Society and community
The society and community section links you to information on how society works. It covers education, cultural traditions, law, economics politics and government, disasters, wars and conflict, and more. Our pages link you to the best resources available at your library.
Awards
Conflict (war, terrorism etc)
- Iraq
- Kashmir
- New Zealand at war
- Terrorist attacks
Crime and police
- Emergency help
- Canterbury Police Gazette — a selection
- The Christchurch Star and the assassination of John F. Kennedy, 23 November 1963
- Fragments from the official career of John Dwyer, Superintendent of Police, 1878 to 1921
- Parker Hulme murder case, 22 June 1954
Culture and traditions
Disasters
- Ballantynes’ fire, 18 November 1947
- Canterbury earthquakes 2010-2011
- Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, 26 April 1986
- Emergency help
- Erebus disaster, 28 November 1979
- Influenza Pandemic, 1918
- Russley Golf Course air crash, 21 November 1957
- Tsunamis
- Kids’ New Zealand disaster fact files
Economics
- Budgeting
- New Zealand annual budget
- New Zealand coins
- Kiwisaver and your retirement
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand
- Tax
- World financial crisis
Education
Events
Law
People
Recent additions
- Huia Wiremu Beaumont, 1901 - 1997
- Amelia Frances Rogers, 1849 - 1928: headmistress, postmistress & storekeeper
- Eveleyn Charlotte Couzins, 1896 - 1945: Mayoress
- James Arthur Flesher, 1865 - 1930: Mayor
- Canon Thomas Albert Hamilton, 1849-1919: Vicar of Fendalton
- The Rev Cecil Alexander Tobin, 1856 - 1938
- Sarah Elizabeth Tobin, 1867 - 1930
- Thomas Merton, 1915 - 1968: Trappist monk
Politics and government
- Environment
- New Zealand
- United States of America
