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Lyttelton's 'Great Fire' sparks interest
History & heritage | 19 Oct 2020It was after 10pm on 24 October, 1870 when a fire started in an empty house on Lyttelton’s Oxford St between the Queen’s Hotel and a boot-maker's shop.
Ngaio Marsh: Murder, she wrote for Heritage Festival
History & heritage | 15 Oct 2020Step into the scene of murderous plots with a Christchurch Heritage Festival tour of the home of crime fiction queen Dame Ngaio Marsh to mark the 125th anniversary of the author’s birth.
Treasured items on display for museum's 150th birthday
History & heritage | 14 Oct 2020The world's last remaining huia nest is one of the rarely-seen taonga on show in a Christchurch Heritage Festival exhibition marking 150 years since the Canterbury Museum first opened its doors.
Akaroa pencils in Antarctic hero’s artistic legacy online
Art & creativity, History & heritage | 12 Oct 2020Artworks by avid adventurer and Antarctic explorer Frank Worsley sail into view on the Akaroa Museum website this month to mark the start of the summer season on the ice.
Concept designs unveiled for Canterbury Museum
History & heritage | 10 Oct 2020A new three-storey building and a second Rolleston Avenue entrance are included in concept designs for the $195 million redevelopment of Canterbury Museum.
Heritage Festival a chance to celebrate our past
History & heritage | 8 Oct 2020Dip into history and find out more about a range of cultures at the upcoming Christchurch Heritage Festival.
Try pots restoration reveals whale of an Akaroa tale
History & heritage | 6 Oct 2020Relics of Akaroa’s whaling days will be restored following decades of damage often caused by children clambering in and out of the large cast-iron try pots on the foreshore.
Explore Antarctica in the city with Days of Ice
History & heritage, Things to do | 28 Sep 2020Days of Ice lands in Christchurch next month, celebrating the city as the gateway to the Antarctic with a new events programme.
Sea mine brings blast from war past to Akaroa Museum
History & heritage | 15 Sep 2020A World War II naval sea mine has “washed up” at Akaroa Museum.
Christchurch Town Hall’s outstanding significance recognised
History & heritage | 4 Sep 2020Christchurch’s restored Town Hall has been recognised as a Category 1 Historic Place by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga.
Roll-up screens for band rotunda restoration
History & heritage | 27 Aug 2020When the Thomas Edmonds Band Rotunda reopens to the public it will have roll-up panel screens to enclose and protect it from the weather.
Heritage clocks need time to settle in
History & heritage | 3 Aug 2020The Scarborough and New Brighton clocks are having some time-keeping troubles but Christchurch City Council is working to resolve them.
Volunteers go with flow to share Orton Bradley heritage
History & heritage | 7 Jul 2020A restored 19th century waterwheel – along with a group of hardy volunteers – is driving interest in a popular heritage park overlooking Lyttelton Harbour.
Time for New Brighton Clock Tower to show fresh face
History & heritage | 6 Jul 2020The restoration of the New Brighton Clock Tower is complete and the repaired mechanism is telling the time once again.
Akaroa Lighthouse gains funding to improve public access
History & heritage | 3 Jun 2020Visitors to the landmark Akaroa Lighthouse will be able to view the original machinery inside thanks to new funding from the Christchurch City Council.