Pathfinders EARLY CANTERBURY The following keywords and websites links will help you learn more about life on ships to NZ in the early days of Canterbury history and what life was like at the time. Subject headings, keywords First four ships, early Canterbury, Canterbury pilgrims, early settlers, Deans brothers, Riccarton, Lyttleton, Bridle Path Dewey Numbers 993   New Zealand history 993.8  Canterbury history Information File Canterbury history Reference: New Zealand heritage, New Zealand encyclopedia, The summer ships On-line databases and websites Christchurch city Library local history EPIC database search http://www.tki.org.nz/r/epic/ . It will ask for a TKI login - darfieldhs, password: 22darfieldhs.  Scroll down to Databases for yr 7-10 Students, then click "access database" when you reach Encyclopedia Britannica Online type in what you wish to research.  You have the option of primary or secondary level. http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Heritage/EarlyChristchurch/FirstFourShips.asp http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/NewZealandPeoples/TheVoyageOut/4/en Select 'Life on board' On the left-hand side of the page is a list of topics, e.g. Sickness on board, Personal accounts, where you can read accounts of life on the ships, or people's diaries of the voyage. http://www.pukeariki.com/en/stories/immigration/halcione.asp (the land of milk and honey) http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Heritage/LocalHistory/  www.pilgrims.co.nz/