Christchurch history links

The Christchurch City Library is an excellent source of information about the history of Christchurch, e.g. early Christchurch, foundations, famous men, women, buildings and places, local history fact files and provides many other links to historical data on Christchurch. You can also search the Christchurch City Library catalogue for the history of our city here.

The city council web site presents a "Contextual Historical Overview for Christchurch City", a report which provides a broad overview and understanding of the city and its development in the last 150 years" .

The History Group of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage site provides history of Christchurch and Christchurch City’s history and heritage is also presented and discussed on Lost Christchurch