How many records does the archive hold?

81,477 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.

“"Christchurch"”, the shelf

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

72,149 records matching 100 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 1870s
2 Apr 1878
SYDENHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL. (Star, 02 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 02 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1878
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 02 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1878
Untitled (Auckland Star, 02 April 1878) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1878
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 02 April 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 03 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · no. 11.1 · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 03 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · no. 13.1 · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Apr 1878
CABLE TELEGRAMS. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 03 April 1878) Hawke's Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 04 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1878
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Hawke's Bay Herald, 04 April 1878) Hawke's Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1878
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 04 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 04 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
5 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 05 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Apr 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Timaru Herald, 05 April 1878) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Apr 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 06 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 06 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 06 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Apr 1878
THE Marlborough Express. (Marlborough Express, 06 April 1878) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 08 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1878
AKAROA COUNTY COUNCIL. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 09 April 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 09 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · no. 7.1 · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 09 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · no. 12.1 · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1878
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 09 April 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Apr 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Auckland Star, 10 April 1878) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 10 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 10 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 11 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Apr 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 11 April 1878) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 11 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · no. 9.1 · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 11 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · no. 15.1 · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Apr 1878
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 12 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
12 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 12 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 12 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Apr 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 12 April 1878) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Apr 1878
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 12 April 1878) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Apr 1878
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 12 April 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 13 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Apr 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 13 April 1878) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Apr 1878
SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1878. (Marlborough Express, 13 April 1878) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 13 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Otago Witness, 13 April 1878) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Apr 1878
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 13 April 1878) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 15 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Apr 1878
SPORTING. (BY TELEGRAPH, PER PRESS AGENCY.) CHRISTCHURCH AUTUMN MEETING. Christchurch, April 13. (North Otago Times, 15 April 1878) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH AUTUMN MEETING. (Timaru Herald, 15 April 1878) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Apr 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 15 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Apr 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Auckland Star, 15 April 1878) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 16 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
16 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Apr 1878
West Coast Time. TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1878. (West Coast Times, 16 April 1878) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Apr 1878
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 16 April 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 17 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1878
THE CHRISTCHURCH AUTUMN MEETING. (Tuapeka Times, 17 April 1878) Tuapeka Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 17 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 17 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 17 April 1878) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 17 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 18 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 18 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 18 April 1878) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Apr 1878
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Hawke's Bay Herald, 19 April 1878) Hawke's Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Apr 1878
Hawke's Bay Herald. FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1878. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 19 April 1878) Hawke's Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 20 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1878
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 20 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1878
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 20 April 1878) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Apr 1878
Untitled (Auckland Star, 22 April 1878) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 22 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 22 April 1878) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 22 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Apr 1878
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 23 April 1878) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 23 April 1878) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Apr 1878
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 23 April 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 24 April 1878) Hawke's Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 24 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 24 April 1878) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 24 April 1878) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Apr 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 25 April 1878) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Apr 1878
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Auckland Star, 25 April 1878) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 25 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · no. 12.1 · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 25 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · no. 9.1 · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. 24th April. (Evening Post, 25 April 1878) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH (Star, 26 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Apr 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 26 April 1878) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 26 April 1878) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Apr 1878
SPORTING. (Grey River Argus, 26 April 1878) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Wanganui Chronicle, 26 April 1878) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 27 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 27 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 27 April 1878) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 29 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 29 April 1878) Thames Star · 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.

“"Christchurch"”, the shelf

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