It doesn’t take much imagination to picture the first meeting of The Canterbury Association on the 27th March 1848. The chosen room at 41 Charing Cross, London began to fill with some of the well known names and faces of the British upper class; gentlemen of the church, noble families, rank and money, some of …
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 …
On 1 April 1955, Halswell joined the Greater Christchurch and came under the care of the C.C.C. The term “Halswell” for the area was first used in 1868 – before that, it was known as a part of Tai Tapu. For many decades, Halswell was regarded as a satellite town, meaning it was a thriving …
