1952

May

New Zealand’s first television signals transmitted from experimental station ZL3XT at Canterbury University.

December

Canterbury Childrens Theatre (founded by Neta Neale) gives first performance - "The Tinder Box".

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.