How many records does the archive hold?

72,593 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.

“Moment”, the shelf

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

1,054 records matching 52 of these 54 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 1930s
2 Sept 1936
Waikato v. Hawke's Bay Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
15 May 1937
CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS (Evening Post, 15 May 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 May 1937
WEDDING DILEMMA (Evening Post, 19 May 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Aug 1937
WIGRAM AIR BASE (Evening Post, 09 August 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Nov 1937
NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 26 November 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Dec 1937
STAGE AND SCREEN (Evening Post, 30 December 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Mar 1938
FIFTY YEARS AGO (Evening Post, 05 March 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Mar 1938
NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 07 March 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Aug 1938
FIELDS IN REVIEW (Evening Post, 08 August 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Oct 1938
CANTERBURY SEATS (Evening Post, 12 October 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Oct 1938
DAZZLED DRIVER (Evening Post, 21 October 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Oct 1938
DRIVER ACQUITTED (Evening Post, 27 October 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Nov 1938
ECONOMIC VICTORY" (Evening Post, 29 November 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1939
NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 23 March 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Aug 1939
DIVERSION TO TROT (Evening Post, 28 August 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Dec 1939
SIR JULIEN FIT (Evening Post, 18 December 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1940s
3 Jan 1940
MEN FROM BURNHAM (Evening Post, 03 January 1940) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Feb 1940
CRASH OF BAFFIN (Evening Post, 06 February 1940) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1940
ON TO WINTER RACING (Evening Post, 20 April 1940) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 May 1940
BROADCASTING (Evening Post, 10 May 1940) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jul 1940
ENLISTMENT REFUSED (Evening Post, 03 July 1940) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Oct 1940
NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 10 October 1940) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Feb 1941
BUSY ON MUNITIONS (Evening Post, 28 February 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Sept 1943
MID-CANTERBURY (Ellesmere Guardian, 28 September 1943) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
19 Nov 1943
MAORI SETTLEMENTS (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 November 1943) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Dec 1943
FLORAL TRIBUTES. (Evening Post, 28 December 1943) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Dec 1943
NEW YEAR RACING STOP PRESS (Evening Post, 31 December 1943) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Apr 1945
RICCARTON RIDERS (Evening Post, 13 April 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jul 1945
STORM HAVOC (Evening Post, 19 July 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Dec 1945
HORORATA MEETING (Evening Post, 11 December 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Dec 1945
HORORATA MEETING (Evening Post, 14 December 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Dec 1945
SOUTHERN PRELUDE (Evening Post, 17 December 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 2000s
2 Aug 2001
Extract from New Zealand Gazette, 2/8/2001, No. 81, p. 1909 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
2 Oct 2001
Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Colonel (COL) David B. Walker, Commander, 452nd Operation Group (452nd OG), March Air Reserve Base (ARB), California, shares a lighthearted moment with a "Slip Seal" character at the Antarctic Center, Christchurch, New Zealand, during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001-2002 by Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994 · Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense · Digital Public Library of America · Digital Public Library of America
11 Nov 2004
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
28 Feb 2008
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
18 Jun 2009
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
the 2010s
21 Jun 2012
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
18 Jul 2013
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
14 Aug 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
16 Jun 2015
Second life for Chch's historic Shands Radio New Zealand · Radio New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
12 Nov 2015
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
17 Dec 2015
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
14 Sept 2017
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
13 Sept 2018
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Companies Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
29 Nov 2018
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Companies Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
the 2020s
17 Jun 2021
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
12 Aug 2021
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
16 Sept 2021
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
14 Oct 2021
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
15 Dec 2022
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
17 Apr 2025
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
14 Aug 2025
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
13 Nov 2025
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register 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.

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