1936

January 16

Inauguration of inter-island air service by Union Airways.

Traffic in 1930s

September

Urlwins Industries (now part of the P.D.L. Group) manufacture New Zealand’s first plastic products.

October

Christchurch team wins the first national contract bridge championship.

November

Tramway Board introduces diesel buses.

Notes

• Information for this resource was based on the second edition of John Densem’s Christchurch chronology: a history of settlement. Environmental Policy and Planning Policy Unit, Christchurch City Council, 1990.
  More about the Christchurch Chronology.
• This resource includes links to various other local history resources on our websites and images from our photographs collection - clicking on the image will take you to a larger version of that image.