# 8 August in the Christchurch archive 98 Christchurch records dated 8 August across the years, the feed’s ledger also filed 1,161 reports on this date. 98 records shown, each link goes to the institution that keeps the original. - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 08 August 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550808.2.10.1), 1855-08-08, Lyttelton Times - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 08 August 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550808.2.10.3), 1855-08-08, Lyttelton Times - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 08 August 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550808.2.12.1), 1855-08-08, Lyttelton Times - [Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 08 August 1855)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18550808.2.14.1), 1855-08-08, Lyttelton Times - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 08 August 1857)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18570808.2.3.1), 1857-08-08, Lyttelton Times - [Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 08 August 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600808.2.26.1), 1860-08-08, Lyttelton Times - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 08 August 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600808.2.28.2), 1860-08-08, Lyttelton Times - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 08 August 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600808.2.29.2), 1860-08-08, Lyttelton Times - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 08 August 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600808.2.29.4), 1860-08-08, Lyttelton Times - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 08 August 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600808.2.29.5), 1860-08-08, Lyttelton Times - [Shipping Summary. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 08 August 1863)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18630808.2.3), 1863-08-08, Hawke's Bay Herald - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Timaru Herald, 08 August 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18760808.2.11.1), 1876-08-08, Timaru Herald - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 08 August 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18760808.2.10.1), 1876-08-08, Star - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Timaru Herald, 08 August 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18770808.2.18.2), 1877-08-08, Timaru Herald - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 08 August 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18780808.2.12), 1878-08-08, Star - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 August 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18780808.2.2.3), 1878-08-08, Star - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 August 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18780808.2.22.2), 1878-08-08, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 08 August 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18820808.2.20.1), 1882-08-08, Star - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 August 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18830808.2.4.3), 1883-08-08, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 08 August 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840808.2.27.1), 1884-08-08, Star - [Local & General. (Star, 08 August 1890)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18900808.2.36), 1890-08-08, Star - [Latest Locals. (Star, 08 August 1891)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18910808.2.26), 1891-08-08, Star - [The mayors of the principal cities](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/111097), 1891-08-08, Photographs / He Whakaahua - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Marlborough Express, 08 August 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX18920808.2.25.2), 1892-08-08, Marlborough Express - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 08 August 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18940808.2.16.1), 1894-08-08, Star - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 08 August 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18940808.2.25.1), 1894-08-08, Star - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 08 August 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18940808.2.49.1), 1894-08-08, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. August 6. (North Otago Times, 08 August 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NOT18950808.2.16.2), 1895-08-08, North Otago Times - [Conference of delegates from Working Men's Clubs](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/116691), 1896-08-08, Photographs / He Whakaahua - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 08 August 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18980808.2.52.1), 1898-08-08, Star - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 August 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18980808.2.57.2), 1898-08-08, Star - [HUNTING. (Star, 08 August 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18980808.2.66), 1898-08-08, Star - [PRIMARY SCHOOLS COMPETITION. (Star, 08 August 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18980808.2.9.5), 1898-08-08, Star - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 08 August 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990808.2.17.5), 1899-08-08, Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 08 August 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18990808.2.2.4), 1899-08-08, Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser - [Untitled (Colonist, 08 August 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19000808.2.9), 1900-08-08, Colonist - [INDIAN FAMINE FUND. (Star, 08 August 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19000808.2.48), 1900-08-08, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 08 August 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19000808.2.58.1), 1900-08-08, Star - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 August 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19000808.2.59.3), 1900-08-08, Star - [Antigua Bridge, August 8 1902](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive892/ccl-cs-10659), 1902-08-08, Samuel Anstey collection - [Antigua Bridge, August 8th 1902](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive892/ccl-cs-10778), 1902-08-08, Samuel Anstey collection - [Untitled (Southland Times, 08 August 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19030808.2.13), 1903-08-08, Southland Times - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 08 August 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19030808.2.76.1), 1903-08-08, Star - [WONDERFUL WORK. (Star, 08 August 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19030808.2.78), 1903-08-08, Star - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 August 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19030808.2.81.2), 1903-08-08, Star - [The Ensign. GORE: SATURDAY, AUGUST 8. (Mataura Ensign 8-8-1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ME19030808.2.7), 1903-08-08, Papers Past - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 08 August 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040808.2.49.4), 1904-08-08, Star - [THE CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. CHRISTCHURCH. August 3. (Otago Witness, 08 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19060808.2.55), 1906-08-08, Otago Witness - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 08 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060808.2.50.4), 1906-08-08, Star - [Akaroa Harbour at sunriseJan Shuttleworth collection](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/shuttleworth/jessie-buckland-collection/ccl-cs-73213), 1906-08-08, Jessie Buckland collection - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 08 August 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19070808.2.10), 1907-08-08, Ashburton Guardian - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 August 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19070808.2.33.2), 1907-08-08, Star - [ANACHRONOUS CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 08 August 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19070808.2.61), 1907-08-08, Star - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (NZ Truth, 08 August 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19080808.2.43.3), 1908-08-08, NZ Truth - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 08 August 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19080808.2.43.4), 1908-08-08, NZ Truth - [NEWS AND NOTES. (NZ Truth, 08 August 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19080808.2.9.6), 1908-08-08, NZ Truth - [Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 August 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080808.2.60.3), 1908-08-08, Star - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 August 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080808.2.61.3), 1908-08-08, Star - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 08 August 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080808.2.68.5), 1908-08-08, Star - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 August 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080808.2.69.3), 1908-08-08, Star - [Horse drawn carriage outside Madeira HotelJan Shuttleworth collection](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/shuttleworth/jessie-buckland-collection/ccl-cs-73231), 1908-08-08, Jessie Buckland collection - [CHRISTCHURCH DAY BY DAY. (Ashburton Guardian, 08 August 1911)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19110808.2.3.1), 1911-08-08, Ashburton Guardian - [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Feilding Star, 08 August 1911)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS19110808.2.10), 1911-08-08, Feilding Star - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 08 August 1914)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19140808.2.32.2), 1914-08-08, NZ Truth - [CHRISTCHURCH. (NZ Truth, 08 August 1914)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19140808.2.50.10), 1914-08-08, NZ Truth - [Page 20 Advertisements Column 2 (Observer, 08 August 1914)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TO19140808.2.31.2), 1914-08-08, Observer - [ADDINGTON. (Northern Advocate, 08 August 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19190808.2.73), 1919-08-08, Northern Advocate - [Trotting (NZ Truth, 08 August 1925)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19250808.2.81.19), 1925-08-08, NZ Truth - [NATIONAL PROSPECTS (Evening Post, 08 August 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270808.2.38.3), 1927-08-08, Evening Post - [STILL ANOTHER VIEW (Evening Post, 08 August 1932)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19320808.2.23), 1932-08-08, Evening Post - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 August 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19330808.2.19.1), 1933-08-08, Ellesmere Guardian - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 August 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19330808.2.2.1), 1933-08-08, Ellesmere Guardian - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 August 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19330808.2.8.1), 1933-08-08, Ellesmere Guardian - [NO MEETING THIS WINTER (Evening Post, 08 August 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360808.2.113.3), 1936-08-08, Evening Post - [Page 21 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 08 August 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360808.2.157.2), 1936-08-08, Evening Post - [PRICE OF BUTTER (Evening Post, 08 August 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360808.2.78.2), 1936-08-08, Evening Post - [FIELDS IN REVIEW (Evening Post, 08 August 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380808.2.138.2), 1938-08-08, Evening Post - [TOMORROW'S RIDERS (Evening Post, 08 August 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380808.2.138.5), 1938-08-08, Evening Post - [ANOTHER ANGLE (Evening Post, 08 August 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380808.2.138.6), 1938-08-08, Evening Post - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 08 August 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410808.2.105.2), 1941-08-08, Evening Post - [N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 08 August 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410808.2.91.1), 1941-08-08, Evening Post - [N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 08 August 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420808.2.74), 1942-08-08, Evening Post - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 August 1944)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19440808.2.2.1), 1944-08-08, Ellesmere Guardian - [NORTH'S LARGER SHARE (Evening Post, 08 August 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450808.2.111.1), 1945-08-08, Evening Post - [Orchestra at Christchurch Town Hall](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/star/prints/1989/ccl-cs-3308), 1989-08-08, Canterbury Stories - [Galanthus nivalis](https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/905953), 1994-08-08, Natural Science - [230 Tuam Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-50097), 2009-08-08, Canterbury Stories - [Charlie Chaplin on High Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-50173), 2009-08-08, Canterbury Stories - [Entrance to The Physics Room](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-50286), 2009-08-08, Canterbury Stories - [Looking across Cranmer Square](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-53881), 2012-08-08, no. 53881, Canterbury Stories - [Looking across Cranmer Square](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-53883), 2012-08-08, no. 53883, Canterbury Stories - [850 Colombo Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-55387), 2012-08-08, Canterbury Stories - [Whalebone Cottage](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-63990), 2017-08-08, no. 63990, Canterbury Stories - [Whalebone Cottage](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-63991), 2017-08-08, no. 63991, Canterbury Stories - [Whalebone Cottage](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-63992), 2017-08-08, no. 63992, Canterbury Stories - [702 Ferry Road](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-63993), 2017-08-08, Canterbury Stories - [West from Huanui Lane](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/docross/christchurch-2018/ccl-cs-21297), 2018-08-08, Canterbury Stories - [Grass Games site](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/docross/christchurch-2018/ccl-cs-21301), 2018-08-08, Canterbury Stories ## Filed on this date Newest first, dates somebody filed, not dates anything happened. - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8712197), 28 Grahams Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 8 Aug 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8712145), 65 Stanmore Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 8 Aug 2026 - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8712038), 65A Nursery Road, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 8 Aug 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8711937), 124 Rothesay Road, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 8 Aug 2026 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8711905), 16 Wairoa St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 8 Aug 2026 - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8711297), 164 Northcote Road, Northcote, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 8 Aug 2026 [← previous day](https://www.chch.live/day/08-07) · [every day](https://www.chch.live/day) · [next day →](https://www.chch.live/day/08-09) --- Data: https://api.chch.live/day?md=08-08 · the laid-out page: https://www.chch.live/day/08-08 · GeoNet’s catalogue holds 2 magnitude-3+ quakes recorded on this date, https://www.chch.live/sequence