# 20 December in the Christchurch archive 96 Christchurch records dated 20 December across the years, the feed’s ledger also filed 1,185 reports on this date. 96 records shown, each link goes to the institution that keeps the original. - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 20 December 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18511220.2.15.1), 1851-12-20, Lyttelton Times - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 20 December 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18541220.2.3.2), 1854-12-20, Lyttelton Times - [Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 20 December 1856)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18561220.2.13.3), 1856-12-20, Lyttelton Times - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 20 December 1856)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18561220.2.4.2), 1856-12-20, Lyttelton Times - [The Lyttelton Times, Saturday, December 20. (Lyttelton Times, 20 December 1856)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18561220.2.6), 1856-12-20, Lyttelton Times - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 December 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18691220.2.12.1), 1869-12-20, Star - [News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 20 December 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18731220.2.46), 1873-12-20, Otago Witness - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 20 December 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18751220.2.2.1), 1875-12-20, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 December 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18771220.2.16.1), 1877-12-20, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH (Star, 20 December 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18771220.2.8.1), 1877-12-20, Star - [AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 December 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18781220.2.11), 1878-12-20, Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 December 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18821220.2.14.1), 1882-12-20, no. 14.1, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 December 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18821220.2.21.1), 1882-12-20, no. 21.1, Star - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 20 December 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18821220.2.9.6), 1882-12-20, Star - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 20 December 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18821220.2.9.7), 1882-12-20, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 December 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18831220.2.17.1), 1883-12-20, Star - [SPORTING. (Timaru Herald, 20 December 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18861220.2.13), 1886-12-20, Timaru Herald - [Page 24 Advertisements Column 2 (New Zealand Tablet, 20 December 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZT18891220.2.34.2), 1889-12-20, New Zealand Tablet - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Feilding Star, 20 December 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS18921220.2.31.5), 1892-12-20, Feilding Star - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Otago Daily Times, 20 December 1892)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18921220.2.3.4), 1892-12-20, Otago Daily Times - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 December 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18951220.2.43.1), 1895-12-20, Star - [PRIZE DISTRIBUTIONS. (Star, 20 December 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18951220.2.47), 1895-12-20, Star - [NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB. (Star, 20 December 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18951220.2.65), 1895-12-20, Star - [SWIMMING. (Star, 20 December 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18971220.2.52), 1897-12-20, Star - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 December 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18981220.2.14.2), 1898-12-20, Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser - [CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALES. CHRISTCHURCH, November 22. (Otago Daily Times, 20 December 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18981220.2.102), 1898-12-20, Otago Daily Times - [SWIMMING. (Star, 20 December 1898)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18981220.2.8), 1898-12-20, Star - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 December 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18991220.2.2.4), 1899-12-20, Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 December 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG18991220.2.3.1), 1899-12-20, Ellesmere Guardian - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 December 1899)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18991220.2.56.1), 1899-12-20, Star - [MARRIAGE. (Colonist, 20 December 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19001220.2.8), 1900-12-20, Colonist - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 December 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19011220.2.64.1), 1901-12-20, Star - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 20 December 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19011220.2.65.5), 1901-12-20, Star - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 20 December 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19011220.2.65.6), 1901-12-20, Star - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Ashburton Guardian, 20 December 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19051220.2.2.3), 1905-12-20, Ashburton Guardian - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 20 December 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19051220.2.11.5), 1905-12-20, Evening Post - [CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 20 December 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19051220.2.20.9), 1905-12-20, Hawera & Normanby Star - [A CHRISTCHURCH DEMONSTRATION CHRISTCHURCH, December 15. (Otago Witness, 20 December 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19051220.2.133), 1905-12-20, Otago Witness - [TABLE TALK. MONDAY, December 18. (Otago Witness, 20 December 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19051220.2.303), 1905-12-20, Otago Witness - [THE CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. CHRISTCHURCH, December 15. (Otago Witness, 20 December 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19051220.2.78), 1905-12-20, Otago Witness - [ASSAULT. (Colonist, 20 December 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19051220.2.15.4), 1905-12-20, Colonist - [MOTORING. (Star, 20 December 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19051220.2.51), 1905-12-20, Star - [Postcard, New Zealand International Exhibition, 1906-07](https://collection.hawkesbaymuseum.com/objects/88218), 1906-12-20, no. 88218, Hawke's Bay Museum - [Postcard, New Zealand International Exhibition, 1906-07](https://collection.hawkesbaymuseum.com/objects/88219), 1906-12-20, no. 88219, Hawke's Bay Museum - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 December 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19061220.2.39.2), 1906-12-20, Star - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 20 December 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19061220.2.67.1), 1906-12-20, Star - [ATHLETICS. (Otago Daily Times 20-12-1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19061220.2.18), 1906-12-20, Otago Daily Times - [Northern sewer plan of allotments. 1 of 2](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/christchurch-drainage-board/ccl-cs-93812), 1909-12-20, Christchurch Drainage Board, plans, maps and drawings - [Northern sewer plan of allotments. 