Our Stories Project Story map

Connecting people and places through storytelling.

Free self-guided audio walks, told by the people who were there. Bring headphones.

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You fall into step with somebody you've never seen before, and probably never see again.Earthquake Memory Walk
I'd taken the week off work, because I was getting married on the Saturday.Earthquake Memory Walk
Forgiveness and permission were very easy to get after the earthquake.Earthquake Memory Walk
Spare a thought for the kids who had the steep hills of Lyttelton to tackle on their paper routes.Lyttelton Stories

Experience a self-guided story walk

Put your headphones on, walk the route, and listen to the people who were there. Every walk is free.

Ōtautahi Christchurch

Earthquake Memory Walk

30 minutes · 1.6 km · starts outside Quake City

More than 30 voices from the CEISMIC archive, from people who were in the central city on 22 February 2011.

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Lyttelton

Lyttelton Stories

19 stops · 3.5 km · starts at the Information Centre

Mischief and misfortune in the harbour town, and the mysterious Goat Man.

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Ōtautahi Christchurch

1981 Springbok Tour

9 stops · across the city · listen anywhere

The tour that split the country, remembered street by street by people who were on both sides of it.

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Our mission

Our Stories Project Trust is a registered charity with a mission to connect communities through storytelling and to make local history accessible.

We train students to be oral historians and record stories from people in their local community. Those stories are edited, mapped to the places they happened, and given back to everyone for free.

Connect → Collect → Curate

An Our Stories walk in progress

As featured in

RNZ Stuff The Star Spark Sport

Keeping history alive

We train students to be oral historians and record stories from people in their local community.

Free for New Zealand schools. We bring the training, the recording kit and the editing.

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Recording a story

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You don't need us in the room. Our recording tool walks you through the questions and keeps the audio safe.

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With support from

Rātā Foundation Christchurch City Council