29 October 1830
Te Rauparaha charters the “Elizabeth” (under the unscrupulous Captain Stewart) and sails for Akaroa.
30 October 1985
Writer-in-Residence at Canterbury University, Keri Hulme wins internationally prestigious Booker McConnell prize for her novel The Bone People.
1 November 1906
New Zealand International Exhibition (the biggest in the country to that time) opens in Hagley Park. Over 1 million people visited the exhibition during the next few months. A branch railway line was built across North Hagley Park to service the exhibition. The attractions included New Zealand’s first professional symphony orchestra [conducted by Alfred Hill], and the first Dominion pipe band contest which was won by the Dunedin Highland Pipe Band.
2 November 1899
Balloonist Captain Lorraine lost at sea after an ascent from Lancaster Park.
2 November 1914
Riccarton (Deans) Bush presented to the city by the Deans family.
4 November 1989
Record crowd of 60,000 at Lancaster Park to see Irish rock band U2.
More October and November events in our Christchurch chronology.
