• Show Ground Gates A Symbol Of Faith In The Future Of Canterbury – November 1887

    It wouldn’t be until March 1888 that the Committee of the Canterbury Agricultural & Pastoral Association met to discuss the amazing success they had enjoyed at their last Metropolitan Show, which had run from 9th to 11th November 1887.  There had be serious doubts and nervousness amongst the members as this would be the first …

  • Warming Kiwi Homes Since 1887 – 1887

    Mrs. Jane Harris must have had great faith in her son, William Henry Harris, when she agreed to mortgage the family home so he could buy into a partnership with ‘Canterbury Wire Works’. Her faith paid off when the business became the largest of its kind in Christchurch (the telephone number being 200) and also …

  • Canterbury’s News Grows Wings -1886

    From the era where newspapers became a main source of news, a battle has ensued between reporters to be the first to get the news to the public. It was no different for Canterbury – the first printing press arriving in the cargo hold of the Canterbury Association’s first ship, the ‘Charlotte Jane’ in 1850. …

  • Cantab Architect Designed World’s Largest Wooden Gothic Church -1886

    The story of St Mary’s Cathedral Church began with the purchase of land by New Zealand’s only Anglican Bishop, George Augustus Selwyn in 1843. It was here that Selwyn planted the seeds of his dream of having a grand Cathedral for Auckland. The following year, a small chapel named St Stephen’s was built and consecrated …

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