 Publications
A selection of publications, pamphlets and booklets from various sources including library and City Council publications and items from our collection, presented as Adobe PDF files.
New
With supplementary notes by D. J. C. Pringle.
Wardens' handbook
One in a series of handbooks for Emergency Precautions Scheme (E.P.S.) Wardens supplying up-to-date advice on Civil Defence procedures.
- Akaroa
- Several publications relating to Akaroa.
- Art
- A collection of visual arts publications mostly digitised in partnership with the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
- Canterbury - New Zealand : of all the countries of the world this is where you would choose to labour and live
- Promotional pamphlet from the Canterbury Progress league advertising the benefits of Canterbury to industry and to potential migrants. 1921.
- Christchurch City Council Publications
- Digitised publications of the Christchurch City Council such as yearbooks and architectural guides.
- Christchurch Writers' Trail
- "The Canterbury Branch of the New Zealand Society of Authors has, with generous assistance from The Community Trust, now laid 32 writer's plaques in various parts of Christchurch. This booklet features brief writers’ biographies and photographs, and includes a map to help you find the plaques commemorating each writer."
- How to research the history of a house in Christchurch
- This pamphlet gives a brief outline of where to look for information, and what can be found.
- Library Publications
- Three publications from Canterbury Public Library.
- New Zealand International Exhibition Christchurch, 1906-1907
- Digitised publications relating to the 1906 Christchurch International Exhibition.
- Riccarton Bush: a remnant of the kahikatea swamp forest formerly existing in the neighbourhood of Christchurch, New Zealand
- Edited by Chas. Chilton, 1924.
- Rich man, poor man, environmentalist, thief
- Biographies of Canterbury personalities written for the Millennium and for the 150th anniversary of the Canterbury settlement by Richard L N Greenaway
- Stray leaves from the early history of Canterbury
- by George R. Hart. Christchurch [N.Z.] : Printed at the Office of "The Press" [1889].
- Unsung Heroines
- Biographies of Christchurch women written to commemorate Women's Suffrage Year, 1993 by Richard L N Greenaway.
- Waihora: Maori Associations with Lake Ellesmere
- By W.A. Taylor, 1944.
- Wars and Conflicts
- Publications relating to the two world wars.
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