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.

“"Shirley"”, the shelf

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

1,145 records matching 85 of these 100 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 2000s
16 Aug 2002
supplement New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 30 places
10 Oct 2002
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
9 Jan 2003
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
28 Aug 2003
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
29 Aug 2003
REGISTER New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 26 places
11 Sept 2003
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
2 Oct 2003
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
29 Jan 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
6 May 2004
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
6 May 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
5 Aug 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
27 Aug 2004
Register of Pharmacies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 20 places
2 Sept 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
9 Sept 2004
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
16 Sept 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
11 Nov 2004
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
8 Apr 2005
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 8 places
22 Apr 2005
LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 14 places
5 May 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
7 Jul 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
1 Sept 2005
Dissolution of Incorporated Societies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
29 Nov 2005
Shirley Methodist Church Greg O’Beirne collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
20 Jan 2006
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 15 places
9 Mar 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
1 Jun 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
8 Jun 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
22 Jun 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
13 Jul 2006
Justices of the Peace Appointed New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
10 Aug 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
14 Sept 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
2 Nov 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
16 Nov 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
30 Nov 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
23 Jan 2007
LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 7 places
7 Jun 2007
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
6 Sept 2007
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
1 Nov 2007
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
15 Nov 2007
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
25 Jan 2008
LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 9 places
28 Feb 2008
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
10 Apr 2008
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
17 Apr 2008
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
28 Jul 2008
List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
28 Aug 2008
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
28 Aug 2008
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
11 Sept 2008
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
11 Dec 2008
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
29 Jan 2009
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
30 Jan 2009
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 10 places
30 Apr 2009
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
14 May 2009
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
14 May 2009
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
18 Jun 2009
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
22 Jul 2009
List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 8 places
30 Jul 2009
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
6 Aug 2009
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
10 Dec 2009
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
the 2010s
14 Jan 2010
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
21 Jan 2010
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
29 Jan 2010
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 11 places
11 Mar 2010
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
18 Mar 2010
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
18 Mar 2010
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
20 Jul 2010
List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
28 Oct 2010
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
27 Jan 2011
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
31 Jan 2011
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 14 places
3 Feb 2011
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
7 Apr 2011
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
14 Apr 2011
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
11 Jul 2011
List of Public Valuers New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
14 Jul 2011
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
17 Nov 2011
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
23 Nov 2011
TELECOM RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT DESIGNATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 69XJ OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 2001 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 11 places
15 Dec 2011
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
27 Jan 2012
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 6 places
23 Feb 2012
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
1 Mar 2012
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
10 May 2012
St Stephens Anglican Church, Shirley by Christchurch City Libraries · Flickr · no. 7199649712 · eqnz.chch.2010 · about 1 place
10 May 2012
St Stephens Anglican Church, Shirley by Christchurch City Libraries · Flickr · no. 7199647610 · eqnz.chch.2010 · about 1 place
10 May 2012
St Stephens Anglican Church, Shirley by Christchurch City Libraries · Flickr · no. 7199648136 · eqnz.chch.2010 · about 1 place
10 May 2012
St Stephens Anglican Church, Shirley by Christchurch City Libraries · Flickr · no. 7199650172 · eqnz.chch.2010 · about 1 place
10 May 2012
St Stephens Anglican Church, Shirley by Christchurch City Libraries · Flickr · no. 7199648618 · eqnz.chch.2010 · about 1 place
10 May 2012
St Stephens Anglican Church, Shirley by Christchurch City Libraries · Flickr · no. 7199650624 · eqnz.chch.2010 · about 1 place
10 May 2012
St Stephens Anglican Church, Shirley Christchurch City Libraries Flickr · no. 7199650624 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
10 May 2012
St Stephens Anglican Church, Shirley Christchurch City Libraries Flickr · no. 7199650172 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
10 May 2012
St Stephens Anglican Church, Shirley Christchurch City Libraries Flickr · no. 7199649712 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
10 May 2012
St Stephens Anglican Church, Shirley Christchurch City Libraries Flickr · no. 7199647610 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
10 May 2012
St Stephens Anglican Church, Shirley Christchurch City Libraries Flickr · no. 7199648136 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
10 May 2012
St Stephens Anglican Church, Shirley Christchurch City Libraries Flickr · no. 7199648618 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
21 Jun 2012
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
6 Jul 2012
List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
19 Jul 2012
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
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
30 Jan 2013
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 6 places
21 Feb 2013
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
18 Apr 2013
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
25 Jun 2013
List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
27 Jun 2013
Marriage Celebrants for 2013 Notice No. 49 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
28 Aug 2013
Street Art at St. Stephen's Anglican Church's site Christchurch City Libraries Flickr · 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.

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