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1891
- January 13
- First public display in New Zealand of Edison’s phonograph.
- January
- 10 metre Māori canoe dug out of Avon.
- March 26
- New Zealand’s first agricultural conference held in City.
- May 11
- Sumner Borough formed.
- October 29
- General Booth of the Salvation Army visits.
- December 25
- Foundation stone laid for the "Temple of Truth" - but the sect was a fraud - see 1897.
- (no date)
- Nursing school established at Christchurch Hospital.
- City’s first electric lighting in the store of J. Ballantyne and Co.
- Visit by writer Rudyard Kipling.
