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.

“On The Spot”, the shelf

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

1,215 records matching 97 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 1920s
2 Apr 1921
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 02 April 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1921
Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 09 April 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Apr 1921
Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 16 April 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
30 Apr 1921
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 30 April 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 May 1921
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 14 May 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 May 1921
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 21 May 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 May 1921
Page 12 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 28 May 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jun 1921
Page 12 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 11 June 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Jul 1921
Page 12 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 23 July 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Sept 1921
LOCAL AND GENRAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 15 September 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Oct 1921
SAMOAN CONTROL (Evening Post, 12 October 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Apr 1922
Page 16 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 22 April 1922) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 May 1922
Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 03 May 1922) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 May 1922
Page 16 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 31 May 1922) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
5 Jun 1922
Page 12 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 05 June 1922) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jun 1922
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 12 June 1922) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jun 1922
Page 16 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 17 June 1922) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jun 1922
Page 12 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 30 June 1922) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jul 1922
Page 12 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 07 July 1922) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Sept 1922
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 09 September 1922) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
16 Sept 1922
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 16 September 1922) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Nov 1922
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 06 November 1922) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Aug 1923
IN HONOUR (Evening Post, 29 August 1923) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Oct 1923
Page 12 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 26 October 1923) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 Mar 1924
CO-RESPONDENT'S STRANGE STORY (NZ Truth, 08 March 1924) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Mar 1924
PEOPLE IN PERSPECTIVE (NZ Truth, 15 March 1924) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
7 Jul 1924
WELLINGTON'S Winter Carnival (Evening Post, 07 July 1924) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Sept 1924
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 29 September 1924) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Dec 1924
LOCAL AND GENERAL (Evening Post, 06 December 1924) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Dec 1924
Presents in Plenty (NZ Truth, 20 December 1924) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Mar 1925
BICYCLE TOUR (Evening Post, 05 March 1925) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Mar 1925
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 12 March 1925) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1925
WOMEN IN PRINT (Evening Post, 27 March 1925) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Sept 1925
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 15 September 1925) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Oct 1925
DUNCAN SADLY BEATEN (Evening Post, 05 October 1925) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Oct 1925
GOLF (Evening Post, 10 October 1925) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Nov 1926
The Provincial Church. (Waiapu Church Gazette, 01 November 1926) Waiapu Church Gazette · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jan 1927
NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 11 January 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Feb 1927
Plays – Players – Pictures (Evening Post, 26 February 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Mar 1927
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 02 March 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Mar 1927
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 29 March 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Apr 1927
Women in Print (Evening Post, 11 April 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
23 Jun 1927
BAFFLING MYSTERY OF WHERE GIRL SPENT TUESDAY NIGHT (NZ Truth, 23 June 1927) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Jun 1927
THROUGH SHEER LUCK MURDERER MAY ESCAPE DETECTION (NZ Truth, 23 June 1927) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jun 1927
INTENDED ELOPING WITH LOVER (NZ Truth, 30 June 1927) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jul 1927
BEHIND VEIL OF MYSTERY (NZ Truth, 07 July 1927) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jul 1927
GREENPARK (Ellesmere Guardian, 22 July 1927) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Jul 1927
BURWOOD MURDER (Evening Post, 27 July 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Aug 1927
BURWOOD MYSTERY (NZ Truth, 04 August 1927) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Aug 1927
WOMEM IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 22 August 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Sept 1927
Untitled (NZ Truth, 01 September 1927) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Nov 1927
Jurty Hears Murder Charge Agains Taxi-driver Boakes A DRAMATIC MOMENT IN COURT WHEN BICKERDIKE ENTERS BOX (NZ Truth, 24 November 1927) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Dec 1927
SIDELIGHTS FROM BOAKES TRIAL (NZ Truth, 01 December 1927) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jan 1928
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 07 January 1928) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Mar 1928
NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 09 March 1928) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1928
BOTANIC GARDENS (Evening Post, 02 April 1928) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 May 1929
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 03 May 1929) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 May 1929
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 09 May 1929) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1930s
15 Jan 1930
On the edge of the wide Pacific Ocean at a favoured spot with South Island camping motorists by Auckland Weekly News; Green and Hahn (Firm) · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
14 Mar 1930
NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING MEETING (Evening Post, 14 March 1930) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Mar 1930
Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 22 March 1930) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Mar 1930
SOCIALIST FUNERAL (Evening Post, 31 March 1930) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jun 1930
TOPICS FOR WOMEN (Evening Post, 10 June 1930) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Aug 1930
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 29 August 1930) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Sept 1930
CHRISTCHURCH ON TOP (NZ Truth, 04 September 1930) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jul 1931
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 22 July 1931) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Oct 1931
Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 09 October 1931) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 May 1932
Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 27 May 1932) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 Sept 1932
MINIATURE RIFLES (Evening Post, 20 September 1932) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Dec 1932
A quiet spot in the heart of a South Island city by Auckland Weekly News; Green and Hahn · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
26 Apr 1933
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 26 April 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 Jun 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 June 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Sept 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 14 September 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Oct 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 October 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Oct 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 27 October 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 31 October 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Nov 1933
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 14 November 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
16 Nov 1933
THE WIND BLOWS (Evening Post, 16 November 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Aug 1934
SPRINGSTON (Ellesmere Guardian, 31 August 1934) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Feb 1935
RUNAWAY CAR (Evening Post, 16 February 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jul 1935
SPRINGSTON (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 July 1935) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jun 1936
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 26 June 1936) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Aug 1936
THOUSANDS PLANTED (Evening Post, 05 August 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Feb 1937
BROADCASTING (Evening Post, 13 February 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1937
CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS (Evening Post, 15 May 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Oct 1937
LOCAL AND GENERAL (Ellesmere Guardian, 05 October 1937) Ellesmere Guardian · 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
31 Jan 1938
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 31 January 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Feb 1938
NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 18 February 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jul 1938
STAGE AND SCREEN (Evening Post, 28 July 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Aug 1938
Welcome sign for hikers Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
26 Sept 1938
CHRISTCHURCH GAMES (Evening Post, 26 September 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Feb 1939
ENGAGEMENT PERSONAL NOTES NEWS FROM NELSON (Evening Post, 10 February 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Mar 1939
Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 07 March 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Mar 1939
PLEASANT SURPRISE" (Evening Post, 07 March 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Mar 1939
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 21 March 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jul 1939
CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS (Evening Post, 28 July 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Dec 1939
Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 05 December 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Dec 1939
Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 08 December 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
the 1940s
17 Oct 1940
NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 17 October 1940) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read

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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