Indian Totem Pole of friendship

The Indian Totem Pole of friendship formerly stood in Little Hagley Park alongside Harper Avenue until 1980, and is now at its second location by the Christchurch International Airport.

Indian Totem Pole of friendship

The Indian Totem Pole of friendship formerly stood in Little Hagley Park alongside Harper Avenue until 1980, and is now at its second location by the Christchurch International Airport.

Indian Totem Pole of friendship

The Indian Totem Pole of friendship formerly stood in Little Hagley Park alongside Harper Avenue until 1980, and is now at its second location by the Christchurch International Airport.

Indian Totem Pole of friendship

The Indian Totem Pole of friendship formerly stood in Little Hagley Park alongside Harper Avenue until 1980, and is now at its second location by the Christchurch International Airport.

Indian Totem Pole of friendship

The Indian Totem Pole of friendship formerly stood in Little Hagley Park alongside Harper Avenue until 1980, and is now at its second location by the Christchurch International Airport.

Indian Totem Pole of friendship

The Indian Totem Pole of friendship formerly stood in Little Hagley Park alongside Harper Avenue until 1980, and is now at its second location by the Christchurch International Airport.

Indian Totem Pole of friendship

The Indian Totem Pole of friendship formerly stood in Little Hagley Park alongside Harper Avenue until 1980, and is now at its second location by the Christchurch International Airport.

Totem Pole in Hagley Park

Circa 1963-4

The Indian Totem pole of Friendship, gift from the Oregon Centennial Commission and the Portland Zoological Society in appreciation of hospitality to personnel of Operation Deep Freeze. Image taken from Harper Avenue towards Little Hagley park.

Creator: Milly Hopkins

Area: West / Hagley Park

Source: View in Canterbury Stories

Reference ID: CCL-MiHo-1963-0040

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The Friendship Totem Pole arriving in Christchurch

21 June 1960

The Friendship Totem Pole, a gift to the City of Christchurch from the people of Oregon, being unloaded from a United States Air Force Globemaster aeroplane at Christchurch Airport. Supervising the unloading are, from left, the manager of Christchurch Airport, Mr. A. I. R. Jamieson, the mayor Mr George Manning, the Town Clerk Mr H. S. Feast and Lieutenant-Colonel D. R. Bridges, U.S.A.F.

Creator: Christchurch Star

Area: North West / Airport

Source: Christchurch Star Archive

Source: View in Canterbury Stories

Reference ID: CCL-StarP-00901A

Uploaded by: Christchurch City Libraries

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The Friendship Totem Pole plaque

12 December 1960

Close-up of the plaque for the Friendship Totem Pole being kept at the City Councils Parks and Reserves Department yard on Linwood Avenue, ahead of being mounted at the base of the pole.

Creator: Christchurch Star

Area: East / Linwood

Source: Christchurch Star Archive

Source: View in Canterbury Stories

Reference ID: CCL-StarP-00902A

Uploaded by: Christchurch City Libraries

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Repainting the Friendship Totem Pole

23 December 1965

View from the ground of three painters on ladders repainting the totem pole in Little Hagley Park. In the foreground a United States Navy official is watching the repainting.

Creator: Christchurch Star

Area: West / Hagley Park

Source: Christchurch Star Archive

Source: View in Canterbury Stories

Reference ID: CCL-StarP-00903A

Uploaded by: Christchurch City Libraries

Copyright status: In copyright

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Scaffolding around the Friendship Totem Pole

30 October 1971

The Riccarton Jaycees putting scaffolding and planking around the Friendship Totem Pole in Little Hagley Park in preparation for repainting.

Creator: Christchurch Star

Area: West / Hagley Park

Source: Christchurch Star Archive

Source: View in Canterbury Stories

Reference ID: CCL-StarP-00904A

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Copyright status: In copyright

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Moving the Friendship Totem Pole to Christchurch Airport

25 November 1980

View from the ground of the Friendship Totem Pole being installed in its new location near the roundabout at the end of Memorial Avenue at Christchurch Airport. The Totem Pole was moved from Little Hagley Park on Harper Avenue.

Creator: Christchurch Star

Area: North West / Airport

Source: Christchurch Star Archive

Source: View in Canterbury Stories

Reference ID: CCL-StarP-00905A

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Totem Pole

1 April 2018

View of the Indian Totem Pole of Friendship at Christchurch Airport, Memorial Avenue. The pole was formerly in Little Hagley Park alongside Harper Avenue until 1980, and was then moved to Christchurch International Airport where it first stood on the round-about at the entrance to the Airport, before being moved to its current location further down Memorial Avenue.



The pole was a gift from the Oregon Centennial Commission and the Portland Zoological Society in appreciation of hospitality given to personnel of Operation Deep Freeze.



It is an authentic work of primitive art 9m in height and 0.7m in diameter at the base, weighing 545 kg. The pole was carved by Indian Chief Lelooska during Oregon's Centennial Exposition in 1959 and is a smaller replica of one in the zoological gardens at Portland, Oregon.



Each of the figures on the pole is symbolic; at the top is the Thunderbird, traditional god of storm, honouring airmen who made the first supply drop at the South Pole in October 1956. Another figure is the killer whale, honouring the sailors who opened sea lanes to the Antarctic. The eagle is the official symbol of the United States and the grizzly bear and beaver are also included.

Creator: Sarah Snelling

Area: North West / Airport

Contributor: Sarah Snelling

Reference ID: CCL-SaSn-P4010712

Uploaded by: Christchurch City Libraries

Copyright status: In copyright

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