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The Worcester Boulevard Opened – 7th September 1991
As our Canterbury Association surveyors fanned out across the newly named Canterbury Plains during 1849/1850 in their assigned individual explorations, two of those surveyors – Captain Joseph Thomas and Edward Jollie – were pegging out the future site of Christchurch. “I am at present surveying the town of Christchurch, which I hope to finish in …
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Sir Richard Hadlee Played His Last Cricket Match – 10th July 1990
On 10th July 1990, Sir Richard Hadlee ended his controversial, award winning, record breaking, eighteen year cricket career by taking 5 wickets in his final bowling performance, and taking a wicket with the final ball. This historic match was played in England. He had played 86 tests in all. Affectionately known as ‘Paddles’, Hadlee was …
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The Kate Sheppard Memorial Walk Opened – 1990
What started as one hundred White Camellias being donated to Christchurch’s Botanical Gardens became the Kate Sheppard Memorial Walk in 1990. The White Camellia was the symbol of Woman’s Suffrage movement. To celebrate the 100 year anniversary of her successful campaign to win women the right to vote in 1993, a new White Camellia was …
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Riccarton Joined The Greater Christchurch – 1st November 1989
On 1 November 1989, Riccarton Borough joined Greater Christchurch and came under the care of the C.C.C. The Deans’ farm – named Riccarton after their parish back in Scotland – was clearly Christchurch’s first European settlement on the plains. William Deans had first spotted his future home from the shoulders of his two companions (Jimmy …
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