1936
- January 16
- Inauguration of inter-island air service by Union Airways.
- 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.
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