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Aranui High School 1968-1992

by Shireen Spaull | May 5, 2024 | Events, People, Places, Sports

Aranui High School opened in 1960 and was a stand alone high school in the east. Previously, New Brighton District High School was a primary and high school combined. AHS remained open until 2016, when it was closed to make way for a combined primary and high school...

Newspaper cuttings 1968-1985 – QEII, North Beach etc – Carole Evans

by Shireen Spaull | Feb 21, 2024 | Events, People, Places, Sports, Stories

Aranui High School opened in 1960, a new high school in the east of Christchurch. Previously students attended New Brighton District High School (previously New Brighton School and later known as Central New Brighton School). The majority of photos and names have been...

1-1-7 New Brighton Electoral Rolls 1929 – 1940

by Shireen Spaull | Nov 19, 2023 | Events, People, Places

These photocopies of the Electoral Rolls from 1929 to 1935 are a fascinating insight into who lived where, with whom and what their occupations were listed as. Can you find your surname? Or street? What can you find out by comparing the 1929 roll to 1935, 1938 and...

1-1-6 New Brighton Borough Council

by Shireen Spaull | Aug 12, 2023 | Events, People, Places

This information is an amalgam brought together by previous volunteers of New Brighton Museum. There are photos and various articles and photocopied information about the New Brighton Borough Council which ran from 1897 until 1941 when the council merged with...