Christchurch Photo Hunt

2008 was the inaugural Christchurch Photo Hunt, held to coincide with Heritage Week.

Heritage Week 2008 was a celebration of Christchurch's heritage of the post-war period with the theme of...

The 2009 Photo Hunt formed part of the Beca Heritage Week 16 - 26 October 2009 with the theme of Doves and Defences: Discover Christchurch in Peace & Conflict.

Christchurch City Libraries invited the...

2010 theme: On the Horizon: rediscover the settlement of our City

This year's theme highlighted the early encounters and discoveries that helped shape Christchurch and Canterbury.

Bring us your...

In the 2012 Christchurch Photo Hunt people shared photos of 20th century Christchurch and helped build our photographic archive.

The Christchurch Photo Hunt 2012 was themed "The ordinary is...

The 2013 Photo Hunt had the theme Reconnect Christchurch and entries were made in two categories: Places: Buildings, Suburbs or City and People - families, cultural or social events. In total 499...

"Making Connections: Experience our past – present – future" was the 2014 Photo Hunt theme.

The judges found it "very difficult to choose between so many incredible photos. These photos will be an...

The 2015 theme was ‘Arrivals and Departures — The journeys that have shaped us’.

Comment on the photo hunt submissions from the 2015 judges: "It's always a pleasure to view everyone's photo...

The 2016 Photo hunt theme was "Hidden histories, our stories unearthed."

Both judges, in selecting the winners, reflected on the poignancy that older photos of Christchurch now carry, as Doc Ross...

"Plains, Port Hills & Peninsula – Finding our way" was the theme for 2017.

The judges noted that this year the photos reflected Christchurch’s social history, depicting everything from anti-nuclear...

"Strength from struggle" was the theme for Heritage Week in 2019.

The judges noted that this year the photos reflected Christchurch’s social history. In a year that marks many milestones for New...

The 2019 Christchurch Photo Hunt was our 11th Photo Hunt. The theme was: "Encounter Our Stories Share stories of your encounters, with the city, your community, with friends or nature."

The theme for the 2020 Photo Hunt was Encounter Our Stories which was part of the Heritage Festival theme of Encounter our Stories – Arts, culture and identity. It marks the 12th Photo Hunt and ran...

The theme for the 2021 Photo Hunt was "People and Place - our stories revealed" and ran from Friday 1 October to Sunday 31 October.

The theme for the 2022 Photo Hunt was "Our Stories - Milestones and Moments" and ran from Saturday 1 October to Monday 31 October.

The theme for the 2023 Photo Hunt was "Our Stories of Living and Learning" and ran from Sunday 1 October to Tuesday 31 October.

Each year Christchurch City Libraries runs the Photo Hunt to gather photographs from across the community, along with the unique stories of their creators.

Photo Hunt 2024's theme is Active Heritage...