1957

September 15

City Council grants charter (Freedom of the City) to RNZAF, Wigram.

November 21

4 killed in SAFE Air Bristol freighter crash at Russley golf course.

(no date)

Blenheim Road and overbridge completed. Public protests had prevented the extension of the road through Hagley Park to St Asaph Street.

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.