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Christchurch Star

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1868 - Present

Biography

The Christchurch Star newspaper was a local daily paper which ran from 1868-1990 and since then has run as a free paper, currently produced once a week.

Found in 2657 Collections and/or Records:

Abseiling: Sport General, 1988-1989

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/1/1
Scope and Contents

Photographs of abseilers scaling down two different buildings: Christchurch Police Station and Railways Building Clock Tower. Identified people include: Edgar, Judene; Kohi, Morris; Rawiri, Paula; Rogers, Paul.

Dates: 1988-1989

Accidents in Sport: Sport General, 1975-1990

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/2/1
Scope and Contents

Photographs of people and vehicles during and after accidents in various sports. These sports include Rubgy; Boat Racing; Car Racing; Cycling and Trampolining.

Dates: 1975-1990

Aerobatics: General, 1986

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/3/1
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Christchurch Aviator Simon Spencer Bower and his Tiger Moth plane.

Dates: 1986

Aerobics: General, 1991-1997

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/4/1
Scope and Contents

Photographs of New Zealand Aerobics participants performing in various competitions, both junior and adult competitions. Photos taken in mid performance.

Dates: 1991-1997

Aerobics Personalities: Clarke, Denise, 1997

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/4/3
Scope and Contents

Portrait photograph of aerobics international judge, Denise Clarke.

Dates: 1997

Aerobics Personalities: Shaskie, Melanie, 1994

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/4/2
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Christchurch Aerobics champion, Melanie Shaskie. Photos taken mid performance.

Dates: 1994

Aikido Personalities: Takase, Nobuo, 1985-1995

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/5/2
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Takase Nobuo in the middle of an Aikido training excerise.

Dates: 1985-1995

Aikido: Sport General, 1971

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/5/1
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Japanese man in attack position during Aikido training.

Dates: 1971

Angling and Fishing General, 1995

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/6/1
Scope and Contents

Fish and Game councillor John Craig with a mackinaw broodstock male fish at a Wanaka hatchery.

Dates: 1995

Archery: New Zealand General, 1961-1996

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Identifier: Arch 1072/2/1/7/1
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Archery competions In New Zealand both male and female competitions. Some images contain one archer and others contain multiple archers.

Dates: 1961-1996