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.

18,655 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 1920s
4 May 1920
SPORTING (Taranaki Daily News 5-4-1920) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 May 1920
MANY YEARS AGO (Evening Post, 05 May 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
6 May 1920
Page 16 Advertisements Column 6 (Otago Daily Times 5-6-1920) Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
7 May 1920
Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 07 May 1920) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 May 1920
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 07 May 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 May 1920
Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 11 May 1920) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 May 1920
SPORTING. (Poverty Bay Herald, 11 May 1920) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 May 1920
LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS (Marlborough Express, 13 May 1920) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 May 1920
Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 14 May 1920) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
19 May 1920
THE WANGANUI SENSATION. (Poverty Bay Herald, 19 May 1920) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 May 1920
Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 May 1920) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1920
Page 1 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 22 May 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1920
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Taranaki Daily News 22-5-1920) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 May 1920
Page 8 Advertisements Column 7 (Ashburton Guardian, 25 May 1920) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 May 1920
Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 25 May 1920) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 May 1920
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Clutha Leader 25-5-1920) Clutha Leader · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 May 1920
THE MINISTER VISIT (Marlborough Express, 26 May 1920) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 May 1920
Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 (Otago Daily Times 26-5-1920) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 May 1920
Page 8 Advertisements Column 7 (Ashburton Guardian, 27 May 1920) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 May 1920
Page 8 Advertisements Column 7 (Ashburton Guardian, 28 May 1920) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 May 1920
Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 May 1920) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1920
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 29 May 1920) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1920
Page 13 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 29 May 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Jun 1920
PORT LEVY NEWS. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 08 June 1920) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jun 1920
LOCAL AND GENERAL (Hawera & Normanby Star, 16 June 1920) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Jun 1920
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Feilding Star, 17 June 1920) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jun 1920
FOOTBALL. (Taranaki Daily News 22-6-1920) Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 7 places
23 Jun 1920
Page 16 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 23 June 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jun 1920
FOOTBALL. (Taranaki Daily News 26-6-1920) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jul 1920
Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 01 July 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jul 1920
CHRISTCHURCH TRAGEDY (Feilding Star, 02 July 1920) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jul 1920
SUICIDE AT NEW BRIGHTON (Hawera & Normanby Star, 02 July 1920) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jul 1920
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Poverty Bay Herald, 02 July 1920) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jul 1920
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Poverty Bay Herald, 02 July 1920) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jul 1920
COMMERCIAL (Grey River Argus, 02 July 1920) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jul 1920
LITTLE RIVER ADVANCE. MENT ASSOCIATION. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 09 July 1920) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jul 1920
LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS (Marlborough Express, 10 July 1920) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jul 1920
STEER ON THE LOOSE. (Feilding Star, 15 July 1920) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jul 1920
Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 (Ashburton Guardian, 19 July 1920) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 Jul 1920
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 July 1920) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jul 1920
LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS (Marlborough Express, 22 July 1920) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Jul 1920
LOCAL AND GENERAL (Evening Post, 23 July 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Jul 1920
CHRISTCHURCH CHRONICLES (NZ Truth, 24 July 1920) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jul 1920
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 27 July 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jul 1920
LE BON'S BAY ROAD BOARD. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 27 July 1920) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Jul 1920
Page 13 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 31 July 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Jul 1920
MORGAN O'BRIEN (NZ Truth, 31 July 1920) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Aug 1920
TROTTING. (Taranaki Daily News 8-4-1920) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Aug 1920
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 07 August 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Aug 1920
LOCAL AND GENERAL (Evening Post, 09 August 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Aug 1920
GRAND NATIONAL MEETING. (Poverty Bay Herald, 11 August 1920) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Aug 1920
SPORTING (Grey River Argus, 12 August 1920) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Aug 1920
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 18 August 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Aug 1920
PERSONAL ITEMS (Hawera & Normanby Star, 23 August 1920) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 Aug 1920
Page 13 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 28 August 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 Aug 1920
TRIP OF THE MOKOIA (Grey River Argus, 28 August 1920) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Aug 1920
FOOTBALL (Grey River Argus, 30 August 1920) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Aug 1920
A CENTENARIAN DEAD. (Feilding Star, 30 August 1920) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Aug 1920
CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP. (Otago Daily Times 30-8-1920) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Sept 1920
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 01 September 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Sept 1920
STEERING NORTH. (Marlborough Express, 02 September 1920) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Sept 1920
Page 1 Advertisements Column 9 (Evening Post, 07 September 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Sept 1920
PERSONAL. (Taranaki Daily News 13-9-1920) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Sept 1920
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 15 September 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Sept 1920
WAIREWA COUNTY COUNCIL (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 17 September 1920) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Sept 1920
Page 8 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 18 September 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Sept 1920
WOMEN IN PRINT (Evening Post, 20 September 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Sept 1920
FOOTBALL (Taranaki Daily News 20-9-1920) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Sept 1920
IN BANKRUPTCY. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 24 September 1920) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Sept 1920
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Marlborough Express, 27 September 1920) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Oct 1920
LOCAL AND GENERAL (Evening Post, 08 October 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Oct 1920
SPORTING. (Taranaki Daily News 10-8-1920) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Oct 1920
RACING NOTES (Grey River Argus, 11 October 1920) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Oct 1920
PRICES IN ASHBURTON. (Ashburton Guardian, 12 October 1920) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Oct 1920
RAILWAY FACILITIES (Evening Post, 14 October 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Oct 1920
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 16 October 1920) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1920
PERSONAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 20 October 1920) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Oct 1920
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 23 October 1920) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1920
LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 29 October 1920) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Oct 1920
LIST OF WINNING OWNERS. (Poverty Bay Herald, 30 October 1920) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1920
N.Z. CUP ACCEPTANCES (Hawera & Normanby Star, 04 November 1920) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1920
NEW ZEALAND CUP MEETING (Evening Post, 04 November 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1920
CANTERBURY J. C. (Grey River Argus, 04 November 1920) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1920
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Grey River Argus, 05 November 1920) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Nov 1920
MIDNIGHT TRAGEDY AT TIMARU (NZ Truth, 06 November 1920) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Nov 1920
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 06 November 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Nov 1920
SPORTING (Taranaki Daily News 11-8-1920) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1920
LATE SPORTING. (Poverty Bay Herald, 09 November 1920) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1920
C.J.C. ACCEPTANCES (Evening Post, 09 November 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1920
SELF-DENIAL FUND (Evening Post, 09 November 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Nov 1920
YEARLING SALE AT CHRISTCHURCH. (Feilding Star, 10 November 1920) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Nov 1920
SALE OF YEARLINGS. (Poverty Bay Herald, 10 November 1920) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Nov 1920
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 17 November 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Nov 1920
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 19 November 1920) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Nov 1920
THE SOCIAL SPHERE (Observer, 20 November 1920) Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Nov 1920
LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 26 November 1920) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Nov 1920
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Marlborough Express, 29 November 1920) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Nov 1920
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 30 November 1920) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Nov 1920
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Marlborough Express, 30 November 1920) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Dec 1920
ACCIDENTS AMD DEATHS. (Ashburton Guardian, 01 December 1920) Ashburton Guardian · 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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