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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.

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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.

Scope and Contents Publications created by and for the Environmental Policy and Planning Unit of Christchurch City Council. Includes Christchurch City Updates (1994-1997, 2000) which provide an overview of social, economic, cultural and environmental conditions in the Christchurch City Council area.Also includes other publications outlining the profile of residents, demographic information and other statistical data. Includes several files created by John Dryden, Environmental Policy and Planning...

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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.

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Financial records of Christchurch City Council. Includes balance sheets and reports, annual statements and reciepts and expenditure.

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Papers collated by Geoff Cameron, former Christchurch City Council Forest Manager and Principal Rural Fire Officer for Bottle Lake Forest and Chaneys Forest. Includes memorandums, reports and correspondence relating to the amalgamation of Selwyn Plantation Board managed land to becoming a joint venture with Christchurch City Council.

Scope and Contents Annually produced handbooks and directories for Christchurch City Council. Although some of the content differs, in general, handbooks include information about elected members, standing committees and members of these, ratings and financial information for the Council, departmental information, a telephone directory, information about key city buildings and statues and organisational charts showing the structure of the Council at that time. Some years have telephone directories as a...

Scope and Contents Records of the Health department of Christchurch City Council. Letterbooks 1924-1990, Clean Air Council and Clean Air Zone Committee Correspondence 1956-1987, Noise Pollution 1961-1989, Dog Control, Nuisances 1972-1985, Civic Defence 1964-1969, Civic Pride 1972-1985, Housing Demolition Orders 1949-1980, Dangerous Goods, Infectious Diseases 1954-1989, Newspaper clippings 1970-1988.Also included are 3 copies of a Christchurch City Council Report by A R Galbraith, City Engineer...

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Records relating to heritage assets managed by Christchurch City Council over time. Includes the Provincial Council Chambers.

Scope and Contents Records created by Human Resources at Christchurch City Council. Includes:Slide carousels and boxes of slides of training programmes for different units within Christchurch City Council administered by the Human Resources Department. Includes training slides for City Works and Planning, McDougall Art Gallery, Libraries, Parks and Recreation and the Health Department.Booklet from the Human Resources Directorate at Christchurch City Council titled Roles and...