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.

“The Well”, the shelf

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

18,118 records matching 99 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
16 Oct 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 16 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Oct 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 16 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Oct 1906
ROAD BOARDS (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 16 October 1906) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Oct 1906
TABLE TALK. (Otago Witness, 17 October 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Oct 1906
CHRISTCHURCH NOTES. October 15. (Otago Witness, 17 October 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Oct 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 18 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
18 Oct 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 18 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Oct 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 19 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1906
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 20 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 Oct 1906
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1906
CRICKET. (Star, 20 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1906
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 20 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 20 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 20 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Oct 1906
BICYCLES��SECOND-HAND. (Star, 22 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Oct 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 23 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Oct 1906
PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT (Otago Witness, 24 October 1906) Otago Witness · 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
25 Oct 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
25 Oct 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Oct 1906
INTERPROVINCIAL. (Poverty Bay Herald, 25 October 1906) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Oct 1906
The Timarn Show. (Ashburton Guardian, 25 October 1906) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Oct 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 26 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
26 Oct 1906
Untitled (Poverty Bay Herald, 26 October 1906) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
26 Oct 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 26 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Oct 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 27 October 1906) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Oct 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 27 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Oct 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Ashburton Guardian, 27 October 1906) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Oct 1906
Lawn Tennis. (Evening Post, 27 October 1906) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 29 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1906
NEW ZEALAND'S FAIR. (Evening Post, 29 October 1906) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Oct 1906
MISCELLANEOUS. (Nelson Evening Mail, 30 October 1906) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Oct 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 30 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 31 October 1906) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 31 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 31 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1906
IS PITHING CRUEL? (Otago Witness, 31 October 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1906
BANK NOTES. (Otago Witness, 31 October 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 01 November 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
1 Nov 1906
Untitled (Star, 01 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Nov 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 01 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Nov 1906
RICCARTON TRAINING NOTES. (Per United Press Association;. (Wanganui Herald, 01 November 1906) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Nov 1906
ADDINGTON MARKETS. (Feilding Star, 01 November 1906) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Nov 1906
THE EXHIBITION. (Star, 02 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Nov 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 03 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
3 Nov 1906
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 03 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Nov 1906
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 03 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
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
3 Nov 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 03 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1906
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Wanganui Chronicle, 05 November 1906) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 06 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (West Coast Times, 06 November 1906) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 Nov 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 08 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1906
WAIMEA COUNTY COUNCIL. (Colonist, 09 November 1906) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1906
The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1906 AKAROA REGATTA. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 09 November 1906) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Nov 1906
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 10 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
10 Nov 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 10 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
10 Nov 1906
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 10 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Nov 1906
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 10 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Nov 1906
Opening of the New Zealand International Exhibition at Christchurch by New Zealand Graphic · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
12 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 8 (Star, 12 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
13 Nov 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 13 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Nov 1906
DUNEDIN TECHNICAL CLASSES. (Otago Daily Times 13-11-1906) Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
14 Nov 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 14 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Nov 1906
TABLE TALK. (Otago Witness, 14 November 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 14 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 15 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
15 Nov 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 15 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Nov 1906
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Feilding Star, 15 November 1906) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 15 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 16 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
16 Nov 1906
Untitled (Colonist, 16 November 1906) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
16 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 16 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Nov 1906
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 17 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Nov 1906
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 17 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Nov 1906
CHRISTCHURCH EXHIBITION (Observer, 17 November 1906) Observer · 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
20 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 20 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 Nov 1906
THE EXHIBITION SHOW (Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, 20 November 1906) Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Nov 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 20 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
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
21 Nov 1906
CHRISTCHURCH NOTES. CFrom Our Own Correspondent.) (Otago Witness, 21 November 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Nov 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 21 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 22 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
22 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 22 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Nov 1906
NERVES ALL TO PIECES. (Star, 22 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Nov 1906
THE CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALES. (Star, 22 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Nov 1906
CRICKET. (Star, 22 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Nov 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 22 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Nov 1906
ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. (Otago Daily Times 22-11-1906) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 23 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
23 Nov 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 23 November 1906) 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.

“The Well”, the shelf

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