Here are some activities for primary school aged children. All the downloads are pdfs. DIOCESAN ARCHIVES’ COVID-19 COLLECTION – The Covid19 pandemic has brought a
Nestled away in the Diocesan Archives was this wonderful, albeit fragile, calendar commemorating the Holy Year 1933-1934. It depicts the complete unbroken line of successors
The 1981 South African rugby tour, known as the Springbok Tour, polarised opinions and inspired widespread protests across New Zealand. This pack contains two items
This resource Early Canterbury Resource 1 Akaroa provides extracts from our oldest archive—a note book dated 1840-44, recording the first baptisms, confirmations, marriages and funerals in
This resource Early Canterbury Resource 2 – Fr Chataigner SM provides some insight into life in early Canterbury using a letter from Fr Chataigner SM, to
The resource Bishop Grimes on the West Coast uses a sermon delivered by Bishop Grimes describing his visit to the West Coast in 1901. It provides
A Columban Martyr uses a letter found in Bishop Lyons’ correspondence to tell the story of Fr Francis Vernon Douglas, a Wellington priest, who was
Antarctic Tragedy Resource pack discusses Robert Falcon Scott’s doomed Antarctic Expedition and uses a sermon from Bishop Grimes, ‘The Awful Tragedy of the Southern Antarctic’ delivered
In an increasingly digital learning environment, it is important for all Students to understand primary and secondary sources, and the implications of using a range