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.

“"a"”, the shelf

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

59,635 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 1880s
10 Dec 1880
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 10 December 1880) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Dec 1880
Untitled (Observer, 11 December 1880) Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Dec 1880
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 11 December 1880) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Dec 1880
The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, The Morning News and The Echo. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 11, 1880. (Auckland Star, 11 December 1880) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Dec 1880
COMMERCIAL. (Star, 13 December 1880) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Dec 1880
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 13 December 1880) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Dec 1880
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 14 December 1880) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Dec 1880
Untitled (Southland Times, 15 December 1880) Southland Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Dec 1880
Page 4 Advertisements Column 7 (Otago Daily Times, 16 December 1880) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Dec 1880
LYTTELTON. (Star, 17 December 1880) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Dec 1880
ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY. (Timaru Herald, 17 December 1880) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Dec 1880
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 17 December 1880) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Dec 1880
Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 18 December 1880) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
18 Dec 1880
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 18 December 1880) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Dec 1880
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 18 December 1880) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Dec 1880
RATTRAY STREET, DUNEDIN The Otago Daily Times. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1880. (Otago Daily Times, 18 December 1880) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Dec 1880
TELEGRAMS. (Otago Daily Times, 20 December 1880) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Dec 1880
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 December 1880) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Dec 1880
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 21 December 1880) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Dec 1880
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 December 1880) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Dec 1880
TELEGRAMS. (Tuapeka Times, 22 December 1880) Tuapeka Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Dec 1880
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 23 December 1880) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Dec 1880
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 24 December 1880) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Dec 1880
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 December 1880) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Dec 1880
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. (West Coast Times, 27 December 1880) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Dec 1880
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 28 December 1880) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Dec 1880
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES'FERE. (Star, 28 December 1880) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Dec 1880
Scintillations. (Auckland Star, 28 December 1880) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Dec 1880
ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY. (Timaru Herald, 29 December 1880) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Dec 1880
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 29 December 1880) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Dec 1880
Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 29 December 1880) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Dec 1880
CANTERBURY NEWS. (West Coast Times, 29 December 1880) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Dec 1880
MAIL NOTICES. (Star, 30 December 1880) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Dec 1880
CHRISTCHURCH CATHOLIC SCHOOLS. (New Zealand Tablet, 31 December 1880) New Zealand Tablet · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Dec 1880
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 31 December 1880) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Dec 1880
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 31 December 1880) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Dec 1880
token by Milner & Thompson; Stokes & Martin · Human History · Auckland Museum Collections · Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
1881
Book: The Colonist, a Work on the Past and Present Position of the Colony of New Zealand Canterbury Museum · no. 1118505 · Canterbury Museum
1881
Book: The Colonist, a Work on the Past and Present Position of the Colony of New Zealand Canterbury Museum · no. 1118507 · Canterbury Museum
3 Jan 1881
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (West Coast Times, 03 January 1881) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jan 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 04 January 1881) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jan 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 04 January 1881) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jan 1881
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 04 January 1881) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jan 1881
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (North Otago Times, 05 January 1881) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jan 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 05 January 1881) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jan 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 06 January 1881) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jan 1881
INTERPROVINCIAL. (Timaru Herald, 06 January 1881) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jan 1881
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 07 January 1881) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jan 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 07 January 1881) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jan 1881
Page 4 Advertisements Column 7 (Wanganui Chronicle, 07 January 1881) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jan 1881
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times, 07 January 1881) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Jan 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 08 January 1881) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Jan 1881
Local abd General Intelligence. (Tuapeka Times, 08 January 1881) Tuapeka Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jan 1881
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 11 January 1881) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jan 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (Poverty Bay Herald, 11 January 1881) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jan 1881
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 13 January 1881) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
13 Jan 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 13 January 1881) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jan 1881
Page 4 Advertisements Column 7 (Wanganui Chronicle, 13 January 1881) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jan 1881
The Otago Daily Times. FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1881. (Otago Daily Times, 14 January 1881) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jan 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 14 January 1881) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jan 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 14 January 1881) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jan 1881
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 14 January 1881) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jan 1881
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Nelson Evening Mail, 15 January 1881) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jan 1881
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 15 January 1881) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jan 1881
West Coast Times. MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1881. (West Coast Times, 17 January 1881) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jan 1881
Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. (Waikato Times, 18 January 1881) Waikato Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
19 Jan 1881
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 19 January 1881) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jan 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 20 January 1881) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jan 1881
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 January 1881) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jan 1881
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 25 January 1881) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jan 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 25 January 1881) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jan 1881
WEST CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 25 January 1881) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jan 1881
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Daily Telegraph, 26 January 1881) Daily Telegraph · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Jan 1881
CHRISTCHURCH (Poverty Bay Herald, 27 January 1881) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jan 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 28 January 1881) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jan 1881
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 January 1881) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jan 1881
STATISTICAL. (Otago Daily Times, 28 January 1881) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jan 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (North Otago Times, 29 January 1881) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jan 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 29 January 1881) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jan 1881
INTERPROVINCIAL. J (Timaru Herald, 29 January 1881) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Jan 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 31 January 1881) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Feb 1881
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 01 February 1881) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Feb 1881
TELEGRAPHIC. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 01 February 1881) Hawke's Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Feb 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 01 February 1881) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Feb 1881
INTERPROVINCIAL (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 01 February 1881) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Feb 1881
CHRISTCHURCH (Poverty Bay Herald, 02 February 1881) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Feb 1881
AUSTRALIAN. (Evening Post, 04 February 1881) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Feb 1881
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 04 February 1881) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Feb 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 04 February 1881) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Feb 1881
Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (North Otago Times, 04 February 1881) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1881
AUSTRALIAN. (Wanganui Chronicle, 05 February 1881) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1881
MARRIAGES. (Otago Witness, 05 February 1881) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 05 February 1881) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Feb 1881
TELEGRAMS. (Otago Daily Times, 07 February 1881) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 Feb 1881
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 08 February 1881) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Feb 1881
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 08 February 1881) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Feb 1881
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 08 February 1881) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Feb 1881
AUSTRALIAN. (Thames Star, 09 February 1881) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Feb 1881
AUSTRALIAN. (Evening Post, 09 February 1881) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Feb 1881
AUSTRALIAN CABLE. (Timaru Herald, 09 February 1881) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read

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