Christchurch: A Chronology to 1989

A timeline of some Christchurch events in chronological order from 1700s to 1989.

Go to a year between 1700 & 1989

August 21, 1989: Sir Hamish Hay announces he will not stand for position of Mayor after 15 years in Local Body politics.
August 22, 1910: Ilam homestead (on the site of the present university staff club) destroyed by fire.
August 22, 1925: Radio Broadcasting Company of N.Z. incorporated in Christchurch - the country’s first public radio company. The company became the major force in early radio, eventually owning and operating a chain of YA stations throughout the country. See 1932
August 24, 1857: Evans Pass road over the Port Hills opens.
August 24, 1914: Large patriotic procession boosts war fever.
August 25, 1920: First flight over Cook Strait (Christchurch to Trentham) by Captain Euan Dickson in a Canterbury Aviation Company plane.
August 26, 1939: Official opening of City Council’s pensioner housing project in Barnett Avenue, Sydenham; the first local body pensioner housing in New Zealand.
August 26, 1986: The worst lamb loss for a decade in Canterbury due to a wet cold August, costs farmers $2.8 million.
August 27, 1986: Visit by Deputy Prime Minister of Hungary, Dr Juzet Marjai.