How many records does the archive hold?

70,536 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.

“The Piano”, the shelf

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

1,988 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 1900s
17 Mar 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 17 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Mar 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 17 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Mar 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Mar 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 24 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Mar 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 24 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Mar 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
27 Mar 1906
Untitled (Evening Post, 27 March 1906) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Mar 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Mar 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 30 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
31 Mar 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 31 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Mar 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 31 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 04 April 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
9 Apr 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 09 April 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Apr 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 11 April 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 17 April 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Apr 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 18 April 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
19 Apr 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 19 April 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Apr 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 21 April 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Apr 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 April 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Apr 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 27 April 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Apr 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 April 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Apr 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 28 April 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 May 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 01 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
5 May 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 May 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 11 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
12 May 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 12 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 12 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 May 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 19 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 May 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 25 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 May 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 26 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
28 May 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 28 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 May 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 31 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jun 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 June 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
2 Jun 1906
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 02 June 1906) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jun 1906
BANDSMEN'S COLUMN. (Star, 02 June 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jun 1906
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 05 June 1906) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jun 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 06 June 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
13 Jun 1906
OTAGO AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL SOCIETY. (Otago Witness, 13 June 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jun 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 13 June 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jun 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 16 June 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jun 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 20 June 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Jun 1906
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 23 June 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Jun 1906
THE Social Spnere (Observer, 23 June 1906) Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Jun 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 23 June 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jun 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 27 June 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jun 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 30 June 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
7 Jul 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 July 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jul 1906
Poverty Bay Herald PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1906. (Poverty Bay Herald, 14 July 1906) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jul 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 28 July 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Aug 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 04 August 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Aug 1906
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 August 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
11 Aug 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 11 August 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Aug 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 14 August 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Aug 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 17 August 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
25 Aug 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 August 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Aug 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 30 August 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Aug 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 31 August 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Sept 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 01 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Sept 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Sept 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 08 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Sept 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
12 Sept 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 12 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
15 Sept 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 15 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Sept 1906
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Sept 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Sept 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 25 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
25 Sept 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Oct 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Oct 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 06 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
13 Oct 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 13 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 20 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Oct 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 24 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Oct 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Oct 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 26 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
30 Oct 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 31 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 01 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 02 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
3 Nov 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 03 November 1906) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Nov 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 03 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Nov 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 12 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Nov 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 13 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Nov 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 14 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Nov 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 17 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 19 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
21 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 21 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 21 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 22 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 29 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
30 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 30 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 Dec 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 04 December 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Dec 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 06 December 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
6 Dec 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 06 December 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Dec 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 December 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
7 Dec 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 December 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 Dec 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 December 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
8 Dec 1906
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 08 December 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Dec 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 10 December 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
13 Dec 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 13 December 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Dec 1906
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 15 December 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · 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.

“The Piano”, the shelf

The shelf

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