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Returned Servicemen's Association wreath

Joe Green, manager of the Christchurch Returned Servicemen's Association with a wreath for the Anzac Day dawn service.

Date 1982-04-21
Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection 1982 Christchurch Star photographs

White crosses at the Park of Remembrance

White crosses at the Park of Remembrance on the banks of the Avon River, Cambridge Terrace, to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele on 12th October 1917.

Date 2017-10-15
Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection Karen Gorsuch collection

White crosses at the Park of Remembrance

White crosses at the Park of Remembrance on the banks of the Avon River, Cambridge Terrace, to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele on 12th October 1917.

Date 2017-10-15
Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection Karen Gorsuch collection

Commemorative plaque, Park of Remembrance

Commemorative plaque at the Park of Remembrance on Cambridge Terrace, marking the tree planted to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele on 12th October 1917.

Date 2017-10-15
Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection Karen Gorsuch collection

Poppies growing in cracks

A poppies growing in the cracks between bricks outside the Canterbury Officers Mess in Gloucester Street.

Date 2009-10-20
Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection 2009 Photo Hunt

Anzac wreath and poppies

Close-up of an Anzac wreath and poppies which, for the first time, have been made using paper sourced from Auckland and not from the Royal British Legion in Richmond, Surrey in the United Kingdom.

Date 1983-04-16
Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection 1983 Christchurch Star photographs

Poppies on Worcester Street

"Poppies in a lovely garden on a beautiful day in Christchurch." - Contributor's note. Taken amongst flower beds on Worcester Street near the corner with Oxford Terrace in the central city.

Date 2020-09-22
Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection 2020 Photo Hunt

Cheerful color

Lovely warm and nice weather, cheerful-colored flowers stand out in the middle of Victoria Square. They took my exhaustion away. Pink, yellow, orange and green, they paint the city. Now all I can...

Date 2019-09-20
Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection 2019 Photo Hunt

Poppies in the city

This photo was taken near c1 cafe. It shows why Christchurch is known as the 'Garden City'

Date 2014-05-25
Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection 2019 Photo Hunt

Anzac Poppies - old and new

Patricia Tihema, a worker at the Christchurch RSA, with the old and new styles of poppies that are sold just before Anzac day.

Date 1983-06-15
Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection 1983 Christchurch Star photographs

Anzac poppies

Close-up of two versions of Anzac poppies. The version on the right is the older one to be replaced by the one on the left due to its simpler design, making it easier to produce.

Date 1977-04-20
Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection 1977 Christchurch Star photographs