All was not plain sailing for the church in the new settlement. Between 1851 and 1872 there was persistent conflict over buildings, finance, and leadership as the Anglican church in Christchurch evolved from makeshift beginnings into a more structured parish system.
The rudimentary V-hut on church...
The educational vision of the Canterbury Association was central to its hope of establishing “a good and right state of Society” in the new settlement. On 1 March 1851, the Lyttelton Times reported:
“It was determined to commence an elementary and commercial school at Christ-church, as soon as p...
2026 marks 175 years of continuous Christian worship on the St Michael’s Parish site. The story began when in November 1847, Edward Gibbon Wakefield persuaded an idealistic young Irishman, John Robert Godley, that together they could devise the best of all emigration schemes. The following year, in...
