A photograph of the delegates to the second meeting of the National Council of Women, Christchurch, 1897. Ada Wells is seated in the middle row, second from left. Kate Sheppard is in the same row, fourth from left.
This cartoon from the Maoriland Worker depicts the incident when Harry Atkinson was expelled from the A & P Show for giving out 'inflammatory and illegal' material.
Manifesto calling on men to passively resist conscription under the Defence Act. The manifesto was likely produced in 1911, during the early days of opposition to compulsory military training.
This machine gun, captured in the South African war was on display in the city. It was rolled into the river in September 1912. The PRU denied all knowledge.