# 16 August in the Christchurch archive 111 Christchurch records dated 16 August across the years, the feed’s ledger also filed 1,317 reports on this date. 111 records shown, each link goes to the institution that keeps the original. - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 16 August 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510816.2.5.2), 1851-08-16, Lyttelton Times - [Untitled (Lyttelton Times, 16 August 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540816.2.5), 1854-08-16, Lyttelton Times - [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 16 August 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540816.2.6), 1854-08-16, Lyttelton Times - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 16 August 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540816.2.7.2), 1854-08-16, Lyttelton Times - [CHRISTCHURCH. (West Coast Times, 16 August 1866)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18660816.2.4.3), 1866-08-16, West Coast Times - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 August 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18760816.2.11.1), 1876-08-16, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 August 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18770816.2.17.1), 1877-08-16, no. 17.1, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 August 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18770816.2.9.1), 1877-08-16, no. 9.1, Star - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 16 August 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18780816.2.18.1), 1878-08-16, Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 16 August 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18780816.2.2.6), 1878-08-16, Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 August 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18780816.2.10.1), 1878-08-16, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 16 August 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS18790816.2.12.15), 1879-08-16, Thames Star - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 (Hawke's Bay Herald, 16 August 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18800816.2.2.7), 1880-08-16, Hawke's Bay Herald - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 August 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18800816.2.17.1), 1880-08-16, Star - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 16 August 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18810816.2.2.1), 1881-08-16, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 August 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18820816.2.14.1), 1882-08-16, Star - [LOCAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 16 August 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18840816.2.13), 1884-08-16, Otago Witness - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 16 August 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840816.2.22.1), 1884-08-16, Star - [Latest Locals. (Star, 16 August 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840816.2.25), 1884-08-16, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 August 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840816.2.28.1), 1884-08-16, Star - [LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 16 August 1888)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX18880816.2.8), 1888-08-16, Marlborough Express - [FOOTBALL. (Star, 16 August 1888)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18880816.2.26), 1888-08-16, Star - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 16 August 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18890816.2.2.1), 1889-08-16, Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 August 1890)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18900816.2.34.1), 1890-08-16, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 August 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18920816.2.35.1), 1892-08-16, Star - [Local & General (Star, 16 August 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18940816.2.23), 1894-08-16, Star - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 8 (Hawke's Bay Herald, 16 August 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18950816.2.2.8), 1895-08-16, Hawke's Bay Herald - [TOWN & COUNTRY. (Timaru Herald, 16 August 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18970816.2.16), 1897-08-16, Timaru Herald - [SUPREME COURT. (Star, 16 August 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970816.2.44), 1897-08-16, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 August 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18980816.2.52.1), 1898-08-16, Star - [MUNICIPAL THEATRES. (Wanganui Herald, 16 August 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH18980816.2.4), 1898-08-16, Wanganui Herald - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 16 August 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18990816.2.20.1), 1899-08-16, Star - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 16 August 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18990816.2.48.4), 1899-08-16, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 August 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19000816.2.56.1), 1900-08-16, Star - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Poverty Bay Herald, 16 August 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19020816.2.5.1), 1902-08-16, Poverty Bay Herald - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 16 August 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19020816.2.89.2), 1902-08-16, Star - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Ashburton Guardian, 16 August 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19040816.2.26.2), 1904-08-16, Ashburton Guardian - [GOVERNOR AT CHRISTCHURCH. (Poverty Bay Herald, 16 August 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19040816.2.13), 1904-08-16, Poverty Bay Herald - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 August 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040816.2.32.1), 1904-08-16, Star - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 16 August 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040816.2.7.4), 1904-08-16, Star - [LATE SPORTING. (Evening Post, 16 August 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19050816.2.44), 1905-08-16, Evening Post - [STOCK AND GRAZING NOTES. (Otago Witness, 