterbury
These men are shown carrying out their duties at a camp in Addington where recruits were trained before leaving for the South African (Boer) War (1899-1902). They are riding on a wagon owned by J.M. Heywood & Co. who were general cartage contractors of Christchurch and Lyttelton. Do you have any photographs of Canterbury's involvement […]
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