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Christchurch City Council (March 1863-)

 Organization

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

 Series
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S80
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1962-1968

Christchurch City Council: City Engineer’s Department/City Works and Planning Files

 Series
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S72
Scope and Contents Registered Town Planning files from the Christchurch City Council City Engineer's Department, later known as the City Works and Planning department. The functions of this department became the Environmental Administration Unit, part of the Development Group in 1992.Files are on a range of subjects including statistical research, reserves and open spaces, commercial and retail, district scheme, master transport plan, historic buildings, urban renewal, Port Hills, Estuary and...
Dates: 1964-1996

Christchurch City Council: City Engineer's Department/City Works and Planning Records

 Series
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S63
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1933-1989

Christchurch City Council: City Engineer's Department/Technical Services and Design Maps and Plans

 Series
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S49
Scope and Contents Maps and plans of bridges in the central city and suburbs.Includes Christchurch Drainage Board plans 1879-1936; Aerial photographs 1930-1952; Bound volume of Block Plans 1879-1937; Plans for Queen Elizabeth II Park 1972-1988. Also includes a folder of Benchmarks. Benchmarks are levelled survey points located across the city, referred to as the Christchurch Drainage Datum (CDD). The benchmarks are used to establish the site level control for civil construction works...
Dates: 1874-c.2010

Christchurch City Council: City Manager John H. Gray Records

 Series
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S53
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 14 June 1993, 30 June 1993

Christchurch City Council: City Treasurer’s Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S7
Content Description

Letterbooks of City Treasurer's correspondence. Each of the Letterbooks has an index within it.

Dates: 1924-1988

Christchurch City Council Committee Reports and Notices of Meetings, 1862-1912

 Sub-Series
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S110/2
Scope and Contents

Committee reports for committees of Christchurch City Council and notices of committee meetings.

Dates: 1862-1912

Christchurch City Council: Communications and Promotions Records

 Series
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S26
Scope and Contents Records relating to a wide range or events and activities hosted by Christchurch City Council for the general public. Includes an extensive amount of CDs, videos, photographs, negatives and slides for promotional activities and events including Summertimes, KidsFest, Heritage Week, ANZAC Parade and marketing to promote the central city. Includes an example textile flag used as part of city wide promotion and display. Also includes cycling brochure material and sheets of 35mm...
Dates: c.1990s-2000s

Christchurch City Council: Community Board Records

 Series
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S76
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1989-2017

Christchurch City Council: Department of City Administration/Administration Group Files

 Series
Identifier: CCC/ARC/S27
Content Description Administration files from the Department of City Administration, from 1989 this was the Administration Group. Includes correspondence and internal memos relating to a wide range of subjects such as those relating to staff and public accidents, traffic control and parking, town planning, water supply, Council buildings and sites (including the Municipal Chambers), Town Hall, Libraries, swimming pools, housing and parks and reserves. Includes files relating to public relations and...
Dates: 1960-1992