Discover The Delights Of Peeling Back History
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HALSWELL – Edmund Storr Halswell (1790 – 1874)
Edmund arrived in New Zealand in 1841 as a member of the Management Committee of the Canterbury Association as well as Commissioner of Native Reserves. He was to protect the rights of the Maori during the development of the new colony. He took his new duty with great seriousness, studying and reporting on the way …
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It’s A Dog’s Life
Two hard working dogs earning a living or have accompanied their masters, to the Addington Saleyards for Sale Day in 1905. *Image courtesy of Rural Livestock Ltd, Canterbury* —
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First Road To The Canterbury Plains
On the 30th December 1850, surveyor Charles O. Torlesse chained and pegged the first road to the Canterbury Plains – from this point at Church Corner, Upper Riccarton – opposite Countdown. Named Harewood Road, it was from this road that sections began to be sold to the settlers. The term Yaldhurst began to be used …
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The Zig Zag – Sumner Road
As James Edward Fitzgerald sat in his over-sized dogcart while it was being transported across the Heathcote River by punt – he was feeling quite exhausted with Christchurch. He was fast approaching the end of his term as Superintendant and his health and temper would improve much due to that very fact. Beside and behind …
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