Sound Archives: The Port of Lyttleton

The port of Lyttelton is back in the news this week with industrial action being threatened by port workers.  The historic harbour town over the hills behind Christchurch was no stranger to industrial unrest in the past and has a long history of colourful characters, as we will hear in today's visit to the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision with Sarah Johnston.

New Zealand Waterside Workers' Union Waterfront Lockout 51 loyalty card. (Alexander Turnbull Library)

Lyttelton Wharves 1949. (Alexander Turnbull Library)

Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Wellington - Lyttelton Inter-Island Steamer Express. (Alexander Turnbull Library)