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Kilmore Street fire station switchboard

27 September 1965

Operators at the electronic switchboard at the Central Fire ...

The new Kilmore Street fire station

25 August 1962

Fire engines at the new Central Fire Station at 200 Kilmore ...

Fire engines departing central station

15 August 1962

Fire engines relocating from the old Central Fire Station at 178 ...

Former Sydenham fire station

31 August 1973

Exterior view of the former Sydenham fire station at 293 Colombo ...

40 Hour Famine participants at Opawa Baptist Church

16 August 1975

A group of girls from Opawa Baptist Church who are participating ...

Knitting for the Himalayan Trust Hospital

22 September 1975

Members of the Christchurch Rotoract Club participating in a ...

H.G. Stiles repairing sewing machines

6 October 1975

H.G. Stiles of the Bishopdale-Burnside Rotary Club with Singer ...

Woolston Primary School pupils fundraise for Tonga

12 March 1982

Woolston Primary School students handing the president of the ...

Training at the Regional Survey of Draughting School

19 January 1984

Doug Anderson supervises Nauru trainee, Preston Ilaia at the ...

Bangladeshi performers from Savar Children's Village

16 June 1986

Five Bangladeshi children from Savar Children's Village in Dhaka ...

Flourmills Limited donation for Cyclone Ofa victims

2 March 1990

Russell Wakefield (centre) of Christchurch Flourmills Limited, ...

Suia Tuulua with donations

3 March 1990

Suia Tuulua surrounded with donated non perishable goods ...

Puawai Dancers in Cathedral Square

9 March 1990

Petariki Ngarimu (left) and Andrew Shepherd of the Puawai ...

Clothing for Operation Good Samaritan

24 May 1990

Tracey Sheldrake sorting out clothing donated for Operation Good ...

Holly Lea, Fendalton

31 August 1991

The exterior rear of Holly Lea residential home at 133 Fendalton ...

Chateau Blanc under construction

19 August 1987

Construction of a retirement centre, Chateau Blanc, on the edge ...

Mansfield Gardens retirement home

18 October 1988

Exterior of the newly refurbished Mansfield Gardens at 24 ...

Occupational therapy pottery class

6 June 1970

Participants at an Aged Peoples Welfare Council occupational ...

Official opening of the Aged People's Welfare Council display centre

1 December 1970

Deputy Mayor Harold P. Smith (centre) at the officially opening ...

Crowd watches the Single Fin Mingle competition at Sumner

March 2019

Sumner beach draws a crowd for a longboard competition.

Friends hold hands while surfing

March 2018

Two friends surf together at the Single Fin Mingle Competition ...

Surfers ride a party wave at Sumner

March 2018

Competitors at the Single Fin Mingle ride the waves.

Longboard Fin with Cave Rock in the Background

March 2019

A longboarder dives through the waves at the Single Fin Mingle ...

Fancy Footwork on a Longboard

March 2019

A longboarder shows off his moves at the Single Fin Mingle ...

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