# 20 August in the Christchurch archive 100 Christchurch records dated 20 August across the years, the feed’s ledger also filed 1,347 reports on this date. 100 records shown, each link goes to the institution that keeps the original. - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 20 August 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530820.2.19), 1853-08-20, Lyttelton Times - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 20 August 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530820.2.2.2), 1853-08-20, Lyttelton Times - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 20 August 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530820.2.2.3), 1853-08-20, Lyttelton Times - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 20 August 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530820.2.3.2), 1853-08-20, Lyttelton Times - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 20 August 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530820.2.4.2), 1853-08-20, Lyttelton Times - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 20 August 1856)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18560820.2.13.2), 1856-08-20, Lyttelton Times - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 20 August 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590820.2.15.3), 1859-08-20, Lyttelton Times - [Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 20 August 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590820.2.17.6.2), 1859-08-20, Lyttelton Times - [Page 9 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 20 August 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590820.2.17.6.4), 1859-08-20, Lyttelton Times - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 20 August 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590820.2.2.3), 1859-08-20, Lyttelton Times - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Timaru Herald, 20 August 1864)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18640820.2.22.3), 1864-08-20, Timaru Herald - [A. SCHOOL OF MINES. (Otago Witness, 20 August 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18700820.2.6), 1870-08-20, Otago Witness - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 August 1872)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18720820.2.8.1), 1872-08-20, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 August 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18770820.2.11.1), 1877-08-20, Star - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Timaru Herald, 20 August 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18780820.2.13.2), 1878-08-20, Timaru Herald - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 August 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18780820.2.10.1), 1878-08-20, Star - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 20 August 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18800820.2.8.5), 1880-08-20, Star - [Local & General. (Star, 20 August 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18830820.2.10), 1883-08-20, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 August 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18830820.2.21.1), 1883-08-20, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 August 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840820.2.23.1), 1884-08-20, Star - [VITAL STATISTICS. (Evening Post, 20 August 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18860820.2.12), 1886-08-20, Evening Post - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 8 (Star, 20 August 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18860820.2.11.8), 1886-08-20, Star - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 20 August 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870820.2.49.6), 1887-08-20, Star - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 8 (Star, 20 August 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18870820.2.8.8), 1887-08-20, Star - [TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. N.Z. PRESS ASSOCIATION. INTERPROVINCIAL. (West Coast Times, 20 August 1887)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18870820.2.15), 1887-08-20, West Coast Times - [Latest Locals. (Star, 20 August 1888)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18880820.2.17), 1888-08-20, Star - [FOOTBALL. (Star, 20 August 1888)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18880820.2.43), 1888-08-20, Star - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 August 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18890820.2.2.1), 1889-08-20, Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Ashburton Guardian, 20 August 1890)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG18900820.2.21.2), 1890-08-20, Ashburton Guardian - [Latest Locals. (Star, 20 August 1890)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18900820.2.37), 1890-08-20, Star - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 20 August 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18940820.2.47.5), 1894-08-20, Star - [LATE SHIPPING. (Otago Daily Times, 20 August 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18950820.2.9), 1895-08-20, Otago Daily Times - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 August 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18950820.2.41.1), 1895-08-20, Star - [CANTERBURY DOINGS. (Otago Witness, 20 August 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18960820.2.92.2), 1896-08-20, Otago Witness - [Mr F. Watson's chestnut gelding Dummy, by Mute - Maid of Mountain, and his jockey, P. Johnston](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/116596), 1898-08-20, Photographs / He Whakaahua - [CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS. (Christchurch Prss.) (North Otago Times, 20 August 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NOT19000820.2.25), 1900-08-20, North Otago Times - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 August 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19000820.2.33.1), 1900-08-20, Star - [BOROUGH COUNCILS. (Star, 20 August 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19010820.2.49), 1901-08-20, Star - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 20 August 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19010820.2.52.3), 1901-08-20, Star - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 20 August 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19020820.2.7.4), 1902-08-20, Star - [TELEGRAMS. (Feilding Star, 20 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS19060820.2.19), 1906-08-20, Feilding Star - [SUPPOSED SUICIDE (Grey River Argus, 20 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19060820.2.26.4), 1906-08-20, Grey River Argus - [CASUALTIES. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 20 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19060820.2.23), 1906-08-20, Hawera & Normanby Star - [SUPPOSED SUICIDE. (Colonist, 20 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19060820.2.19.9), 1906-08-20, Colonist - [A MAN HANGED. (Wanganui Chronicle, 20 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19060820.2.27.2), 1906-08-20, Wanganui Chronicle - [A Man Hanged. (Wanganui Herald, 20 August 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH19060820.2.4.2), 1906-08-20, Wanganui Herald - [FIRES. (Ashburton Guardian, 20 August 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19070820.2.30), 1907-08-20, Ashburton Guardian - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 20 August 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19070820.2.46.3), 1907-08-20, Star - [EARTHWORK FATALITY. (Grey River Argus, 20 August 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19080820.2.16.12), 1908-08-20, Grey River Argus - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 August 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090820.2.46.2), 1909-08-20, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Mataura Ensign 20-8-1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ME19090820.2.9), 1909-08-20, Mataura Ensign - [CHRISTCHURCH ASSIZES. (Colonist, 20 August 1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19100820.2.22), 1910-08-20, Colonist - [CYCLING. (Wanganui Chronicle, 20 August 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19120820.2.3.7), 1912-08-20, Wanganui Chronicle - [DWELLINGS FOR WORKERS. (Poverty Bay Herald, 20 August 1913)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19130820.2.70), 1913-08-20, Poverty Bay Herald - [CHRISTCHURCH (Wanganui Chronicle, 20 August 1913)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19130820.2.25.58), 1913-08-20, Wanganui Chronicle - [ADDINGTON CAMP. (Ashburton Guardian, 20 August 1914)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19140820.2.17.59), 1914-08-20, Ashburton Guardian - [ADDINGTON CAMP (Grey River Argus, 20 August 1914)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19140820.2.106), 1914-08-20, Grey River Argus - [THE CHRISTCHURCH CAMP. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 20 August 1914)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19140820.2.22.20), 1914-08-20, Hawera & Normanby Star - [BOWLING (Evening Post, 20 August 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19150820.2.15), 1915-08-20, Evening Post - [A FIRM FOUNDATION. (Ashburton Guardian, 20 August 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19170820.2.6), 1917-08-20, Ashburton Guardian - [SPORTING. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 20 August 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19180820.2.3), 1918-08-20, Hawera & Normanby Star - [LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS (Marlborough Express, 20 August 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX19190820.2.16), 1919-08-20, Marlborough Express - [OBITUARY. (Colonist, 20 August 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19190820.2.99), 1919-08-20, Colonist - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Northern Advocate, 20 August 1920)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19200820.2.23.3), 1920-08-20, Northern Advocate - [AT WOOLSTON TANNERIES. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 20 August 1924)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19240820.2.10.1), 1924-08-20, Hawera & Normanby Star - [WOOLSTON FIRE. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 20 August 1924)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19240820.2.69), 1924-08-20, Hawera & Normanby Star - [Arrival at the Port of Christchurch, Canterbury: One of the Destroyers Entering Lyttelton Harbour](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/243346), 1925-08-20, Auckland Weekly News - [A Cheerful 'Jackie ' Greets Visitors From Christchurch](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/243348), 1925-08-20, Auckland Weekly News - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 August 1926)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19260820.2.2.1), 1926-08-20, Ellesmere Guardian - [BURLARS AT LINWOOD (Evening Post, 20 August 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270820.2.93), 1927-08-20, Evening Post - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 August 1929)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19290820.2.2.5), 