Christchurch Chronology 1987 - Heritage - Christchurch City Libraries

1987

February 14: Visit by Queen Margarethe of Denmark.
February 21: Plans for 152 metre high observation/tourist tower revealed by Christchurch businessman Jamie Tulloch.
March 14: "Te Māori" exhibition opens at the McDougal Art Gallery. Over a nine week period, 147,012 people visited "Te Māori", the largest number to a single exhibition at the Gallery
May 8: Sir Neil Isaac, founder of Peacock Springs Conservation Park dies.
June 6: $84 million redevelopment of Christchurch Hospital approved.
July 21: St Michaels Church Day School - 136th anniversary.
July 23: Lotto sales start.
Opening of the Christchurch boating clubs' 1907-1908 season on the Avon River - 1907 September 5: Canterbury Rowing Club 125th anniversary - believed to be the oldest sports club in New Zealand. See 1861.
October 20: World-wide share market crash affects Christchurch Stock Exchange .
November 22: "Trans Alpine" express train designed specifically for the tourist trade, begins its daily run from Christchurch to Greymouth.
December 1: Visit by King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium.
December 5: Rev Margaret Wood elected the first female Archdeacon in the Christchurch Anglican Diocese.
December 18: Stage 1 of Museum restoration approved.
December 27: Rewi Alley dies in Peking, China. He left Christchurch for China in 1926.