The Christchurch Photo Hunt is our annual heritage image competition. Christchurch City Libraries has run a Photo Hunt since 2008. People have shared their photographic memories to help us build our...
"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...
A box belonging to the Bishopdale Badminton club containing club photographs with names of members and shuttlecocks. The Badminton club meets at Bishopdale Recreation Centre, YMCA, Bishopdale.
Kathleen Mitchell with a photograph of Duckworth and Turner shoe factory employees. She used the photograph to arrange a reunion for former staff.
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 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...
"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...
"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...
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...
Display cabinet and family photographs in the dining room at Linda's home. Linda lives in an area of Halswell known by residents as 'Old Halswell'.
Bookshelf and family photographs at Linda's home in Halswell. The framed image is one of Linda's foster children. Linda lives in an area of Halswell known by residents as 'Old Halswell'.