How many records does the archive hold?

66,408 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.

“"Main South Road"”, the shelf

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

245 records matching 32 of these 45 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 2000s
1 Jun 2000
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
22 Aug 2000
REGISTER New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 39 places
24 Aug 2001
supplement New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 22 places
11 Oct 2001
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
13 Jun 2002
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
11 Jul 2002
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
16 Aug 2002
supplement New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 30 places
6 Mar 2003
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
28 Aug 2003
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
29 Aug 2003
REGISTER New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 26 places
23 Oct 2003
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
13 Nov 2003
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
11 Mar 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
18 Mar 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
27 Aug 2004
Register of Pharmacies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 20 places
21 Apr 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
14 Sept 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
19 Jun 2008
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
13 Nov 2008
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
the 2010s
1 Sept 2010
New Zealand Transport Agency (Speed Limits on State Highways) Bylaw 2010/10 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
23 Sept 2010
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
30 Sept 2010
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
7 Oct 2010
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
8 Mar 2012
Earthquake damaged St. Peter’s Anglican Church Canterbury Stories · no. 54934 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 2 places
8 Mar 2012
Earthquake damaged St. Peter’s Anglican Church Canterbury Stories · no. 54927 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 2 places
8 Mar 2012
Earthquake damaged St. Peter’s Anglican Church Canterbury Stories · no. 54931 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
4 Oct 2012
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
21 Mar 2013
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
18 Dec 2013
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 30 places
5 Jun 2014
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
12 Dec 2014
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 33 places
16 Dec 2015
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 28 places
23 Jun 2016
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
11 Mar 2017
St. Peter's Anglican Church Graveyard Canterbury Stories · no. 63221 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 2 places
11 Mar 2017
St. Peter's Anglican Church Graveyard Canterbury Stories · no. 63222 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 2 places
11 Mar 2017
St. Peter's Anglican Church Graveyard Canterbury Stories · no. 63223 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 2 places
11 Mar 2017
St. Peter's Anglican Church and Graveyard Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 2 places
11 Mar 2017
St. Peter's Anglican Church Graveyard Canterbury Stories · no. 63225 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 2 places
11 Mar 2017
St. Peter's Anglican Church Graveyard Canterbury Stories · no. 63227 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 2 places
11 Mar 2017
St. Peter's Anglican Church Graveyard Canterbury Stories · no. 63226 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 2 places
11 Mar 2017
St. Peter's Anglican Church Graveyard Canterbury Stories · no. 63228 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 2 places
11 Mar 2017
St. Peter's Anglican Church Graveyard Canterbury Stories · no. 63229 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 2 places
30 Mar 2017
New Zealand Transport Agency (Speed Limits on State Highways) Amendment Bylaw 2017/2 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
5 Jan 2018
Storm turns fatal as heavy rain and strong winds batter the country Radio New Zealand · Radio New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
26 Dec 2018
Main South Road intersection from Dress Smart Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place

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.

“"Main South Road"”, the shelf

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