Local History
Explore local history - the people and places of Ōtautahi.
Local history
Popular resources
Popular resources
Picturing Canterbury
Sentry box: Picturing Canterbury
Second World War sentry box on the Summit Road east of Evans Pass, 2018. An image from the Discovery Wall.
Selwyn Goal Keeper, Peter Bodeker: Picturing Canterbury
Goal keeper for Selwyn hockey team, Peter Bodeker, during a match, 15 July 1980. An image from the Discovery Wall.
Halfway house for Tongan migrants: Picturing Canterbury
Reverend Sofilisi Taumalolo and his wife, Hina, outside the Tongan halfway house, Spreydon. An image from the Discovery Wall.
Discovery Wall
Tūranga is the home of NZ’s largest digital touchwall. Find out more, and how you can contribute to this unique heritage resource.
Tī Kōuka Whenua
Explore the vibrant past of Christchurch and the wider Canterbury region that extends back many hundreds of years before 1850.
