View from above of construction workers, Scott Rhodes (left) and Ray Drury, suspended from a crane removing a 10 metre section of the chimney at Aulsebrooks biscuit factory on the corner of Montreal...
Nicola Dickson (left) and Lissa Dyer, pupils at Avonside Girls' School, dressed as Ballerinas during end of year celebrations.
View across railway lines in Addington towards the intersection of Moorhouse Avenue and Deans Avenue with Hagley Park to the right.
View from the Christchurch Railway Station tower across Sydenham towards the Port Hills.
View looking east from the tower of the Christchurch Railway Station towards Barbadoes Street and the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
View from Oxford Terrace near Kilmore Street, looking towards the Madras Street bridge.
View looking west from the clock face circle of the Christchurch Railway Station tower during construction, looking along Moorhouse Avenue.
The first commercial flight, Boeing 707, arriving at Christchurch Airport, a Qantas flight from Queensland and the Northern Territories.
View from the Central Fire Station looking south west across the central city towards the Port Hills. To the right is the Lyttelton Harbour Board administration building.
Methodist Coffee Club team, from left, Ella Scott, Keith Brough, Janice Bradley, Joyce Gilling, Robbie Gemmell, Don Onekawa, Graham Rako, Allan Falkingham, Neville Evans, Diane McCutcheon, Mrs Pie...
Exterior of the new two storey building at Shirley Boys' High School with a line of students going through the main entrance.
Elephant race to raise funds for intellectually disabled children. The riders are Mrs Valerie Young, followed by Mr Martin Hobby a Waimairi County councillor and Mr Colin Curragh of the Canterbury...
All Black winger Bill Birtwistle, the pacer horse On Probation, and cyclist Tino Tabak lining up at the start of a 110 yard race at Belfast. Bill Birtwistle won the race, On Probation came second and...
Mac the dog waiting at traffic lights whilst a bus goes past along Colombo Street. Mac is pulling a sulky carrying Jenny-Lee Barnes, aged 2 1/2 whilst passers-by watch.
Group of female roller skaters from the show "Roll-O-Capers" skating in costume at Canterbury Court. From left, Fergie Jamieson, Angela Butters, Sharon Houghton, Noeline Campbell, Sue Duder, Gay...
Children in pedal cars using a model roadway set up in the playground at St Joseph's School as part of a road safety lesson from the Transport Department.
Sign of the "New Zealand Made" symbol, with the designer Mr C. F. Leffelaar (left), Mr J. R. Maddren, president of the New Zealand Manufacturers' Federation (centre) and Mr C. W. Mace, president of...
Large crowds of people on the beach and in the sea at Corsair bay during the Christmas and New Year holidays.
Gordon Davidson, Ross Bryant, Colin Currie and Ada van Klink from the former Technical College at the newly constituted Hagley High School.
Viva Sila standing on Waltham Road.
Viva Sila and Tafaoga Carmine, 50s style, at a Trinity Church dance at the old Railway Station Hall.
Back row: George Fidow (left), Seu Siave (middle) and Robert Aumatagi (right). Front row: Senetenari Faimalo (middle) and Mareko Tulia (right).
Exterior of the newly built Halswell Methodist Church.
Exterior of the Spencerville Residents Association Community Hall, Hayders Road, during construction. Members of the Association are pictured working on completing the building along with three...