Christchurch Gets Its First Lock-Up – July 1852

On 9th October 1846, New Zealand received its first law enforcers.  After the Police Act 1886 was passed, this developed into New Zealand’s first national, civil police force – and the first recognised Sergeant was Westport local, John Nash. It didn’t take the new settlements of Lyttelton and Christchurch very long to need a lock-up …