Dorothy – 02/08/02 Maud Pember Reeves (née Robison), one of the influential New Zealand women of her generation, grew up to be part of Christchurch’s social set, but sought tertiary education, mixed in political circles after marrying socialist politician William Pember Reeves, was an active supporter of women’s suffrage and after moving to London joined…
Dorothy – 24/04/02 When I looked at a visitors’ guide to Nelson which gave a very brief account of its history I felt I must find out more about it. Since then I’ve been exploring several accounts of Nelson’s past and this article is a summary of what I’ve read. The next Nelson article will…
Dorothy – 12/04/02 The Pier today Photo source Peter Dunbar Interest in New Brighton from 1860 New Brighton has been a place for enjoyment for Christchurch citizens and visitors since 1860. In that year five men had walked through the dense undergrowth, toe toe, flax and swamp to reach the beach. One of the men,…
Family historian and librarian Dorothy – 29/03/02 Richard Greenaway is the person you are most likely to talk to if you are interested in genealogy or the early history of Canterbury and go to the Aotearoa New Zealand Centre at Christchurch City Libraries (CCL) – formerly Canterbury Public Library. The early history of Christchurch is…
– Glimpses of Past Industries and PWD Camps Pauline Blincoe – 01/03/02 Pauline Blincoe’s name first appeared in NZine in the article on life in the PWD camps on the Kaikoura Coast, where one source of information was her book Public Works Camps: Poor Kids’ Paradise. Inspired by her determination to record social history while…
Morag Lawrence – 11/05/01 Margaret Stoddart was for over half a century a leader of the Christchurch art community, and her name is well-known to many New Zealanders, especially Cantabrians. M O Stoddart, ca 1910 Photo Source H H Clifford Photograph Canterbury Museum Fewer people know the story of her father, Mark Stoddart whose life…
The University Of Canterbury Honours Ernest Rutherford, Its Most Famous Student Three Articles Published In The Chronicle Jeff Field, Arthur Williamson – 16/03/01 Touring Rutherford Exhibition Now In North Island Jeff Field Ernest Rutherford Photo courtesy of the Macmillan Brown Library The first major national exhibition on Ernest Rutherford, University of Canterbury’s most distinguished graduate,…
Ian Dixon – 28/01/01 The video about the 1951 Waterside Lockout shown on television recently was accurate, but did not contain information about the church point of view. Michael Bassett’s book does not contain it either. The Reverend Ian Dixon tells in this interview about an aspect of the activities in Wellington that has not…
Dorothy – 22/9/00 I’ve included the word New Zealand in the title of this article because it is based on the memories of New Zealand women, but these women have always shown a keen interest in the hairstyles in fashion overseas. Early in the twentieth century women wore their hair long, spent hours brushing it…
Trevor Burnard – 10/9/99 Interview by Trevor Burnard – Part 1 Michael Bassett discusses his new book The State in New Zealand 1840-1984 Reprinted from History Now Michael Bassett has had a rich and varied career, both in politics and history. After completing undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Auckland, he finished a…
