1956
- November 8
- Last trolley bus runs.
- November 25
- Richard Pearse’s "convertiplane" taken to Auckland. It is now on display in Auckland’s Museum of Transport and Technology.
- December 16-17
- Visit by Duke of Edinburgh.
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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