How many records does the archive hold?

65,200 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.

“Black & White”, the shelf

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

3,370 records matching 55 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 1860s
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: Christchurch Panorama, No. 13 by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: Christ's College, Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: Riccarton Bush by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · no. 767590 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · no. 808728 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · no. 808729 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · no. 808730 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · no. 808727 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: Panorama of Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: Christchurch Panorama, No. 11 by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: Christchurch Panorama, No. 18 by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: Christchurch, New Zealand 1860 by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · no. 767599 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: Christchurch Panorama, No. 19 by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: Christchurch Panorama, No. 4 by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: Christchurch Panorama, No. 5 by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: Christchurch Panorama, No. 6 by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: Christchurch from Government Buildings by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: Christchurch, New Zealand 1860 by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · no. 767710 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Glass Plate Negative: Panorama of Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: St John's Church, Christchurch 1860 by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph: Christchurch View from Government Buildings Tower by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Glass Plate Negative: Panorama, Number Four by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Glass Plate Negative: Panorama, Number Eight by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Glass Plate Negative: Panorama Number Three by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Glass Plate Negative: Panorama, Number Sixteen by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Glass Plate Negative: Panorama, Number Thirteen by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Glass Plate Negative: Panorama, Number Five by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Glass Plate Negative Stereograph Slide: Panorama by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · no. 214388 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Glass Plate Negative Stereograph Slide: House by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Glass Plate Negative Stereograph Slide: Panorama by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · no. 215348 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Glass Plate Negative: Panorama by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Glass Plate Negative Stereograph Slide: Panorama by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · no. 215075 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Glass Plate Negative Stereograph Slide: Panorama by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · no. 215322 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1860
Photograph, Francis Stevens by Nicholas Brothers · NZmuseums · Te Hikoi Museum · Te Hikoi Museum
22 Feb 1860
Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 22 February 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Mar 1860
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 28 March 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Apr 1860
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 11 April 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
14 Apr 1860
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 14 April 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Apr 1860
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 21 April 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
19 May 1860
JURY LIST FOR 1860. (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 7 places
19 May 1860
Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
19 May 1860
Page 9 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 May 1860
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 30 May 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
2 Jun 1860
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 02 June 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jun 1860
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 27 June 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jul 1860
CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 11 July 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jul 1860
CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 14 July 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jul 1860
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 28 July 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1 Aug 1860
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 01 August 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Aug 1860
Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 22 August 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Sept 1860
SUPREME COURT.-Criminal Sittings. (Lyttelton Times, 05 September 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 Sept 1860
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 08 September 1860) Hawke's Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Sept 1860
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 29 September 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Oct 1860
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 24 October 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Oct 1860
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 27 October 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1860
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 31 October 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Dec 1860
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 22 December 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Dec 1860
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 26 December 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jan 1861
Photograph: Oxford Terrace, Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1861
Glass Plate Negative: Christopher Alderson Calvert, Oxford Terrace by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1861
Photograph: Government Buildings, Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · no. 767621 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1861
Photograph: Government Buildings, Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · no. 767595 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1861
Photograph: Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1861
Photograph: Christchurch Club by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · no. 529238 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1861
Photograph: Christchurch Club by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · no. 808771 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1861
Glass Plate Negative: Christchurch Club by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1861
Glass Plate Negative: Government Buildings, Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1861
Photograph: Provincial Government Buildings, Christchurch, Canterbury by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1861
Photograph: St Michael's Church, Christchurch 1861 by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
2 Jan 1861
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 02 January 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jan 1861
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 05 January 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jan 1861
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 09 January 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jan 1861
Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 09 January 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jan 1861
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 12 January 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jan 1861
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 16 January 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jan 1861
CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 19 January 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jan 1861
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 19 January 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jan 1861
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 19 January 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jan 1861
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 30 January 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
23 Feb 1861
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 23 February 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Mar 1861
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 09 March 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Mar 1861
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 13 March 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Mar 1861
Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 16 March 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Mar 1861
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 16 March 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Apr 1861
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 06 April 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Apr 1861
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 13 April 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1861
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 17 April 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1861
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 17 April 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1861
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 15 May 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Jun 1861
Untitled (Hawke's Bay Herald, 08 June 1861) Hawke's Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
12 Jun 1861
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 12 June 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jun 1861
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 12 June 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jul 1861
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 17 July 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jul 1861
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 20 July 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Aug 1861
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 07 August 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
14 Sept 1861
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 14 September 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Sept 1861
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 18 September 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Sept 1861
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 21 September 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Sept 1861
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 21 September 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Oct 1861
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 02 October 1861) Lyttelton Times · 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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