Kete Christchurch
A place for you to create, save and share community stories.
Every place has many stories, current and historical.
Your family, your business, your club, your street, even the house you live in has stories.
Kete Christchurch is a place to save and share these stories.
James Fitzgerald - View Of Cathedral Square From Hereford Street, 1935
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The Salvation Army operated Bethany Maternity Hospital Papanui from 1950 to 1982
The Canterbury Hotel pictured is not the original building, which was demolished in 1921.
With the closure of the School, memorials and other interesting and historic objects were placed in the park on the
Sydenham School, once the largest school in New Zealand, stood on the corner of Colombo and Brougham Streets for nearly
U.S. Operation Deep Freeze Antarctic Open Days at Harewood 1960 and 2008
Champion swimmer and surf lifesaver, celebrated WW2 fighter pilot, commerical pilot and awarded hero. A true son of Canterbury.
John and Annie Winder ran a bakery business in Papanui for about 30 years.
In 2008 the Papanui Heritage Group conducted a survey of houses that were built before 1920.
