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.

“Ballantynes”, the shelf

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

180 records matching 66 of these 80 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
6 Oct 1906
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 06 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 31 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Dec 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 11 December 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Dec 1906
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 18 December 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Dec 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 19 December 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Dec 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 26 December 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Dec 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 31 December 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Feb 1907
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 11 February 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Feb 1907
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 14 February 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Feb 1907
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 21 February 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Mar 1907
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 March 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Apr 1907
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 06 April 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
13 Apr 1907
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 13 April 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1907
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 20 April 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
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
31 Aug 1907
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 31 August 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Oct 1907
Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 (Marlborough Express, 12 October 1907) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Nov 1907
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 12 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Nov 1907
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 16 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Feb 1908
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 18 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
21 Feb 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 21 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Mar 1908
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 24 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
25 Apr 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jun 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 02 June 1908) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jun 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 03 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jun 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 20 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jul 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 July 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jul 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 13 July 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jul 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 17 July 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Sept 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Oct 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
22 Oct 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Nov 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 11 November 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Feb 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 13 February 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Feb 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 18 February 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Feb 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 23 February 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Apr 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 14 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
21 Apr 1909
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 21 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 May 1909
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Jun 1909
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 June 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Nov 1909
Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 06 November 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Nov 1909
Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 27 November 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Dec 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 December 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Dec 1909
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 December 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Dec 1909
Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 24 December 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1910s
1 Jan 1910
Photograph: Christchurch Tram Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
8 Jul 1910
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ashburton Guardian, 08 July 1910) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jul 1910
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ashburton Guardian, 11 July 1910) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Dec 1911
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Colonist, 14 December 1911) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jul 1919
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Marlborough Express, 01 July 1919) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1920s
25 Feb 1927
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 25 February 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 May 1929
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 21 May 1929) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1930s
29 Jul 1930
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 29 July 1930) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Mar 1931
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 10 March 1931) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Mar 1932
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 22 March 1932) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Dec 1932
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 02 December 1932) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jun 1933
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 30 June 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Aug 1933
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 August 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jul 1934
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 July 1934) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jul 1934
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 July 1934) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1935
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 09 April 1935) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Apr 1935
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 23 April 1935) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Apr 1935
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 26 April 1935) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1936
Cretonne is cool in Summer and gay in Winter Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
18 Feb 1937
OBITUARY (Evening Post, 18 February 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1940s
5 Dec 1941
WgF1450 by RNZAF Official · Air Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph Collection · Air Force Museum of New Zealand
5 Dec 1941
WgF1452 by RNZAF Official · Air Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph Collection · Air Force Museum of New Zealand
5 Dec 1941
WgF1451 by RNZAF Official · Air Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph Collection · Air Force Museum of New Zealand
31 Dec 1942
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 31 December 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Nov 1944
WgG5052-44 by RNZAF Official · Air Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph Collection · Air Force Museum of New Zealand
29 Nov 1944
WgG5053-44 by RNZAF Official · Air Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph Collection · Air Force Museum of New Zealand
the 1950s
20 Feb 1951
The City Beautiful Parks and gardens : glass slides · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
the 2000s
15 Oct 2004
Colombo Street airbridge by Greg O’Beirne · Greg O’Beirne collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
15 Oct 2004
City Mall, near Colombo Street and Ballantynes by Greg O’Beirne · Greg O’Beirne collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
15 Oct 2004
City Mall buildings by Greg O’Beirne · Greg O’Beirne collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
the 2010s
20 Mar 2012
High Street video store reopens Radio New Zealand · Radio New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1 Jan 2013
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of CBD and area within the four major avenues of Christchurch TAPUHI · Alexander Turnbull Library · about 1 place
1 Jan 2013
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of aerial views of Christchurch City CBD and suburbs TAPUHI · Alexander Turnbull Library · about 1 place
23 Nov 2015
Ballantynes employee assisting customer by Doc Ross · 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.

“Ballantynes”, the shelf

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