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14/09/2026

26/07/2026

Celebrating Christchurch - New Zealand's first city 1856. Free event at Christ's College on Friday 31 July - register online.

Christchurch City Council UK Sister Cities Committee, in conjunction with Christ's College, Canterbury invites you to join them in celebrating the...

23/03/2026

Restoration of four key iconic heritage buildings in Christchurch: Christ Church Cathedral, Canterbury Museum, Canterbury Provincial Chambers and Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre.
I encourage each Christchurch city ratepayer who cherishes our history to make a short personal and positive submission to the City Council by the deadline on Friday 27 March 2026.

Christchurch City Council Draft Annual Plan 2026/27
https://letstalk.ccc.govt.nz/annualplan
Restoring our iconic buildings
https://letstalk.ccc.govt.nz/annualplan/restoring-our-iconic-buildings

14/01/2026

Happy New Year! Term 1 2026 history evening lectures on Zoom begin on Monday 2 February. The six courses will be posted as Events. If you would like to receive a Term 1 brochure, email me at [email protected]

31/10/2025

AI summarised the sad neglect by the Christchurch City Council to appropriately acknowledge and commemorate the 175th anniversary of the founding of Canterbury. "While there will not be a major, city-funded 175th-anniversary event in Christchurch for the arrival of the first European settlers, individual organizations are holding their own celebrations. These include the College House 175th Anniversary events from November 28-30, 2025, and ongoing commemorations by groups like the Canterbury Pilgrims Association. " Well done to groups and individuals marking this milestone in Canterbury history. There will also be two lectures in my programme in late November, and a gathering of history friends on 16 December.

19/07/2025

Christchurch and Canterbury friends - pass on this information about this free public lecture on 27 July. This is where Geography overlaps with History! Free parking on campus on Sunday; gold coin koha welcomed for tasty afternoon tea 😊

09/01/2025

Happy New Year! The Term 1 2025 brochure has just been sent to those on the mailing list and the five lecture series and Canterbury bus trip on Sunday 16 March will be posted as events very shortly!

19/07/2024

History and gardens combine in Fendalton! More details about tickets etc will follow - save the date!

19/07/2024

The Jim Gardner Memorial Lecture July 28 2024

The President and Executive Committee of the CANTERBURY HISTORY FOUNDATION invite you to attend The Jim Gardner Memorial Lecture for 2024 on Sunday 28 July at 2pm in Central Lecture Theatre C1, University of Canterbury.

Dame Anne Salmond - DEMOCRACY AND TE TIRITI: Where are we heading?

Dame Anne Salmond ONZ DBE is a Distinguished Professor of Māori Studies and Anthropology at the University of Auckland. She has written a number of award-winning books on cross-cultural exchanges in New Zealand and the Pacific, and won many literary prizes including the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement. Dame Anne has been elected as a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences in the US, a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the American Philosophical Society. In 2013 she was awarded the Rutherford Medal, New Zealand’s top scientific award, and selected as New Zealander of the Year; and in 2019, she was awarded a Carl Friedrich van Siemens Prize for life-time achievements in research by the Humboldt Foundation. In 2020 she was awarded the Caird Medal by the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, the Blake Medal and the Order of New Zealand; and in 2024 was the Honoured Writer at the Auckland Arts Festival.

The Rhodes History Medal for 2024 will be presented to the Reverend Louise Deans.

All welcome. Free afternoon tea (though donations are also welcome!)