How many records does the archive hold?

67,402 records about Christchurch, every one linked at the provider that keeps the original.

How far back does the archive reach?

1800, the oldest record on file.

Where do the records come from?

30 collections: council archives, Papers Past, DigitalNZ’s partners, cemetery registers, the heritage list itself. The shelf says what exists and where it lives.

Are these documents verified?

They are leads and citations, not evidence, a record says a document exists and where to read it. What a document actually says is only claimed once somebody has read it; those readings live on the place pages.

Te Papa Collections Online, the shelf

Every Te Papa Collections Online record the archive holds about Christchurch, each linked at the provider that keeps the original.

1,902 records matching 0 of these 100 with their text read

the 1890s
1 Jan 1893
Sketch with buildings in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of house in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Infant sitting a chair by Wrigglesworth & Binns · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
An Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Woman by William Edwin Sorrell · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1436022 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Woman by William Edwin Sorrell · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 269072 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Man by William Edwin Sorrell · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Veronica chathamica Buchanan Plants · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1416413 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1416423 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1416378 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1416397 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1416414 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1416390 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Landscape in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Landscape sketch from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Father Fay by William Edwin Sorrell · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of landscape in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1416400 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Horse and cart in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Figure sketch in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Marked page from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1417942 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of trees in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1416383 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Landscape sketch from An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of landfroms in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Landscape sketch in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of hills in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1416377 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of trees in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1416407 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of hills from An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of hills in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1416389 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of landscape in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1416386 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Two sketches in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of sailboat in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Campfire scene from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Page from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1417986 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch in an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1417943 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Elevation from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketches in an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1417962 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Infant wearing a coat by William Edwin Sorrell · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch from An Otira Sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1417922 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Plant study in an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of mountain in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of landforms in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Landscape sketch in an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Page from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1417988 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Landform sketch in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Couple in interior in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Two scenes from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1418014 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of hills/peaks from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of road from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of Porters Pass from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1417966 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of cottage in an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Inner front cover of An Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of hills/ mountain in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
sketch of cows grazing in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of girl with cat in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of two young girls in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Name and address in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of cow in landscape in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of a figure in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of seated man in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of cottage from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Horse and wagon from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Figure on mountain road in an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of mountains in An Otira Sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of hills in an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1417977 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Page with no subject from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Distant landscape view from an Otira sketcbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of figure kneeling in an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of hills in an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1417952 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of Porters Pass from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1417958 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Mountain Stream, Otira Gorge by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch inscribed Porters Pass from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of a kettle in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of man reading in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Double page landscape sketch from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1417980 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of hills from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of an overmantle in an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Double page landscape sketch from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1417979 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Inside back cover of An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Inside front cover of An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of cows in field in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of three cats in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of seated cat in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of figure in an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of a bucket from An Otira Sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of Porters Pass from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1417928 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of rock formation from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Marks on page from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of mountain pass in an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of cottage and cart from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch entitled Mt Torlesse, Springfield from an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Obscured sketch of two standing figures fom An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Cow with head in bucket in An 1893 sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Inner back cover of An Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1893
Sketch of a rock formation in an Otira sketchbook by Petrus van der Velden · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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