1954
- January 19-22
- Visit by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh (the first New Zealand visit by a reigning monarch).
- June 22
- Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme murder Parker’s mother in Victoria Park. Their subsequent trial was one of the most sensational in the city’s history.
- September 11
- Last tram journey in Christchurch.
- December
- Christchurch Regional Planning Authority formed.
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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