Christchurch City Council (November 1862-Present)
Dates
- Existence: November 1862 - Present
Biography
The Christchurch Municipal Council was established in 1862, and the first meeting took place on 3 March 1862. In November 1862 the Christchurch Municipal Council was renamed to Christchurch City Council by the Christchurch City Council Ordinance from the Canterbury Provincial Council. It was also 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 (later Sir) 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 72 Collections and/or Records:
Christchurch City Council: Early Records
Records of the early Christchurch City Council. Includes guard books of inwards correspondence, reports, minutes and correspondence of Council Committees, reports and correspondence of the City Surveyor and the Inspector of Nuisances, licensing records, drainage contracts, registers and petitions.
Christchurch City Council: Environmental Policy and Planning Photographic Materials
Aerial photographs, buildings (including commercial and residential properties) and street scene photographs for central Christchurch and wider suburbs.
Includes those collected by Bruce King and those relating to the Christchurch Drainage Board.
Includes a folder of photographs of Shop Dwellings, City Info Handbook information booklets and an extensive amount of slides and negative strips.
Christchurch City Council: Environmental Policy and Planning Publications
Christchurch City Council: Events Production Photographs and Ephemera
Posters, photographs, slides, negatives, ephemera, T-shirts, programmes and files relating to major events produced by the Christchurch City Council Events Team from the 1980’s onwards.
Christchurch City Council: Executive Staff and Christchurch Town Hall Board of Management Photographs, 1972-1989
Official group photographs including:
Christchurch City Council and Executive Staff 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1984.
The Christchurch Town Hall Committee 1972, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1986.
Final board meeting of the Christchurch Transport Board on 10 October 1989.
Christchurch City Council: Financial Records
Financial records of Christchurch City Council. Includes balance sheets and reports, annual statements and reciepts and expenditure.
Christchurch City Council: Handbooks and Directories
Christchurch City Council: Health Department/Environmental Health Unit Records
Christchurch City Council: Heritage Assets
Records relating to heritage assets managed by Christchurch City Council over time. Includes the Provincial Council Chambers.
Christchurch City Council: London to Christchurch International Air Race 1953 Records
Records from Christchurch City Council relating to the London to Christchurch International Air Race in 1953. Includes minutes of the Canterbury International Air Race Council Management Committee, correspondence, Rules of The Canterbury International Air-Race Council Incorporated, reports, KLM newsletters including lists of passengers, KLM fact sheets and other ephemera including official invitations to events relating to the air race.