“"The Runway"”, the shelf

Every record the archive holds about Christchurch, the oldest first. The originals live at the provider each row links to.

Every collection Papers PastCanterbury StoriesKura Heritage Collections OnlineTe Papa Collections OnlineNational Publicity Studios black and white file printsTAPUHICanterbury MuseumAuckland Museum CollectionsNew Zealand GazetteDigital Public Library of AmericaV.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph CollectionChristchurch City Libraries FlickrHocken Digital CollectionsMuseums VictoriaAir Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph CollectionWellington City Council ArchivesThe New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi KōreroNew Zealand Electronic Text CollectionChristchurch City Libraries Heritage Images CollectionLincoln University Living Heritage: Tikaka Tuku IhoFlickrRadio New ZealandAlexander Turnbull Library FlickrAuckland Art Gallery Toi o TāmakiTe Hikoi MuseumiNaturalist NZ — Mātaki TaiaoManawatū HeritageCanterbury Photography MuseumAkaroa MuseumHawke's Bay Museum Every paper StarEvening PostLyttelton TimesAuckland Weekly NewsEllesmere GuardianPhotographs / He WhakaahuaAkaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula AdvertiserAshburton GuardianPhotographyOtago WitnessSamuel Anstey collectionArchives NZ Collections searchOtago Daily TimesPhotographic ArchiveNZ TruthTimaru HeraldColonistWanganui ChroniclePoverty Bay HeraldHawera & Normanby StarGrey River ArgusPlantsMarlborough ExpressGreg O’Beirne collectionAuckland StarNatural ScienceNorth Otago TimesWest Coast TimesWanganui HeraldRecords of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseMED Historical PhotographsJessie Buckland collectionNelson Evening MailFeilding StarWairarapa Daily TimesWildey collection2019 Photo HuntJan Shuttleworth Collection2013 Photo HuntTaranaki Daily NewsMataura EnsignTaranaki HeraldPioneer Amateur Sports club imagesNew Zealand TabletChristchurch and Banks Peninsula glass plate collectionHawke's Bay HeraldSutton glass platesThe imperial album of New Zealand sceneryArt2014 Photo HuntHuman HistoryNorthern AdvocateSouthland TimesThames StarParks and gardens : glass slides1940s Christchurch Star photographsLog book, May 1862 to May 1864ObserverDocumentary HeritageLog on board the S.S. Somersetshire, 1869 Oldest first Newest first Newest to the shelf

1. the 1920s
1. 23 Jun 1921

   The D.H.9 aeroplane, which has been specially prepared by the Canterbury Aviation Company, for running the Christchurch-Blenheim mail services Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
2. 3 Oct 1928

   THE RETURN FLIGHT (Evening Post, 03 October 1928) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3. the 2000s
3. 4 Oct 2001

   A US Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III from McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Washington, on the runway at Christchurch, New Zealand, during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001-2002 by Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994 · Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense · Digital Public Library of America · Digital Public Library of America
4. 19 Oct 2001

   A C-141C Starlifter rolls down the runway for departure from Christchurch, New Zealand, to McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Military airlift provides the transport of passengers and cargo during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001 by Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994 · Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense · Digital Public Library of America · Digital Public Library of America
5. 19 Oct 2001

   A C-141C Starlifter rolls down the runway for departure from Christchurch, New Zealand, to McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Military airlift provides transport of passengers and cargo in support of Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001 by Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994 · Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense · Digital Public Library of America · Digital Public Library of America

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