Five women in canoes on the Avon River including Miss Lena Henricks (front), Miss Bransander (centre) and Misses Hamilton (left and right). In the background is the Botanic Gardens footbridge with...
Mr Bellen with two of the Gallatley sisters of Stephenson’s Dramatic Company in a rowboat and a canoe on the Avon River near the Botanic Gardens footbridge. In the background figures are seated on the...
Mr. Brahin and Miss Phyllis Mitchell of Stephenson’s Dramatic Company in a rowboat on the Avon River near the Botanic Gardens footbridge.
R. H. Stillwell reads a petition against the gas pipe that crosses the Heathcote River by Ashgrove Terrace. He is listened to by by the city engineer, P. G. Scoular, and councillors N. V. Cowles, and...
Pollution from a fellmongery in a tributary of the Kaiapoi River.
Sean Iosefa sitting in the Hanmer River. With Leua Iosefa, Penina Iosefa, Yasmin Iosefa, Zachary Ioane, Jan-Hai Iosefa, and Sene Ioane building a dam in the background.
Photograph published without additional caption.
View along a river with trees and shrubs along the riverbank.
Ōtākaro meanders its way from a spring source in Avonhead in the West, through Ilam, Riccarton, Fendalton and Hagley Park, through the city then through Avonside, Dallington, Avondale and Aranui in...
Originally a source of mahinga kai for Waitaha, Ngāti Māmoe and Ngāi Tahu, the Ōpāwaho-Heathcote River is one of two significant rivers in the city of Christchurch. Explore a selection of photographs...
With its head in the Southern Alps, the Waimakariri River meanders down from the mountains and across the plains north of Christchurch before meeting the Pacific Ocean. The river is a popular location...
Scenes of children with fishing nets on a beach at low tide and people fishing in a river.
View across to New Brighton Pier and Pegasus Bay taken from Richmond Hill. The Waimakariri River is visible in the background.
Newspaper caption: The tunnel, for which the contract has just been let to Messrs J. McLean and Sons for £599,794, will be 17 feet high, 15 feet wide, and 5 miles 25 chains 12 feet in length. It will...