"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…
If Blood Should Stain the Wattle
This doesn't happen nearly as often as I would like, but I can honestly say that I loved this book! I’ve only ever really thought of Jackie French in terms of children’s and young adult fiction so was pleasantly surprised to see her grown up offering - If Blood Should Stain the Wattle. Now it is probably the…
Photo Hunt October: At the pub, 1970s
Anne Kelly and John (Mungo) Tamaira socialising in a Christchurch pub (probably the Star & Garter) in the early 1970s. Christchurch City Libraries has been running an annual Photo Hunt in conjunction with the city’s Heritage Week since 2008. The 2016 Photo Hunt is running again from 1 – 31 October. During the month of…
Photo Hunt October: Little Kaye gets on a plane
Kaye Neely from Miramar Wellington, departing at Christchurch Airport with an NAC air hostess. Kaye had come down for a holiday with her older cousins. As she was only four at the time she’d had to tell a “little white lie” saying she was five (the minimum age to travel unaccompanied. She was beautifully dressed in the…
Punker than Punk … Rock’s Backpages
An exploration of the new music resource Rock's Backpages, available free to you through Christchurch City Libraries: "Underrated" is a term that is widely and oftentimes overused when talking about music and rightly so, it's a passionate subject! When I think of "underrated", in terms of music at least, I think of The Saints - a…
Snowfall on Riccarton Road : Picturing Canterbury
Kete Christchurch is a collection of photographs and stories about Christchurch and Canterbury, past and present. Anyone can join and contribute.n and contribute. View more Picturing Canterbury posts. Visit Kete Christchurch Kōrerorero mai - Join the conversation…
How NOT to build a bomb shelter
In 2011, author Leonie Thorpe told us her memories of building a bomb shelter in Lyttelton: I’m not sure whether nuclear weapons were on the curriculum of every New Zealand primary school in 1979, but they were at Lyttelton Main. Someone wanted to blow up the world with an H bomb, and our little township…
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