Heritage

Christchurch’s history, its people and places — plus help to discover your own heritage and family history.

The Summit Road - coverThe Summit Road : its scenery, botany, and geology

Newly digitised booklet containing articles by Blanche Baughan, Leonard Cockayne and Robert Speight on various aspects of the Summit Road, with an introduction by Harry Ell, and a brief mention of the work of the Summit Road Association.

Portrait from Archive 431War letter and cards, 1915-1916

A small collection of material related to the World War I experience of William Brown. The collection includes a letter and two postcards from a military hospital in Malta, a Christmas card with a Dardanelles photograph, and two unlabelled portrait photographs.

familyFamily history databases

Christchurch City Libraries gives you access to a great collection of family history online databases including Ancestry, Papers Past, Find my Past and many more. Get researching now.

LibraryImage collection: New Zealand Music Month

Explore our collection of photographs which relate to our May theme of Music Month. Bands and bandstands, choirs and contemporary performers - there are some fascinating heritage photographs as well as contemporary shots from the library Flickr.