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.

“"Durham Street South"”, the shelf

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

145 records matching 34 of these 45 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 1900s
27 Mar 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
26 May 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 26 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 May 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 28 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Oct 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jan 1907
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 January 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1907
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 23 March 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jul 1907
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 09 July 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Jul 1907
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 31 July 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1 Aug 1907
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 01 August 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
2 Aug 1907
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 02 August 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Dec 1907
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 December 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Mar 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 21 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Aug 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Oct 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 24 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
7 Nov 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 November 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Nov 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 11 November 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Nov 1908
THE GENERAL ELECTIONS. YESTERDAY'S POLLING. (Star, 18 November 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 7 places
6 Feb 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 06 February 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Mar 1909
METHODISM. (Feilding Star, 06 March 1909) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 20 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 20 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Aug 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 14 August 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Sept 1909
Page 11 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 18 September 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
22 Sept 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 September 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1910s
26 Feb 1910
METHODIST MINISTRY (Evening Post, 26 February 1910) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Mar 1910
FIRST READING OF STATIONS. (Marlborough Express, 01 March 1910) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Mar 1910
METHODIST MINISTRY. (Marlborough Express, 10 March 1910) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Feb 1911
METHODIST CONFERENCE. (Ashburton Guardian, 27 February 1911) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jan 1912
Rhododendron Island, Christchurch, 1912 Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
3 Jan 1916
METHODIST CHURCH (Otago Daily Times 1-3-1916) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Mar 1916
FIRST READING OF STATIONS. (Ashburton Guardian, 01 March 1916) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Mar 1916
METHODISM (Evening Post, 01 March 1916) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Mar 1919
METHODISM. (Ashburton Guardian, 05 March 1919) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Mar 1919
METHODIST STATIONS. (Ashburton Guardian, 10 March 1919) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1970s
11 Oct 1976
Construction of the Durham Street South bridge by Christchurch Star · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
the 1980s
18 Mar 1988
Bridge of Remembrance by Christchurch Star · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
the 1990s
1 Jan 1999
Looking west from Colombo Street overbridge Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
the 2000s
1 Jan 2005
Overbridge and 13 Cass Street Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
29 Sept 2007
95 Oxford Terrace and Durham Street South Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
29 Sept 2007
St Michael and All Angels and 95 Oxford Terrace Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
13 Sept 2009
Friendship Corner and Durham Street South Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
the 2010s
20 Feb 2014
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
10 May 2015
Regatta on Avon Canterbury Stories · no. 59695 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
10 May 2015
Regatta on Avon Canterbury Stories · no. 59684 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
10 Aug 2017
Wilmer Street to Montreal Street Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place

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.

“"Durham Street South"”, the shelf

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