The Lyttelton Times was the first newspaper in Canterbury, New Zealand, publishing the first edition in January 1851. It was established by the Canterbury Association as part of its planned settlement of Canterbury and developed into a liberal, at the time sometimes seen as radical, newspaper. A successor paper, The Star, is published as a free bi-weekly newspaper.
Cover of the first edition of the Lyttelton Times
James FitzGerald, the first editor of the Lyttelton Times, and later the founder of its major competitor, The Press.
James FitzGerald (New Zealand politician)
James Edward FitzGerald was a New Zealand politician. According to some historians, he should be considered the country's first premier, although a more conventional view is that neither he nor his successor should properly be given that title. He was a notable campaigner for New Zealand self-governance. He was the first Superintendent of the Canterbury Province.
James Edward Fitzgerald ca 1890
Statue of FitzGerald, Cashel St, Christchurch
Oriental Bay, Wellington showing Fitzgerald's house on top of the hill