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 Britannica Online http://www.tki.org.nz/r/epic/      login on the left side of the page under the EPIC heading     login - darfieldhs, password: 22darfieldhs.      Scroll down to blue highlighted links - 'Britannica online school edition K-12'     or the 'Discovering Collection' (also biographies and science plus more)  Choose either Primary, Secondary or High School levels or 'search all levels' 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/