4 March 1977
Museum Antarctic wing opens. View our page on Antarctica and its Christchurch connections.
5 March 1863
Samuel Bealey elected third Superintendent of Canterbury.
7 March 1925
Cholmondeley Home for children (a gift of Hugh Heber Cholmondeley) opens at Governors Bay.
9 March 1963
Concerts by jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong.
More March events in our Christchurch chronology.
