Cranmer Square

[2] The first rugby game played in New Zealand may have occurred on Cranmer Square in 1863 between Christ’s College and the ‘Gentlemen of Christchurch’.

[3] Celebrations for the first successful trans-Tasman air flight, by Charles Kingsford Smith, were held in Cranmer Square in late 1928.

[4] As a result of the damage to Christchurch Cathedral in the 2011 Canterbury earthquakes, Cranmer Square has been used as the venue for Returned Servicemen's Association commemorations.

[6] Cranmer Square was covered in white crosses on ANZAC days between 2015 and 2018 honouring the servicemen and women who died in WWI in 1915.

Celebrations for the first successful trans-Tasman air flight, by Charles Kingsford Smith, were held in Cranmer Square in late 1928.