16 August 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19050816.2.11.4), 1905-08-16, Otago Witness - [DISTRICT CRICKET. (Otago Witness, 16 August 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19050816.2.164.2), 1905-08-16, Otago Witness - [Untitled (Poverty Bay Herald, 16 August 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19050816.2.12), 1905-08-16, Poverty Bay Herald - [ARBOR DAY. (Star, 16 August 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050816.2.36), 1905-08-16, Star - [TELEGRAMS. (Otago Daily Times 16-8-1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19050816.2.49), 1905-08-16, Otago Daily Times - [DUNLOP TEST ROAD RACE. (Nelson Evening Mail, 16 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19060816.2.15), 1906-08-16, Nelson Evening Mail - [TRAMWAYS ELECTION. (Star, 16 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060816.2.63), 1906-08-16, Star - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 16 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060816.2.71.3), 1906-08-16, Star - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 16 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060816.2.71.6), 1906-08-16, Star - [IN OTHER PLACES. (Evening Post, 16 August 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19090816.2.40), 1909-08-16, Evening Post - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 16 August 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090816.2.58.3), 1909-08-16, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Wanganui Chronicle, 16 August 1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19100816.2.27.2), 1910-08-16, Wanganui Chronicle - [THE ONEHUNGA ZOO. (Wanganui Chronicle, 16 August 1911)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19110816.2.3), 1911-08-16, Wanganui Chronicle - [The new Mayor of Christchurch](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/147407), 1911-08-16, Photographs / He Whakaahua - [Mr J. D. Hall](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/147409), 1911-08-16, Photographs / He Whakaahua - [CHRISTCHURCH TROTS. (Colonist, 16 August 1913)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19130816.2.49.2), 1913-08-16, Colonist - [Pte James Todd of Christchurch, killed in action](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/224676), 1917-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [Pte Wm Todd of Christchurch, wounded](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/224677), 1917-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [Gnr Ralph R Coe of Merivale, died of sickness](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/224695), 1917-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [Sergt L Guthrie of Christchurch, wounded](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/224718), 1917-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [Pte Reg A Cuming of Addington, wounded](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/224732), 1917-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [L Sergt M Allen of St Albans, wounded](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/224749), 1917-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 16 August 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19190816.2.65), 1919-08-16, Evening Post - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 16 August 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19190816.2.45.4), 1919-08-16, NZ Truth - [CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (Ashburton Guardian, 16 August 1920)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19200816.2.35), 1920-08-16, Ashburton Guardian - [CANTERBURY TEAMS (Evening Post, 16 August 1920)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19200816.2.28.3), 1920-08-16, Evening Post - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Northern Advocate, 16 August 1920)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19200816.2.22.5), 1920-08-16, Northern Advocate - [Start of the New Zealand Cross-Country Championship](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/236594), 1923-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER (Evening Post, 16 August 1924)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240816.2.37), 1924-08-16, Evening Post - [Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 16 August 1924)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19240816.2.60.2), 1924-08-16, NZ Truth - [CHRISTCHURCH AMAZONS (Evening Post, 16 August 1926)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19260816.2.102), 1926-08-16, Evening Post - [WILL CLUB OFFICIALS MOVE? (NZ Truth, 16 August 1928)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19280816.2.58.6), 1928-08-16, NZ Truth - [National Week Opened In Christchurch Last Saturday: The Metropolitan Trotting Club's Meeting At Addington](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/254756), 1928-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [LOCAL AND GENERAL (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 August 1929)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19290816.2.10), 1929-08-16, Ellesmere Guardian - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 August 1929)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19290816.2.2.1), 1929-08-16, Ellesmere Guardian - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 August 1932)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19320816.2.10.1), 1932-08-16, Ellesmere Guardian - [SPRINGSTON (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 August 1932)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19320816.2.18.4), 1932-08-16, Ellesmere Guardian - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 August 1932)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19320816.2.2.1), 1932-08-16, Ellesmere Guardian - [MR. W. R. NEWTON. (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 August 1932)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19320816.2.27.1), 1932-08-16, Ellesmere Guardian - [AT THE HOTELS (Evening Post, 16 August 1932)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19320816.2.104), 1932-08-16, Evening Post - [MINIATURE RIFLES (Evening Post, 16 August 1932)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19320816.2.138), 1932-08-16, Evening Post - [Prominent Canterbury owner's popular win at Addington: success of Sir Guy at the Metropolitan Trotting Club's