Crowds welcome the royals as they arrive by train. Local officials and the Royal couple stand on a balcony while the Mayor conducts the crowd in a rendition of 'Hip hip, hooray!'.
After the colour and controversy of the 1850s, election days in New
Zealand have generally been orderly affairs. Even so, election nights
could still be lively occasions.
While attending Christchurch Girls' High School, Pauline Parker met Juliet Hulme and formed the
friendship that was to radically change the course of both their lives. In 1954 the pair were convicted of murder in a sensational case, later dramatised in Peter Jackson's film Heavenly creatures.
Kennedy's Bush was the first Summit Road reserve established by Henry Ell in 1906. Ell was a promoter of the Port Hills Walkway and a campaigner for preservation of scenery and protection of native birds.
Two boys ride their bikes around a 'cluster' state-house development in Hornby, Christchurch, in 1978. Safety issues are raised by the absence of helmets; something that could result in a fine today.
Canterbury College memorial window. From the memorial window at Canterbury College (now the Arts Centre), Christchurch. The artist was an Englishman, Martin Travers, and the whole window is in the shape of Britain.
