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.
  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.