1955

April 1

Part of Halswell area joins City.

May 28

First parking meters installed.

December 20

First Antarctic flights by USN Operation Deep Freeze from Christchurch.

(no date)

R.E. Perks begins Saturday morning orchestral classes. By 1960, the classes had become the Christchurch School of Instrumental Music.

Related

• Year by Year List
• Firsts, bests, worsts and lasts
• Sources
• About the Christchurch Chronology.