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CAnterbury AP Association
Event Management in Christchurch

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View the range of 150th Anniversary Commemorative Merchandise including 'When Country Comes To Town the history of the Canterbury A P Association and Annual Show'. The Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association, established in 1863, is an association under the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act 1908. The Association hosts an annual Agricultural and Pastoral Show which has grown over the years to become the largest A P Show in New Zealand.
Following the establishment of official European settlement by the Canterbury Association in 1850 the province set about establishing itself on a rural economy and thus from its earliest European inception an interest in annually displaying the fruits of the horticultural and agricultural abilities of the area. Shows were an important part of the rural culture of England and the tradition quickly became a part of early settlement. In May 1853 an essentially horticultural display was held at the White Hart Hotel and a show of livestock held in the Market Place Victoria Square . At the conclusion of this show the Canterbury Pastoral Association was officially formed subscriptions were set at one guinea a year 4 . This was a quite grand affair with a formal dinner and ball in George Hall's Woolshed the evening not culminating until 5am 6 . As a result of the shows during the 1850s a strong move to form an Agricultural and Pastoral Association was promulgated by businessmen such as Robert Wilkin, George Gould and J T Ford who were . instrumental in merging the interests of run holders and farmers. Following the success of this venture the A P Association was formally established with Wilkin as Chair and William Moorhouse, the then Superintendent of the Province as Patron.
On the showgrounds the Association had erected an office building, new pens, a manufacturers and dairy display building and fenced the site. By the time the first show at the Addington site opened the site had been well subdivided into pens, paddocks and show areas and fenced and at least three permanent buildings built the Industrial Building, the Secretary's Building and the Treasurer's Building. The move to Addington by the A P Association was quickly justified as entries and attendance increased and entries came from the North Island and the lower part of the South Island. Side shows, industrial exhibitions and machinery and car displays became part of the show increasing the more general public interest.
In the 1950's when the official provincial holiday for the anniversary day of the province was shifted from 16 December the date of the arrival of the first of the First Four Ships , to the Friday of Show Week, a change that meant an official holiday for the banks and businesses, large numbers of people from both town and country attended the show. In 1953 three serious fires occurred at the grounds and a decision was made to build new offices near the main entrance. 1 Grandstand in 1975. 11 Through all the trails of years the two principal 1887 buildings the Industrial Building and the Treasurer's Building remained intact on the site the Treasurer's Building remaining in near original condition

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