meeting](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/280857), 1933-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [Last week's great winter racing carnival in the South: the Canterbury jockey's highly-successful New Zealand grand national meeting at Riccarton, Christchurch](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/280864), 1933-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [Large field contests the Woolston Handicap on the second day of the Canterbury Jockey Club's grand national meeting](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/280872), 1933-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 16 August 1934)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19340816.2.157.1), 1934-08-16, Evening Post - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 August 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19350816.2.15.1), 1935-08-16, Ellesmere Guardian - [WELLINGTON'S LACK (Evening Post, 16 August 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350816.2.39), 1935-08-16, Evening Post - [THE NATIONALISTS (Evening Post, 16 August 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350816.2.89.2), 1935-08-16, Evening Post - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 16 August 1937)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19370816.2.137.3), 1937-08-16, Evening Post - [CHRISTCHURCH RESULTS (Evening Post, 16 August 1937)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19370816.2.141.3), 1937-08-16, Evening Post - [DRAINAGE BOARD (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 August 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19380816.2.6), 1938-08-16, Ellesmere Guardian - [DAMAGES CLAIM (Evening Post, 16 August 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380816.2.100), 1938-08-16, Evening Post - [In oriental setting: 'East of Suez' is novel theme for this year's Plunket ball in Christchurch](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/267021), 1939-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [Township in Southern Alps snows: winter scenes at Arthur's Pass after recent heavy falls](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/267032), 1939-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [Mr. Gilbert Grigg and Miss Rosalynd Arkwright at the Christchurch Hunt Ball](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/267043), 1939-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [Mrs. H. B. Williams, Mr. C. M. Turrell, Mrs. H. Elworthy, Mr. L. N. Lowry and Mrs. David Williams at the Christchurch Hunt Ball](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/267044), 1939-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [Miss N. Nutt, Mr. B. Nicholls, Captain E. Holland, Miss N. Brooksbank, Mr. A. Nicholls and Mrs. J. S. Brooksbank at the Christchurch Hunt Ball](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/267045), 1939-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [Misses Audrey Robinson, Patricia Oxley and Jocelyn Robinson at the Christchurch Hunt Ball](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/267046), 1939-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [Attendees at the Christchurch Hunt Ball](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/267047), 1939-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Godfrey at the Christchurch Hunt Ball](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/267048), 1939-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [Miss L. Meredith-Kaye, Mr. T. Gardner, Mr. P. J. Byrne, Miss Betty Smithson at the Christchurch Hunt Ball](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/267054), 1939-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [Dr. Symes, Miss Phyllis Hudson, Dr. Jameson and Miss Elizabeth Symes at the Christchurch Hunt Ball](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/267055), 1939-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [PERSONAL (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 August 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19400816.2.15), 1940-08-16, Ellesmere Guardian - [Sgt. W. A. Trolove, of Christchurch missing, believed killed in action](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/301680), 1944-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [Flight-Sergeant W. R. Neeve, of Christchurch, killed on active service](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/301688), 1944-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [New Roman Catholic Bishop of Christchurch enthroned with traditional ceremony](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/301822), 1944-08-16, Auckland Weekly News - [Reserved parking on Worcester Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/star/prints/1979/ccl-cs-1650), 1979-08-16, Canterbury Stories - [supplement](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2002-gs5594), 2002-08-16, New Zealand Gazette - [Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2012-ds5097), 2012-08-16, New Zealand Gazette - [Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2018-ds3976), 2018-08-16, New Zealand Gazette ## Filed on this date Newest first, dates somebody filed, not dates anything happened. - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8756126), 135 Buchanans Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 16 Aug 2026 - [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8756069), 343 Eastern Terrace, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 16 Aug 2026 - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8756051), 12 Lakewood Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 16 Aug 2026 - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8756047), 239 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 16 Aug 2026 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8756040), 247 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 16 Aug 2026 - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8755955), 193 Locksley Avenue, Dallington, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 16 Aug 2026 [← previous day](https://www.chch.live/day/08-15) · [every day](https://www.chch.live/day) · [next day →](https://www.chch.live/day/08-17) --- Data: https://api.chch.live/day?md=08-16 · the laid-out page: https://www.chch.live/day/08-16 · GeoNet’s catalogue holds 3 magnitude-3+ quakes recorded on this date, https://www.chch.live/sequence