ChristchurchHistorian

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This Wikipedian joined Wikipedia on September 10, 2019 (6 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 6 days ago).

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This user has made more than 3,000 contributions to Wikipedia.

This user has taken and uploaded 381 images to Wikipedia and Commons.

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This user likes to read reference books, like encyclopedias and atlases.

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Christchurch, New Zealand.

This user contributes to the Christchurch Taskforce, which is part of WikiProject New Zealand.

Hello, I am ChristchurchHistorian! My interests in Wikipedia range from New Zealand social and architectural history, geology, and geography. Outside of Wikipedia, I collect books (mainly out-of-print, rare, and new-print editions), which I use to help with research and article creation.

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Ambitions

My current ambitions is to contribute to Christchurch/Canterbury related articles, specifically for historic buildings and sites on English Wikipedia. I am also contributing images to Wikimedia Commons as well as data to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap.

Contributions

Created pages (26)

Shadow Cabinet of Todd Muller – 22 May 2020
Shadow Cabinet of Judith Collins – 14 July 2020
St John's Church, Hororata – 1 August 2020
Homebush, New Zealand – 1 August 2020
Christchurch Catholic Cathedral – 21 September 2020
Hororata Highland Games – 16 November 2020
Peter Carrell – 2 May 2021
2021 Auckland supermarket stabbing – 3 September 2021
Whitecliffs Branch historical site – 1 October 2021
Shadow Cabinet of Christopher Luxon – 30 November 2021
Convoy 2022 New Zealand – 13 February 2022
Worcester Street, Christchurch – 1 August 2022
Homebush Homestead – 7 August 2022
Jules Radich – 8 October 2022
Tama Potaka – 10 December 2022
The Station, Rolleston – 18 December 2022
Seascape (Auckland) – 28 December 2022
54th New Zealand Parliament – 20 January 2023
2023 New Zealand census – 27 January 2023
Hawkins, New Zealand – 20 April 2023
St Joseph's Church, Darfield – 26 July 2023
Midland Club Building – 6 December 2023
Malvern Hills, New Zealand – 13 September 2025
Glentunnel Library – 15 December 2025
Terrace Station Homestead – 5 June 2026

Deleted pages (2)

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Choir and Orchestra – 11 March 2020 - 23 July 2020; 4 months, 13 days
February 2023 North Island floods – 16 February 2023 - 23 February 2023; 7 days

Planned pages

Current project (sandbox): Terrace Station Homestead

Greater Christchurch – 10 December 2022
Timeline of Christchurch (Draft:Amalgamations with Christchurch City) – 28 December 2022
TW Adams Arboretum – 18 January 2023
Cotons' Cottage – 27 January 2023
Terrace Station Homestead – 27 January 2023
Racecourse Hill Homestead – 20 August 2023
Rockwood Homestead – 20 August 2023
Bangor Estate Homestead – 10 September 2023
South Island Agricultural Field Days – 6 December 2023
St Andrew of the Glen, Glentunnel – 13 December 2023
Steventon Homestead – 13 December 2023
Michael McConnell – 11 May 2024
Tait House – 8 August 2024
Flagpole Hill – 6 October 2025
Oyster Gully – 6 October 2025
Department of Geology, University of Otago – 24 February 2026
Canterbury Provincial Council – 1 June 2026

Research

Library

Books I have used in my contributions:


Title	Author	Publisher	Printed	Published Date	Edition	ISBN	Notes
The View From Tussock Square: An Illustrated Folk History of Darfield	Margaret E. Knowles	Roger Knowles	Hilton Press	1998	1	0-473-05309-8	Signed by Roger Knowles
Malvern County: A Centennial History	G. L. Popple	The Malvern County Council, with aid from the Canterbury Centennial Association	Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd	1953	1	D978021018300	From the personal collection of Sir Walter Nash
Homesteads: The Story of New Zealand's Grand Country Houses	Debra Millar	Point. Publishing	1010 Printing	2020	1	978-0-473-52362-6	—
Christchurch Changing: An Illustrated History	Geoffrey W. Rice	Canterbury University Press	The Caxton Press	1999	1	0-908812-53-1	Signed by Geoffrey W. Rice
Christchurch	Sally and Warren Jacobs	New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd	Colorcraft Ltd	2006	1	978-1-86966-157-1	—
Earthquake: Christchurch, New Zealand, 22 February 2011	Chris Moore and Press journalists	Random House New Zealand	Printlink	2011	1	978-1-86979-699-0	—
Early Christchurch	R. C. Lamb	Christchurch Public Library	The Caxton Press	1963	1	CIR1625884287	—
The Evolution of a City	J. P. Morrison	Christchurch City Council	Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd	1948	1	CIR1638161613	Timaru Public Library Collection
The Early Canterbury Runs	L. G. D. Acland	Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd	The Caxton Press	1951	4 (Complete Edition)	2471681357413?	—
St Joseph's Cathedral Dunedin New Zealand Centennial Year 1886-1986	Rev. Peter R. Mee	Tablet Printing Company, Dunedin	—	1986	1	D978023015300	Napier Public Library Collection
St. Joseph's Cathedral Choir: Jubilee Souvenir 1862-1922	Joseph James Wilson	St. Joseph's Cathedral Choir, Dunedin, New Zealand	—	1922	1	—	—

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