High Street 1910
Some local authorities were the Avon Road Board (later Waimairi County Council), Heathcote Road Board (later Heathcote County Council) and Riccarton Road Board (later Riccarton Borough Council). There were borough councils at New Brighton (amalgamated with Christchurch city in 1941), St Albans, Linwood and Sydenham (amalgamated in 1903), Spreydon and Woolston (amalgamated in 1921).
Waimairi District Council, Paparua County Council, Riccarton Borough Council, Heathcote County Council, Christchurch Drainage Board and Christchurch Transport Board amalgamated with Christchurch City Council in November 1989; Banks Peninsula District Council in 2005.
Due to this process of amalgamation and re-structuring Christchurch City Council Archives holds records created by a number of these superseded local authorities. These include:
- Borough Councils: Riccarton, Sydenham, New Brighton, Spreydon, St Albans, Sumner, Linwood, Woolston
- Cemetery Boards: Prebbleton, Belfast, Christchurch, Lincoln
- Christchurch Drainage Board
- Christchurch Fire Brigade Board
- Christchurch Tramways/Transport Board
- County Councils: Heathcote, Paparua, Selwyn
- Domain Boards: Halswell, Hillsborough, Templeton, Fendalton, Upper Riccarton, Spencer Park, Christchurch, Rawhiti, New Brighton, Papanui, Prebbleton, Richmond, Cashmere, Marshland
- Former Christchurch City Council
- Halswell District Community Council
- Metropolitan Milk Board
- Milk Delivery Board
- Roads Boards: Heathcote, Avon, Riccarton, Spreydon, Linwood, Sumner, Woolston, Tai-Tapu, Little River, Waimairi District/County Council
Please note: Some Borough Council material continues to be held by other organisations (e.g. Akaroa Museum and the Sumner-Redcliffs Historical Society). We may refer you on to these organisations if we do not hold the resources you need.