2 of 2](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/christchurch-drainage-board/ccl-cs-93813), 1909-12-20, Christchurch Drainage Board, plans, maps and drawings - [A FATAL COLLISION. (Colonist, 20 December 1910)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19101220.2.79), 1910-12-20, Colonist - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Ashburton Guardian, 20 December 1911)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19111220.2.53.5), 1911-12-20, Ashburton Guardian - [The square, Christchurch, Canterbury's noble cathedral in the foreground](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/147948), 1911-12-20, Photographs / He Whakaahua - [Mr L. M. Isitt (G), Christchurch North](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/147979), 1911-12-20, Photographs / He Whakaahua - [Mr G. Davey (G), Christchurch East](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/147981), 1911-12-20, Photographs / He Whakaahua - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ashburton Guardian, 20 December 1913)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19131220.2.2.2), 1913-12-20, Ashburton Guardian - [Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 20 December 1913)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19131220.2.32.4), 1913-12-20, Evening Post - [NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB (Hawera & Normanby Star, 20 December 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19151220.2.36.2), 1915-12-20, Hawera & Normanby Star - [SPORTING (Otago Daily Times 20-12-1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19151220.2.55), 1915-12-20, Otago Daily Times - [LOCAL AND GENERAL (Evening Post, 20 December 1916)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19161220.2.42), 1916-12-20, Evening Post - [MAIL NOTICES. (Grey River Argus, 20 December 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19171220.2.3), 1917-12-20, Grey River Argus - [LOCAL AND GENERAL (Evening Post, 20 December 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19181220.2.33), 1918-12-20, Evening Post - [INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. (Poverty Bay Herald, 20 December 1918)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19181220.2.25), 1918-12-20, Poverty Bay Herald - [DEATHS. (Evening Post, 20 December 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19191220.2.4), 1919-12-20, Evening Post - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 20 December 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19191220.2.44.4), 1919-12-20, NZ Truth - [VISITING TEAM FROM CHRISTCHURCH. (Grey River Argus, 20 December 1920)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19201220.2.22), 1920-12-20, Grey River Argus - [NEW BRIGHTON TRUTS. (Grey River Argus, 20 December 1920)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19201220.2.23.1), 1920-12-20, Grey River Argus - [Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 20 December 1922)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19221220.2.20.5), 1922-12-20, Evening Post - [HEATHCOTE-WILLIAMS SHIELD (Evening Post, 20 December 1923)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19231220.2.8.4), 1923-12-20, Evening Post - [CRICKET. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 20 December 1923)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19231220.2.55.3), 1923-12-20, Hawera & Normanby Star - [GAMES AT CHRISTCHURCH. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 20 December 1924)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19241220.2.62.4), 1924-12-20, Hawera & Normanby Star - [Presents in Plenty (NZ Truth, 20 December 1924)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19241220.2.36), 1924-12-20, NZ Truth - [HAVE IT ENLARGED. (NZ Truth, 20 December 1924)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19241220.2.71.6), 1924-12-20, NZ Truth - [AT NEW BRIGHTON (Evening Post, 20 December 1926)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19261220.2.24.3), 1926-12-20, Evening Post - [WOMEN JUSTICES (Evening Post, 20 December 1926)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19261220.2.76), 1926-12-20, Evening Post - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 December 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19271220.2.14.2), 1927-12-20, Ellesmere Guardian - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 December 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19271220.2.2.5), 1927-12-20, Ellesmere Guardian - [Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 20 December 1927)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19271220.2.131.1), 1927-12-20, Evening Post - [CHRISTCHURCH SWELTERS (Evening Post, 20 December 1934)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19341220.2.111), 1934-12-20, Evening Post - [PROVISION FOR FAMILY (Evening Post, 20 December 1934)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19341220.2.186), 1934-12-20, Evening Post - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 December 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19351220.2.2.5), 1935-12-20, Ellesmere Guardian - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 December 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19351220.2.2.6), 1935-12-20, Ellesmere Guardian - [ART UNION DRAW (Evening Post, 20 December 1935)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19351220.2.96), 1935-12-20, Evening Post - [MENACE TO PUBLIC (Evening Post, 20 December 1937)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19371220.2.125), 1937-12-20, Evening Post - [MR..W..H..CORRIGAN (Evening Post, 20 December 1937)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19371220.2.141), 1937-12-20, Evening Post - [ROYAL AIR FORCE (Evening Post, 20 December 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19381220.2.118), 1938-12-20, Evening Post - [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 20 December 1938)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19381220.2.140.5), 1938-12-20, Evening Post - [OF WIDE INTEREST (Evening Post, 20 December 1939)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19391220.2.161.1), 1939-12-20, Evening Post - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 December 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19401220.2.5.1), 1940-12-20, Ellesmere Guardian - [ENGAGEMENTS (Evening Post, 20 December 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19411220.2.107.1), 1941-12-20, Evening Post - [Spring time in Christchurch](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/300507), 1944-12-20, Auckland Weekly News - [Firefighting team of two](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2021/ccl-cs-40502), 1966-12-20, Canterbury Stories - [Lavatera trimestris](https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/353488), 1997-12-20, Natural Science - [Buccinulum littorinoides](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/69660651), 2020-12-20, no. 69660651, iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao - [Buccinulum littorinoides](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/69660653), 2020-12-20, no. 69660653, iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao - [Buccinulum littorinoides](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/69660654), 2020-12-20, no. 69660654, iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao - [Notice Declaring the Clean Zones and Clean Periods for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 (WCWC 2022) Host City Venues](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2021-go5520), 2021-12-20, New Zealand Gazette ## Filed on this date Newest first, dates somebody filed, not dates anything happened. - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7415291), 16 Fairfield Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand · 20 Dec 2025 - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7415252), 3 Harris Cres, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 20 Dec 2025 - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7415196), 4 Strand Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 20 Dec 2025 - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7415108), 5 Rosella St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 20 Dec 2025 - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7414935), 36 Brittan St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 20 Dec 2025 - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7414902), 18B Cintra Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand · 20 Dec 2025 [← previous day](https://www.chch.live/day/12-19) · [every day](https://www.chch.live/day) · [next day →](https://www.chch.live/day/12-21) --- Data: https://api.chch.live/day?md=12-20 · the laid-out page: https://www.chch.live/day/12-20 · GeoNet’s catalogue holds 3 magnitude-3+ quakes recorded on this date, https://www.chch.live/sequence