Christchurch City Council (March 1863-)
Dates
- Existence: March 1863 - Present
Biography
The Christchurch City Council was created by the Christchurch City Council Ordinance first tabled in November 1862 by the Canterbury Provincial council. The Ordinance was given formal assent by proclamation in March 1863, and the first meeting of the new council took place on 23 March 1863.
The council was briefly known as Christchurch Borough Council between June and October 1868 in compliance with the Municipal Corporations Act passed by Parliament in November 1867.
The first Chairman was John Hall and in 1868 William Wilson, the fifth and last Chairman, became the Council's first Mayor. The original Christchurch City Council boundaries were formed from the area within the four avenues (Rolleston, Moorhouse, Fitzgerald and Bealey) with Road Boards, Borough Councils, County Councils and District Councils, all existing in the Greater Christchurch area. Many amalgamated with the city in 1903 and others in 1989. Banks Peninsula became part of Christchurch city in 2005.
Found in 77 Collections and/or Records:
Christchurch City Council: City Engineer's Department Town Planning Maps
Town Planning Maps: Conditional Uses and Specified Departures. One set of bound maps ‘TP 24’. 21 sheets (A0). Colour coded but there is no 'key' to signify what the colours represent.
Christchurch City Council: City Engineer’s Department/City Works and Planning Files
Christchurch City Council: City Engineer's Department/City Works and Planning Records
Christchurch City Council Engineers Department annual reports and planning reports 1933-1989. Also includes publications and reports created by the City Engineer's Department, later City Works and Planning Department.
Includes annual reports for the Traffic Department, traffic management incluing cycleways, car parking and the Master Transportation Plan 1960s.
Also includes some Christchurch Drainage Board employee agreements.
Christchurch City Council: City Engineer's Department/Technical Services and Design Maps and Plans
Christchurch City Council: City Manager John H. Gray Records
2x VHS tapes titled ‘John Gray’s Dinner Party’ and a Draft report titled ‘New Zealand Local Government – At The Leading Edge by John H. Gray, City Manager.
Christchurch City Council: City Treasurer’s Correspondence
Letterbooks of City Treasurer's correspondence. Each of the Letterbooks has an index within it.
Christchurch City Council Committee Reports and Notices of Meetings, 1862-1912
Committee reports for committees of Christchurch City Council and notices of committee meetings.
Christchurch City Council: Communications and Promotions Records
Christchurch City Council: Community Board Records
Minute and Agendas from individual Community Boards. Includes those from the following Community Boards: Burwood Pegasus, Coastal Burwood, Shirley Papanui, Fendalton Waimairi, Linwood Central, Hagley Ferrymead, Spreydon Heathcote, Riccarton Wigram, Akaroa Wairewa and Banks Peninsula.
Publicly Excluded Minute Books bound separately.
Also includes photographs and other records created by Community Boards including photographs of Community Service Awards.