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.

18,271 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
9 Jan 1908
Page 10 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 09 January 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jan 1908
ADDINGTON MARKETS (Wanganui Chronicle, 09 January 1908) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jan 1908
Page 10 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 10 January 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jan 1908
Page 10 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 10 January 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jan 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 11 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Jan 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 11 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jan 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 11 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jan 1908
YORK, OF WOOLSTON. (NZ Truth, 11 January 1908) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jan 1908
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 11 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jan 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jan 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 11 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jan 1908
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 13 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
13 Jan 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 13 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
13 Jan 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 13 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jan 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 14 January 1908) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jan 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 15 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
15 Jan 1908
Untitled (Otago Witness, 15 January 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jan 1908
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 16 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jan 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 18 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jan 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 18 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jan 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 18 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jan 1908
SECOND GRADE. (Star, 18 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jan 1908
THIRD GRADE. (Star, 18 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jan 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 18 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jan 1908
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 18 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jan 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jan 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 20 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jan 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 21 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jan 1908
CRICKET. (Otago Witness, 22 January 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jan 1908
DRAINAGE BOARD. (Star, 22 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Jan 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 23 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Jan 1908
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 23 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Jan 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jan 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 25 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
25 Jan 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
25 Jan 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jan 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 25 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jan 1908
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 27 January 1908) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jan 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 27 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jan 1908
Page 10 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 27 January 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jan 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jan 1908
LOCAL & GENERAL (Otago Witness, 29 January 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Jan 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 29 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jan 1908
LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 29 January 1908) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jan 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Jan 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 31 January 1908) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Feb 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 01 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
1 Feb 1908
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 01 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Feb 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 01 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Feb 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 01 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Feb 1908
THIS AFTERNOON'S MATCHES. (Star, 01 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Feb 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Taranaki Herald, 01 February 1908) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Feb 1908
FOURTH GRADE (Star, 01 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Feb 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 01 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Feb 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 Feb 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 04 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1908
CHRISTCHURCH NOTES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) (Otago Witness, 05 February 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1908
TABLE TALK (Otago Witness, 05 February 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1908
THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL NOTES. (Otago Witness, 05 February 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1908
Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et PrÃ¦valebit. WEDNESDAY; FEBRUARY 5, 1908. LOCAL AND GENERAL (Ashburton Guardian, 05 February 1908) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Feb 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 06 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
6 Feb 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 06 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
6 Feb 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 06 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Feb 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 07 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Feb 1908
Lawn Tennis. (Evening Post, 08 February 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 Feb 1908
FOURTH GRADE. (Star, 08 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Feb 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 08 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Feb 1908
SECOND GRADE. (Star, 08 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Feb 1908
THIRD GRADE. (Star, 08 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Feb 1908
LATE SPORTING. CANTERBURY MEETING. (Evening Post, 08 February 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Feb 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 10 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Feb 1908
Untitled (Poverty Bay Herald, 11 February 1908) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Feb 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Feb 1908
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 11 February 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Feb 1908
CHRISTCHURCH PRESBYTERY. (Star, 11 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Feb 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 11 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Feb 1908
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 11 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Feb 1908
Page 10 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 11 February 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Feb 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 13 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Feb 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 14 February 1908) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Feb 1908
THE FIRES AT CHRISTCHURCH. (Nelson Evening Mail, 14 February 1908) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Feb 1908
An Anxious Time. (Wanganui Herald, 14 February 1908) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Feb 1908
FIRE FIENDS IN CHRISTCHURCH. (Poverty Bay Herald, 14 February 1908) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Feb 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 15 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Feb 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 15 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Feb 1908
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 15 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Feb 1908
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 18 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
18 Feb 1908
CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 18 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Feb 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 18 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Feb 1908
NOTES BY LONG SLIP. (Otago Witness, 19 February 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Feb 1908
SCHOLARSHIPS. SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. (Evening Post, 19 February 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Feb 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
21 Feb 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 21 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
21 Feb 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 February 1908) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Feb 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 21 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Feb 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
22 Feb 1908
THIRD GRADE. (Star, 22 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Feb 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Feb 1908
SECOND GRADE. (Star, 22 February 1908) 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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