A timeline of some Christchurch events in chronological order from 1700s to 1989.
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- September 12, 1910
- G.W. Skellerup founds Para Rubber Company, New Zealands first retail rubber goods business at 175 Manchester Street. Christchurch soon became the centre of the rubber industry in New Zealand.
- September 13, 1851
- Meeting held to discuss the establishment of a Jockey Club.
- September 13, 1877
- Christchurch Girls High School (designed by Thomas Cane) opens on the corner of Hereford Street and Rolleston Avenue. The school moved to its present Cranmer Square site in 1881. The original school is now part of the Arts Centre.
- September 13, 1882
- Woolston Town Board formed.
- September 13, 1975
- Fire (probably arson) destroys Addington showgrounds grandstand.
- Mrs E.R. McCombs (Lyttelton) becomes the first woman MP in New Zealand.
- September 14, 1853
- Ann arrives in Lyttelton, the first steamship to visit the port.
- September 14, 1976
- Inter-island ferry service from Lyttelton ends with the last sailing of the "Rangatira".
- September 14, 1985
- Canterbury loses Ranfurly Shield to Auckland after a 3 year reign. Final score 28-23.
- September 15, 1957
- City Council grants charter (Freedom of the City) to RNZAF, Wigram.
- September 15, 1975
- Christchurch (Dorset, England), becomes a sister city.
- September 16, 1864
- Opening of second Town Hall, built of stone next to the first hall in High Street.
- September 18, 1980
- Theatre Royal bought by Theatre Royal Charitable Foundation to be renovated and preserved as a theatre.
- September 18, 1989
- Final meeting, (its 4,032nd), of the old Christchurch City Council before amalgamation.