How many records does the archive hold?

70,536 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.

Evening Post

Every Evening Post record the archive holds about Christchurch, each linked at the National Library’s Papers Past, where the original page sits.

8,136 records matching 80 of these 100 with their text read

Its patch

Where this paper’s records surfaced in the archive’s searches, the searches that returned it, not a claim it covered them.

Suburbs its records surfaced for: Waimairi Beach · Christchurch Airport · Wigram · Redcliffs · Beckenham · Saint Martins · Northcote · Aranui · Edgeware · Avondale · Scarborough · Ouruhia · Mairehau · Christchurch Central City · Bexley · Northwood · New Brighton · Harewood · Avonhead · Somerfield · Westmorland · Dallington · Coutts Island · Burwood · Brooklands · South New Brighton · Shirley · McLeans Island

The wider field, names its searches used that no suburb owns: Oaklands

Streets: remuera avenue, Cashmere · waller terrace, Christchurch Central City · hunter terrace, Cashmere · stratford street, Fendalton · clifford avenue, Merivale · desmond street, Merivale · michael avenue, Mount Pleasant · beach, Waimairi Beach · road, Wigram · malcolm avenue, Cashmere · roseneath place, Cashmere · fairway drive, Shirley · wigram road, Wigram · selwyn avenue, Akaroa · martin avenue, Beckenham · st james avenue, PAPANUI · joy street, Shirley · barrington street, Spreydon · pembroke street, Avondale · dorset street, Christchurch Central City · terrace garden 10 park terrace, Christchurch Central City · cyrus williams quay, Lyttelton · basil place, Mount Pleasant

the 1910s
6 Mar 1918
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 06 March 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Mar 1918
HOME AGAIN (Evening Post, 06 March 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Mar 1918
SICK AND WOUNDED (Evening Post, 08 March 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Mar 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 09 March 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Mar 1918
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 11 March 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Mar 1918
SICK AND WOUNDED (Evening Post, 11 March 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Mar 1918
TOTAL OF 750 NAMES (Evening Post, 13 March 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
14 Mar 1918
FUTURE OF SAMOA (Evening Post, 14 March 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1918
SICK AND WOUNDED (Evening Post, 23 March 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Mar 1918
SICK AND WOUNDED (Evening Post, 28 March 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Mar 1918
THE TURF (Evening Post, 30 March 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Apr 1918
CHRISTCHURCH V. WELLINGTON (Evening Post, 01 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 02 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
3 Apr 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 03 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 Apr 1918
SENIOR BOYS' LEAGUE. (Evening Post, 04 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Apr 1918
MARRIAGES. (Evening Post, 06 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1918
NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 09 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1918
SICK AND WOUNDED (Evening Post, 09 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Apr 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 10 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Apr 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 11 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Apr 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 11 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Apr 1918
COMING HOME (Evening Post, 16 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 17 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Apr 1918
NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 18 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1918
TO-DAY'S CASUALTY LIST (Evening Post, 20 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1918
SICK AND WOUNDED (Evening Post, 20 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
22 Apr 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 22 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Apr 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 23 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 24 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1918
ROLL-OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 24 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1918
SICK AND WOUNDED (Evening Post, 24 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
26 Apr 1918
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 26 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Apr 1918
SICK AND WOUNDED (Evening Post, 27 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
29 Apr 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 29 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Apr 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 29 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Apr 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 30 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1 May 1918
CHRISTCHURCH SECRETARY'S DISCLAIMER (Evening Post, 01 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
3 May 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 03 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 May 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 04 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 May 1918
COMING HOME (Evening Post, 04 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 May 1918
AWARDS AT THE SHOW (Evening Post, 04 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 May 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 06 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 May 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 06 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 May 1918
SECOND DIVISION LEAGUE (Evening Post, 07 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 08 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 May 1918
COMING HOME (Evening Post, 08 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 May 1918
NEW ZEALAND ARMY (Evening Post, 10 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 May 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 17 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
18 May 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 18 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 May 1918
LODGE MEETINGS (Evening Post, 20 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
21 May 1918
LOCAL AND GENERAL (Evening Post, 21 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
22 May 1918
Untitled (Evening Post, 22 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 May 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 23 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
23 May 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 23 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 May 1918
DEATHS. (Evening Post, 24 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 May 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 25 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
25 May 1918
SICK AND WOUNDED (Evening Post, 25 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
27 May 1918
LOCAL AND GENERAL (Evening Post, 27 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 May 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 27 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
30 May 1918
BAND CONCERT (Evening Post, 30 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
1 Jun 1918
SICK AND WOUNDED (Evening Post, 01 June 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
3 Jun 1918
HOME AGAIN (Evening Post, 03 June 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 Jun 1918
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 08 June 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
11 Jun 1918
SICK AND WOUNDED (Evening Post, 11 June 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jun 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 12 June 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jun 1918
NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 13 June 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jun 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 14 June 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jun 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 15 June 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jun 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 20 June 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jun 1918
ADDINGTON MARKET (Evening Post, 20 June 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
21 Jun 1918
PERSONAL MATTERS (Evening Post, 21 June 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jun 1918
A WOMAN'S SUICIDE (Evening Post, 21 June 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Jun 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 24 June 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jun 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 25 June 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jun 1918
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 26 June 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
28 Jun 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 28 June 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
3 Jul 1918
RESERVISTS SENT TO PRISON (Evening Post, 03 July 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
6 Jul 1918
Untitled (Evening Post, 06 July 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
16 Jul 1918
EMPLOYMENT FOR EX-SOLDIERS (Evening Post, 16 July 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
22 Jul 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 22 July 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Jul 1918
SICK AND WOUNDED (Evening Post, 24 July 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jul 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 25 July 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1 Aug 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 01 August 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
10 Aug 1918
Page 15 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 10 August 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Aug 1918
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 12 August 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Aug 1918
SICK AND WOUNDED (Evening Post, 13 August 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Aug 1918
C.J.C. FINAL PAYMENTS AND ACCEPTANCES (Evening Post, 13 August 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
14 Aug 1918
RICCARTON TRAINING NOTES (Evening Post, 14 August 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Aug 1918
DEATH OF MR. J. P. BOURKE (Evening Post, 14 August 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
16 Aug 1918
NOTES ON THE SPORT (Evening Post, 16 August 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
21 Aug 1918
50 DAMAGES FOR ALLEGED LIBEL (Evening Post, 21 August 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
22 Aug 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 22 August 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Aug 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 24 August 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Aug 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 26 August 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Sept 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 06 September 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
6 Sept 1918
DRUIDISM (Evening Post, 06 September 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Sept 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 09 September 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
10 Sept 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 10 September 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Sept 1918
SICK AND WOUNDED (Evening Post, 10 September 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
11 Sept 1918
FIRE AT PENDALTON (Evening Post, 11 September 1918) 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.