Christchurch Chronology 1926 - Heritage - Christchurch City Libraries

1926

March: Radio station 3YA begins transmission. At first, the station was operated by the old Radio Society for the Radio Broadcasting Company of N.Z.
May 29: New Zealand’s first sports broadcast - a rugby match from Lancaster Park. Commentator Allan Allardyce was soon to pioneer broadcasts of racing, cricket and hockey for station 3YA. He also gave live coverage of Kingsford-Smith’s landing at Wigram in 1928.
Smoke emanates from the City Council's destructor in an aerial photo of the central city, Christchurch May: Vertical aerial photos taken of the complete city area for the City Council. This was probably the country’s first aerial mapping.
December: Rewi Alley leaves Christchurch to settle in China.
(no date): Bishopscourt building (designed by Cecil Wood) opens.; G.M. Keys pioneers vocational guidance in New Zealand for the YMCA in Christchurch.; Ballerina Anna Pavlova performs.; South Island’s first railcar (an Edison battery unit) in operation through the Lyttelton tunnel.