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 40 of these 45 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 2010s
28 Aug 2013
Portable office Christchurch City Libraries Flickr · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
28 Aug 2013
St. Stephen's Anglican Church site Christchurch City Libraries Flickr · no. 9620981388 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
28 Aug 2013
St. Stephen's Anglican Church sign Christchurch City Libraries Flickr · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
28 Aug 2013
St. Stephen's Anglican Church site Christchurch City Libraries Flickr · no. 9620974510 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
19 Sept 2013
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
14 Nov 2013
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
28 Nov 2013
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
18 Dec 2013
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 30 places
14 Jan 2014
Objections to Proposed Boundaries of Electoral Districts of New Zealand New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
20 Feb 2014
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
17 Apr 2014
Civil Union Celebrants for 2014 Notice No. 9 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
17 Apr 2014
Marriage Celebrants for 2014 Notice No. 32 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
18 Sept 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
16 Oct 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
12 Dec 2014
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 33 places
18 Dec 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
9 Jul 2015
Marriage Celebrants for 2015 Notice No. 59 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
13 Aug 2015
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
3 Sept 2015
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
16 Dec 2015
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 28 places
17 Dec 2015
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
21 Jan 2016
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
16 Jun 2016
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
15 Sept 2016
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
24 Nov 2016
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
16 Feb 2017
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
30 Jun 2017
List of Public Valuers 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
22 Mar 2018
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
12 Apr 2018
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
26 Jun 2018
List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
16 Aug 2018
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
18 Oct 2018
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
13 Jun 2019
List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
15 Aug 2019
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
the 2020s
12 Nov 2020
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
15 Jul 2021
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
27 Jul 2022
Some Canterbury residents still trapped by floodwaters, slips Radio New Zealand · Radio New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Aug 2022
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
24 Mar 2023
Justices of the Peace Appointed New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
10 Aug 2023
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Companies Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
17 Oct 2024
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
27 Mar 2025
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Companies Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
19 Jun 2025
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
the 190s
196-
Aerial view of the Shirley Lodge Hotel, one of New Zealand's leading motor hotels, situated on Marshlands Road Christchurch City Libraries Heritage Images Collection · 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.

“"Shirley"”, the shelf

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