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.

“"Avonside"”, the shelf

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

1,233 records matching 27 of these 33 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 2000s
20 Jan 2006
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 15 places
13 Apr 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
8 Jun 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
10 Aug 2006
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
23 Jan 2007
LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 7 places
15 Mar 2007
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
1 Nov 2007
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
25 Jan 2008
LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 9 places
19 Jun 2008
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
9 Oct 2008
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
30 Oct 2008
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
29 Jan 2009
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
30 Jan 2009
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 10 places
9 Jul 2009
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
1 Oct 2009
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
the 2010s
1 Jan 2010
Avonside [electronic resource]. by Roberts, Lawrence · National Library of New Zealand Catalogue · National Library of New Zealand · about 1 place
14 Jan 2010
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
14 Jan 2010
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
29 Jan 2010
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 11 places
30 Sept 2010
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
1 Jan 2011
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly in Christchurch City, Bexley, Avonside, Avon Loop TAPUHI · Alexander Turnbull Library · about 1 place
31 Jan 2011
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 14 places
21 Apr 2011
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
20 Jun 2011
Basic services information for quake residents Radio New Zealand · Radio New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
21 Oct 2011
Eight months living in the Residential Red Zone - seriously, how did we survive?! by Anna Stevens · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
16 Aug 2012
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
1 Jan 2013
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of aerial views of Christchurch City CBD and suburbs TAPUHI · Alexander Turnbull Library · about 1 place
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
14 Aug 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
20 Aug 2017
Linwood Avenue and Woodham Road corner Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
16 Aug 2018
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
20 Sept 2018
Eveleyn Couzins Avenue berm planting by Richmond Community Garden · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 2 places
the 2020s
1 May 2025
Weather: What you need to know about road closures, flights, ferries, schools and evacuations Radio New Zealand · Radio 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.

“"Avonside"”, the shelf

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