James and Hannah Huston: Picturing Canterbury

James and Hannah Huston. Entry by Sheryn Harkness in the 2019 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. CCL-PH19-0327.

Contributor's note: James and Hannah Huston at their last home, at 48 St Davids Street, Lyttelton. After having 10 children and numerous grand, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren they made a wonderful contribution to life. There are hundreds of descendants living today. 1948.

Christchurch Photo Hunt 2020

Each year Christchurch City Libraries hosts Photo Hunt to engage the Christchurch community in heritage and gather photographs from across the community, along with the unique stories of their creators. This year marks the 12th Photo Hunt and is running from Friday 18 September to Sunday 8 November.

The theme for Photo Hunt this year is Encounter Our Stories, which is part of the Heritage Festival theme of Encounter our Stories – Arts, culture and identity. Share your photographs and contribute to the history of Christchurch, through the eyes of local people.

In addition to Photo Hunt, this year an exhibition titled From Paper to Pixel will showcase the Christchurch City Libraries digital heritage collection, including Photo Hunt, at Te Pito Huarewa / Southbase Gallery, Tuakiri | Identity, Level 2, Tūranga from Monday 21 September – Sunday 1 November 2020.