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Canterbury Westland Kindergarten Association

The Association’s archives are held at the Kidsfirst office in Christchurch, and includes early material from individual kindergartens as well as association records and publications. The material is boxed, but not catalogued. The Association undertook an extensive history project for the centennial in 2011. This is documented in the centennial history book, posters, newsletters and the website.

Visit the Kidsfirst history webpage here.

View their timeline here.

Documents and photos

• 100 days of Kidsfirst (pdf 12.4MB)
• Centennial Cards CWKA 2011 (pdf 272KB)
• Centennial posters CWKA 2011 (pdf 1.1MB)
• Christchurch Kindergarten Chronicle 1938 (pdf 2.8MB)
• Christchurch Kindergarten Chronicle 1939 Vol. 11 (pdf 3.1MB)
• Christchurch Kindergarten Chronicle 1940 Vol. 111 (pdf 2.8MB)
• Christchurch Kindergarten – student photos 1969-74 (pdf 2.7MB)
• Christchurch Kindergarten students c.1950 undated, not labelled, CWKA (pdf 1.5MB)
• Early Childhood Care and education in Christchurch 1877-1914 Nuttall, J. 1989 (pdf 2.4MB)
• Hokitika Kindergarten Association wages book 1953 Kidsfirst, CWKA (pdf 876KB)
• Kidsfirst 100 years young CWKA (pdf 27.6MB)
• Kidsfirst kindergartens 100 years young, 1911-2011 2013 CWKA (pdf 28.2MB)
• Kidsfirst kindergartens 100 years (pdf 188KB)
• Kindergarten Chronicle covers (pdf 360KB)
• Minister of Education Peter Fraser opening Richmond Kindergarten 1936 Kidsfirst, CWKA (pdf 1.5MB)
• Phillipstown Kindergarten – album 1923 (pdf 1.3MB)
• Richmond Kindergarten – album 1933-1938 (pdf 1.6MB)
• Sunbeam Kindergarten 1889-1999 (pdf 307KB)
• Sunbeam Kindergarten 1916 Kidsfirst, CWKA (pdf 1.8MB)
• Sydenham Kindergarten 21st Birthday 1933 (pdf 1.7MB)