A group of Russian tourists pictured shortly after arriving in Christchurch for a ten-day holiday over the Christmas period.
My grandmother and her friends having fun at their holiday house at Kairaki Beach. Five photos from a photograph album. My grandmother Eva Grace Dutch who married Charles Edwin Featherstone. The main...
My grandmother and her friends having fun at their holiday house at Kairaki Beach. Five photos from a photograph album.
Close-up of 'Happy Holidays' bunting around traffic cones at New Brighton Mall during the Saturday Seaside Market.
Winning entry for a collection in the 2015 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt .
Family camping at Hanmer River, Christmas/New Year 1958. Annual event with often three generations present.
View of a family camping at Motukarara near Lake Ellesmere in Canterbury.
"Kathleen Henderson and daughter Amanda enjoying Sumner Beach. At this time they were living in Fiji. This photo would have been taken on a rare trip home to Christchurch, probably during the...
Group photograph of family and friends on holiday at Rakautara. "In this photo the camera is set to self timer on top of the bonnet of the car. But the camera begins to slide off as the photo is about...
"Christchurch families enjoying a break just north of Kaikoura at Rakautara... My dad 'Ron' is the one with the camera. Penny, Sally, John and George play cricket in the background..." - Contributor's...
"Growing up there were some summers we escaped Christchurch and rented a bach in the Marlborough Sounds. My sister and I had fun. Here we are goofing around with our 'Chocolate Biscuits faces'." -...
My relatives - Aunt Dossie and Uncle Bill; Aunt Agnes and Uncle Ted and their son (top). My mum with my eldest brother Keith and my Nana (bottom). Going to North Beach for a Boxing Day outing. My dad...
Our annual family camp site at Leithfield Beach where we stayed 6 weeks. The Rugby car with rug covering the tyre for sun protection and our new caravan of which we were very proud. Note how we always...
Four men and four women drinking billy tea as part of a picnic in the Rotokawa area near Taupō in the North Island. A picnic basket and Manuka-pole drying racks for clothes are also visible.
Tram car bach, Takamatua. Tramcar body in use as a bach at Takamatua, 1997.
This house was a permanent residence in the week for Edwin and Mary Lord, and a bach for extended family in the weekends and holidays. It had no sink, only two tin baths and to get clean you would...
Dave and Val Milne and Bob and Olive Milne (Bob and Dave were brothers). Bob and Olive are Lesley Rae's parents. The ritual for the family was that every year a couple of days after Christmas, 3...
A holiday to Hanmer Springs with our grandmother and her friend.
A boy with an inflatable inner tube at Coes Ford camping area.
View of children playing on trampolines at a caravan park.
Mr Stratton, Mrs Stratton with Barry and Denyse (and budgie, Tinker) at Selwyn Motor Camp, Timaru.
Large crowds of people on the beach and in the sea at Corsair bay during the Christmas and New Year holidays.