1929-08-20, Ellesmere Guardian - [Canterbury's winter racing carnival: further pictures of the Grand National meeting at Riccarton](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/264620), 1930-08-20, Photographs / He Whakaahua - [Chief event of the second day's racing of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club's August meeting, at Addington, Christchurch](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/264454), 1930-08-20, Auckland Weekly News - [A certain cure for late rising](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/264458), 1930-08-20, Auckland Weekly News - [Prime Minister opens school dental clinic](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/264463), 1930-08-20, Auckland Weekly News - [Frolics in the snow](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/264468), 1930-08-20, Auckland Weekly News - [New Zealand Grand National racing carnival at Riccarton, Christchurch, last week](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/264619), 1930-08-20, Auckland Weekly News - [MINIATURE RIFLES (Evening Post, 20 August 1934)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19340820.2.35), 1934-08-20, Evening Post - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 August 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19350820.2.22.1), 1935-08-20, Ellesmere Guardian - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 20 August 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350820.2.151.1), 1935-08-20, Evening Post - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 August 1937)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19370820.2.50.3), 1937-08-20, Ellesmere Guardian - [TURF NEWS IN BRIEF (Evening Post, 20 August 1937)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19370820.2.159.3), 1937-08-20, Evening Post - [BROADCASTING (Evening Post, 20 August 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380820.2.18), 1938-08-20, Evening Post - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 August 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19400820.2.23.1), 1940-08-20, Ellesmere Guardian - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 20 August 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400820.2.127.2), 1940-08-20, Evening Post - [Sergeant-Pilot R. W. Taylor, of Christchurch, missing on operations](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/293394), 1941-08-20, Auckland Weekly News - [Lieut. D. A. Ballantyne, of Christchurch, missing](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/293411), 1941-08-20, Auckland Weekly News - [Lieut. L. H. V. Longmore, of Christchurch, missing](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/293412), 1941-08-20, Auckland Weekly News - [183 Hereford Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/star/prints/1977/ccl-cs-3621), 1977-08-20, Canterbury Stories - [Mona Vale gardens](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/obeirne/ccl-cs-117874), 2005-08-20, Canterbury Stories - [Night-time on Victoria Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/obeirne/ccl-cs-117875), 2005-08-20, Greg O’Beirne collection - [Mona Vale Bathhouse](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/obeirne/ccl-cs-118336), 2005-08-20, Canterbury Stories - [Bathhouse at Mona Vale](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/obeirne/ccl-cs-118337), 2005-08-20, Canterbury Stories - [Avon River level-control weir at Mona Vale](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/obeirne/ccl-cs-118338), 2005-08-20, Canterbury Stories - [Christchurch Casino and Crowne Plaza](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/obeirne/ccl-cs-118339), 2005-08-20, Greg O’Beirne collection - [Victoria Street at night](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/obeirne/ccl-cs-118340), 2005-08-20, Greg O’Beirne collection - [Corner of Peterbrough Street and Victoria Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/obeirne/ccl-cs-118341), 2005-08-20, Greg O’Beirne collection - [90 Armagh Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-56547), 2013-08-20, Canterbury Stories - [120 Hereford Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-56554), 2013-08-20, Canterbury Stories - [Linwood Avenue and Woodham Road corner](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-64807), 2017-08-20, Canterbury Stories ## Filed on this date Newest first, dates somebody filed, not dates anything happened. - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/8779975), 63 Vincent Place, Opawa, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 20 Aug 2026 - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8779968), 218 Wairakei Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 20 Aug 2026 - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8779920), 69 Lakewood Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 20 Aug 2026 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8779674), 63 Springs Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 20 Aug 2026 - [Pest / Vermin](https://www.chch.live/report/8779542), Addington Park 470 Barrington Street, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 20 Aug 2026 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8779492), 460 Wilsons Road North, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 20 Aug 2026 [← previous day](https://www.chch.live/day/08-19) · [every day](https://www.chch.live/day) · [next day →](https://www.chch.live/day/08-21) --- Data: https://api.chch.live/day?md=08-20 · the laid-out page: https://www.chch.live/day/08-20 · GeoNet’s catalogue holds 3 magnitude-3+ quakes recorded on this date, https://www.chch.live/sequence