How many records does the archive hold?

65,200 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.

“"Bedford Row"”, the shelf

Every record the archive holds about Christchurch, the oldest first. The originals live at the provider each row links to.

135 records matching 32 of these 35 with their text read Papers Past · Canterbury Stories · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Te Papa Collections Online · National Publicity Studios black and white file prints · TAPUHI · Canterbury Museum · Auckland Museum Collections · New Zealand Gazette · Digital Public Library of America · V.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph Collection · Christchurch City Libraries Flickr · Hocken Digital Collections · Museums Victoria · Air Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph Collection · Wellington City Council Archives · The New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero · New Zealand Electronic Text Collection · Christchurch City Libraries Heritage Images Collection · Lincoln University Living Heritage: Tikaka Tuku Iho · Flickr · Radio New Zealand · Alexander Turnbull Library Flickr · Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki · Te Hikoi Museum · iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao · Manawatū Heritage · Canterbury Photography Museum · Akaroa Museum · Hawke's Bay Museum

the 1920s
16 Aug 1920
Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Northern Advocate, 16 August 1920) Northern Advocate · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Aug 1920
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Marlborough Express, 18 August 1920) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Aug 1920
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Northern Advocate, 20 August 1920) Northern Advocate · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Aug 1920
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ashburton Guardian, 24 August 1920) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Sept 1920
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Ashburton Guardian, 02 September 1920) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Sept 1920
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Northern Advocate, 14 September 1920) Northern Advocate · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Sept 1920
IN BANKRUPTCY. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 24 September 1920) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Oct 1920
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ashburton Guardian, 25 October 1920) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Nov 1920
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ashburton Guardian, 03 November 1920) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1920
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Northern Advocate, 04 November 1920) Northern Advocate · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1920
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ashburton Guardian, 05 November 1920) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1920
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Grey River Argus, 05 November 1920) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Nov 1920
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ashburton Guardian, 06 November 1920) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Nov 1920
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ashburton Guardian, 08 November 1920) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Nov 1920
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Northern Advocate, 11 November 1920) Northern Advocate · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Nov 1920
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 23 November 1920) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Nov 1920
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Marlborough Express, 30 November 1920) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Mar 1921
Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 02 March 1921) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Mar 1921
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 05 March 1921) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Mar 1921
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 09 March 1921) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Mar 1921
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 March 1921) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Mar 1921
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ashburton Guardian, 19 March 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1921
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Hawera & Normanby Star, 23 March 1921) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Mar 1921
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 26 March 1921) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Aug 1921
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ashburton Guardian, 05 August 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Aug 1921
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ashburton Guardian, 29 August 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Nov 1921
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Ashburton Guardian, 11 November 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Feb 1923
Untitled (NZ Truth, 03 February 1923) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Sept 1927
Page 15 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 01 September 1927) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Dec 1929
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 19 December 1929) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1930s
1 Dec 1934
Central city block, sheet no. 14 Central city block plans · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
the 1940s
11 Sept 1943
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 11 September 1943) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 2010s
1 Jan 2011
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly street scenes taken in the Red Zone by Millennium Hotel Christchurch · TAPUHI · Alexander Turnbull Library · about 1 place
1 Jan 2012
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of Christchurch central city buildings TAPUHI · Alexander Turnbull Library · about 1 place
14 Feb 2013
Notice of Intention to Take Land for Part of the Frame - North and East New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places

Most of these originals are not republishable here, the link goes to the provider that keeps them. A search result is a lead, not evidence: what a document actually says is only claimed once somebody has read it, and those readings live on the place pages.

“"Bedford Row"”, the shelf

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