Key Anniversaries

There are several key anniversaries in 2010 that have significance in both Christchurch and Banks Peninsula, which also tie into this year's theme:

• 50 years since Rehua Marae meeting house opens
• 100 years since the King's Theatre on Gloucester Street opened
• 150 years of the Christchurch City Fire Service
• 150 years since Stoddart's Cottage was built
• 160 years since the first settlers ship arrived (16 December 1850)
• 170 years since the first party of European settlers, led by Herriott and McGillivray, established themselves
• 180th anniversary of the Brig Elizabeth incident at Takapu-neke