A Morris 1100 plunging over a cliff at Halswell quarry being filmed for Roadshow 82, a road safety film.
Residents at Coronation Hospital with the new raised garden installed for the residents on Centaurus Road in Cashmere. Pictured are, from left, Bert Castle, Dick Williams and Cyril Williams.
Exterior of the Canterbury Public Library lit up at night taken from the opposite side of the Gloucester Street bridge looking towards the intersection between Gloucester Street and Oxford Terrace.
A group of men carrying the casket of Dame Ngaio Marsh during her funeral procession at Christchurch Cathedral.
Engineering Manager of McKay Engineering, J. Mann, in a skylift outside the factory on Ferry Road.
Dame Ngaio Marsh holding a William Shakespear book.
Canterbury Public Library staff, Chris Grob and Bill Nagelkerke with a stray dog. The dog was determined to enter the Library on opening day so staff were put on dog watch duty whilst the Governor...
Mark Hall, a binder for Canterbury Public Library, demonstrating book binding at the library's public open day.
Interior of the main atrium area of the Canterbury Public Library with decorative fabric panels hanging from the ceiling, designed by Christchurch artist Quentin MacFarlane.
View of the directory boards and signage being viewed by customers in the main entrance to the Canterbury Public Library.
View of two library staff, Jill Richardson (on left) and Kathy Beauchamp (on right), behind an information desk in the Canterbury Public Library on Gloucester Street.
Mairehau Scout group members participating in a tug-of-war. Pictured are, Matthew Mills in front, with Matthew Charlies behind him and Michael Smith in the back.
Aranui Scout group members with examples of knot tying including a cart and rope swing.
Aunt Hilda being presented with an album by Sue Smith (left) and Denise Fletcher to celebrate her 16 years with The Star. Sue Smith is a former Starlet.
Cousin Thea (left) and Aunt Hilda at a typewriter preparing the Starlet pages for the The Star newspaper. In the background and drawings and paintings sent in by children across the Christchurch area.
The reading well in the children's section of the Canterbury Public Library.
Interior of the Canterbury Public Library looking out west over Oxford Terrace to the Avon River and the former Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings. Library customers are shown reading in the...
View of the interior spaces in the Canterbury Public Library with views over Gloucester Street, shortly after opening.
Interior of the Canterbury Public Library non-fiction area with shelves filled with books.
Ian Tie, Computer operator, sorting magnetic tapes at Databank which are used to store processed cheques from banks.
A group of hostellers outside on the grounds of the Cora Wilding hostel in Richmond.
Illegal advertising sign for fish and chips attached to the back of a car parked on Pages Road, Wainoni.
Attendees of the Country Women's Institutes Golden Jubilee luncheon holding up the banners of various branches.
Interior of the newly build conservation laboratory in the basement of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery. Working in the gallery is trainee intern Miss Lesley Cobb.