A timeline of some Christchurch events in chronological order from 1700s to 1989.
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This week in history
- June 28, 1869
- Velocipede ("boneshaker") bicycle (probably New Zealands first) tried out on City streets by its maker, coachbuilder Henry Wagstaff.
- June 28, 1983
- Author Margaret Mahy awarded Britains prestigious Carnegie Medal for her childrens book, "The Haunting".
- June 29, 1951
- First regular South Island trans-Tasman flights begin from Melbourne to Christchurch.
- June 29, 1989
- Minister of Conservation, Phillip Woollaston overturns Department of Conservation veto on the lease of Mt Cavendish Reserve for the Port Hills Gondola project.
- June 30, 1849
- Canterburys first industrial action - Maori road workers in Evans Pass (constructing a road across the Port Hills) go on strike as a reaction to verbal abuse and dismissals.
- June 30, 1849
- New Zealand Company buys the remaining French interests at Akaroa from the Nanto-Bordelaise Company.
- June 30, 1975
- TV2 transmission starts.
- July 1, 1862
- New Zealands first telegraph in operation between Christchurch and Lyttelton.
- July 1, 1865
- Lyttelton Harbour breakwaters begun.
- July 1, 1865
- Severe thunderstorm. Man killed by lightning at Avonside.
- July 1, 1935
- Evening papers "Star" and "Sun" merge to become the "Star Sun", ending a 6 year newspaper war, the longest and most bitter in New Zealands history. The "peace" agreement between the 3 companies concerned also saw the demise of the "Christchurch Times" (once the "Lyttelton Times"), the oldest daily paper in the country.
- July 1, 1985
- Open road speed limit raised from 80 kph to 100 kph.
- July 4, 1902
- New Zealand Boxing Association formed in City.
- July 4, 1977
- Hundreds evacuated as serious flooding affects City.