1966

January 17

City Council grants charter to 2nd Battalion, RNZIR.

April 23-24

Visit by Queen Mother.

May 25

Steering committe set up to plan Ferrymead Historic Park.

June 8

New "Wahine", described as "the largest vehicular ferry in the world", begins on the Lyttelton-Wellington run.

August 9

First City Council urban renewal housing (Airedale Courts) opens.

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.