Most Popular in 2023: Canterbury Stories
Discover the most popular collections and images in Canterbury Stories for 2023!
Most viewed collections
Cemetery Plans
This collection contains plans of historic Christchurch cemeteries showing the layout of a cemetery and plot numbering. The plans may also contain names of plot purchasers and those interred.
Historical Christchurch images
Photographs taken by the Christchurch City Council for reports and publications on the growth of the city and wider environs.
The photographs cover a wide range of years and subjects. The images from the superseded reports and publications contain historical value and tell the story of the development of Christchurch.
1960 -1964 Christchurch Star photographs
Images from the Star copy prints collection, 1960-1964. The collection was a working photograph library used in the production of the newspaper. Many of the prints have crop marks, and on the reverse, publication dates, and newspaper captions or articles.
This digitised collection contains a sample of material from the extensive collection, and more digitised images will be added over time.
Canterbury Stories set of most viewed images
- Chisnallwood Intermediate School raft race. 1970s. © Christchurch Star. CCL-StarP-01474A
- Pop Brown with Waitangi Day hangi. 6 February 1981. © Christchurch Star. CCL-StarP-04296A
- Giant waves at Sumner. 1 July 1954. © Christchurch Star. CCL-StarP-001329A
- Inward correspondence. Christchurch City Council Archives - no known copyright. CCC-ARC-343-4. Christchurch City Council Archives, CCC/ARC/343/4
- Honey tank on Wainoni Bridge. 13 July 1971. © Christchurch Star. CCL-Star-1971-1114-032-040N-02
- Bishopdale from air, 1965. Entry by Peter Fuller in the 2016 Photo Hunt. CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 NZ. CCL-PH16-062
- Construction of Benmore Dam. 1960. From a collection of photographs by Arthur Schulz. In copyright. CCL-ArSc-266
- Katina Perahera procession. 2018. Samadhi Buddhist Vihara collection. In copyright. CCL-SaVi-Katina Ceremony 8
- Hoyts 8 on Moorhouse Avenue. 2004. Darren Schroeder collection. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. CCL-Kete-31138
- Postcard from Kate Sheppard to Eliza Wallis, side one. No known copyright. CCL-FrMo-KS-PC-01
- Aulsebrooks biscuit factory. 7 October 1963. © Christchurch Star. CCL-StarP-00218A
- Mrs Jackie Norton and family. 22 December 1972. © Christchurch Star. CCL-Star-1972-1795-035-038N-01
