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Heritage grants set sail for Lyttelton and Christchurch’s High Street

3 Jul 2019

A heritage façade in High Street and a very early Lyttelton cottage will benefit from Christchurch City Council grants totalling more than $140,000.


Commemorating the 1974 'Friendly Games'

8 Dec 2023

New Zealand athletes Sally Mene and her husband Mene Mene are looking forward to catching up with fellow competitors from the historic 1974 Commonwealth Games at a special 50th anniversary dinner in January.


Hidden places – power and pumps in Christchurch

9 Jun 2021

The mystery of the curious little brick buildings that dot the city dates to colonial Christchurch.


Share your views on Christchurch’s former Godley House site

8 Jul 2019

People are being urged to put forward ideas for the best future use of the reserve that was the former Godley House site in Diamond Harbour.


Contractors working on New Brighton clock tower turn back time

10 Oct 2019

Behind the white plastic wrapping that shrouds New Brighton’s clock tower, a team of experienced contractors are working hard to turn back time.


Rare Māori treasures highlight significant wetlands

7 Oct 2021

More than 20 rare taonga are on display at Tūranga library, as part of a new exhibition celebrating the special relationship Ngāi Tahu has with wetlands.


Treasured items on display for museum's 150th birthday

14 Oct 2020

The 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.


Ngaio Marsh: Murder, she wrote for Heritage Festival

15 Oct 2020

Step 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.


Preserving Christchurch history one archive at a time

23 Mar 2023

On 20 October 1862, the Albion Cricket Club wrote to the Christchurch City Council expressing outrage for a young man who insisted on riding his horse through cricket games in Latimer Square.


Sea mine brings blast from war past to Akaroa Museum

15 Sep 2020

A World War II naval sea mine has “washed up” at Akaroa Museum.