The public holiday was originally was on 15 December the anniversary day of the old Canterbury province marking the arrival of the First Four Ships. It was moved to the Friday of Show Week sometime between.
The reason for the Canterbury anniversary was moved to a Friday in because Canterbury Anniversary Day commemorates the arrival of the first two boats carrying emigrants from the England the Charlotte Jane and the Randolph on December 16 1850. The date was moved to the second Friday after the first Tuesday of November between 1955 and 1958 to coincide with Christchurch Show Day.
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