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In 1889, Pillow departed Christchurch to join the Zenana Missions, in Calcutta, India. The Lyttelton Times records the meeting at Oxford Terrace Baptist Church to mark her departure: Last evening the Oxford Terrace Baptist schoolroom was well filled with friends assembled to say “farewell” to Miss Hopestill Pillow, on the occasion or her ...
8 December – Queenstown lifts its water boil notice after two months. [142] 10 December – United Airlines starts its seasonal route between Christchurch and San Francisco. It marks the first time an American airline has flown non-stop between the South Island and the United States. [143] 11 December A protest is held at Te Papa.
Guthrey was a Christchurch city councillor from the 1944 local election to 1968, and served as mayor from 1968 to 1971. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1968 Queen's Birthday Honours , for services to local government. [ 8 ]
Their son Philip (1883–1933), since 1929 resident in Gisborne, died in Christchurch after an operation. [33] Harper died six years after his wife on 12 March 1937, aged 93. At the time of his death, their daughter and two sons were still alive. [34] Their eldest son George Herbert (1872–1943) died in Wellington. [35]
Born in Thames on 14 July 1935, Phillips was educated at Westport Technical College and Christchurch Boys' High School. [1] He studied at Canterbury University College, from where he graduated with an MSc with first-class honours in 1958. [2]
13 February – A memorial service is held at Muriwai to remember the death of two firefighters during Cyclone Gabrielle. A plaque was also unveiled. [46] 14 February 2024 Port Hills fire: A state of emergency is declared in Christchurch and Selwyn, as firefighters battle to control a bushfire in the city's Port Hills region. [47]
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Heffernan died in Christchurch on 13 March 2010, and his funeral was celebrated in St Joseph's Catholic Church in Papanui, Christchurch. A notice of motion in remembrance was lodged by Ruth Dyson in parliament on 18 March 2010. [4]