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.

“"st"”, the shelf

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

21,591 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
18 Mar 1909
DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH (New Zealand Tablet, 18 March 1909) New Zealand Tablet · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Mar 1909
Page 413 Advertisements Column 1 (New Zealand Tablet, 18 March 1909) New Zealand Tablet · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Mar 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 19 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
19 Mar 1909
ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS. (Ashburton Guardian, 19 March 1909) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 20 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 Mar 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 20 March 1909) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 20 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 20 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1909
All Sorts of People (New Zealand Free Lance, 20 March 1909) New Zealand Free Lance · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1909
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1909
CRICKET. (Star, 20 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1909
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (NZ Truth, 20 March 1909) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 20 March 1909) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Mar 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
22 Mar 1909
BOY SCOUTS. (Star, 22 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Mar 1909
ODDFELLOWSHIP. (Star, 22 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Mar 1909
CRICKET. (Otago Daily Times 22-3-1909) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Mar 1909
BOWLING. (Otago Witness, 24 March 1909) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Mar 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
25 Mar 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Mar 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 26 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Mar 1909
POSITIONS OF TEAMS. (Star, 27 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 27 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 27 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 27 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 27 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1909
THIRD GRADE (Star, 27 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1909
THE WORLD OF SPORT. (Star, 27 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1909
SECOND GRADE (Star, 27 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1909
CRICKET. (Star, 27 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1909
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 27 March 1909) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 27 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1909
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Mar 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 29 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Mar 1909
CRICKET. (Mataura Ensign 29-3-1909) Mataura Ensign · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Mar 1909
THE FERRY ROAD CANAL. (Star, 30 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Mar 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Mar 1909
PERSONAL. (Taranaki Herald, 30 March 1909) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Mar 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Mar 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 31 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
31 Mar 1909
AUCKLAND MATCHES. AUCKLAND, March 29. (Otago Witness, 31 March 1909) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Apr 1909
DEATHS. (Star, 01 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Apr 1909
Page 486 Advertisements Column 1 (New Zealand Tablet, 01 April 1909) New Zealand Tablet · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Apr 1909
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 03 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
3 Apr 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 03 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Apr 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 03 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Apr 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 03 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Apr 1909
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (NZ Truth, 03 April 1909) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Apr 1909
TRAMWAY EXTENSION (Star, 06 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Apr 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 06 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Apr 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 06 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Apr 1909
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Taranaki Herald, 07 April 1909) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
7 Apr 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Apr 1909
Page 526 Advertisements Column 1 (New Zealand Tablet, 08 April 1909) New Zealand Tablet · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Apr 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 10 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Apr 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 10 April 1909) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Apr 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 10 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Apr 1909
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 10 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Apr 1909
BOWLING. (Star, 10 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · no. 2.93 · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Apr 1909
BOWLING. (Star, 10 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · no. 2.68 · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Apr 1909
CANTERBURY, ACCEPTANCES. (Taranaki Herald, 10 April 1909) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Apr 1909
CHRISTCHURCH ACCEPTANCES. (Marlborough Express, 10 April 1909) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Apr 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 10 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Apr 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 10 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Apr 1909
MATCHES ELSEWHERE. (Evening Post, 12 April 1909) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Apr 1909
BOWLING. (Star, 12 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Apr 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 12 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Apr 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 13 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Apr 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 14 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
15 Apr 1909
Page 566 Advertisements Column 1 (New Zealand Tablet, 15 April 1909) New Zealand Tablet · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Apr 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 15 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Apr 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 16 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
16 Apr 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 16 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 17 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
17 Apr 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 17 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Apr 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 17 April 1909) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 17 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1909
BOWLING. (Star, 17 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 17 April 1909) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Apr 1909
BIRTHS.. r; \ (Star, 19 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1909
CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 20 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1909
AN INTERESTING CAREER. (Poverty Bay Herald, 20 April 1909) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Apr 1909
AN INTERESTING CAREER. (Wanganui Chronicle, 21 April 1909) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Apr 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 22 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Apr 1909
Page 606 Advertisements Column 1 (New Zealand Tablet, 22 April 1909) New Zealand Tablet · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 24 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
24 Apr 1909
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 24 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Apr 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 24 April 1909) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 24 April 1909) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Ashburton Guardian, 24 April 1909) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Apr 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 26 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Apr 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Apr 1909
SPORTING. (Evening Post, 27 April 1909) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Apr 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Apr 1909
IN OTHER PLACES. (Evening Post, 29 April 1909) Evening Post · 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.

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