How many records does the archive hold?

62,792 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.

“Millers”, the shelf

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

246 records matching 40 of these 46 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
2 Mar 1928
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 02 March 1928) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Mar 1928
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 06 March 1928) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Mar 1928
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 09 March 1928) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Mar 1928
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 March 1928) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Mar 1928
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 March 1928) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1928
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 March 1928) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1928
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 April 1928) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Jun 1928
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 June 1928) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1930s
25 Jul 1931
Page 11 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 25 July 1931) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1940s
9 Jan 1941
CHRISTCHURCH FIRM (Evening Post, 09 January 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1941
TODAY'S LIST (Evening Post, 29 May 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Dec 1941
FIFTH LIST (Evening Post, 08 December 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1 Jan 1942
Tyndale House - 37 Hackthorne Rd Cashmere - Chr... (PB2314/4) V.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph Collection · V.C. Browne & Son
3 Jan 1942
Millers Ltd factory workers, Tuam Street by Christchurch Star · 1940s Christchurch Star photographs · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
3 Jan 1942
Millers Department Store, Tuam Street by Christchurch Star · 1940s Christchurch Star photographs · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
5 Jan 1942
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 05 January 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jan 1942
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 17 January 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
30 Jul 1942
N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 30 July 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
12 Jun 1943
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 12 June 1943) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1945
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 17 April 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 May 1945
R.N.Z.A.F. PERSONNEL (Evening Post, 18 May 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1950s
17 Oct 1952
Christchurch Boys High School - Christchurch (0577/630) V.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph Collection · V.C. Browne & Son · about 1 place
the 2000s
22 Aug 2000
REGISTER New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 39 places
1 Feb 2007
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
5 Jul 2007
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
11 Sept 2008
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
9 Jul 2009
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
6 Aug 2009
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
10 Dec 2009
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
the 2010s
20 May 2010
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
17 Jun 2010
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
17 Nov 2011
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
23 Nov 2011
TELECOM RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT DESIGNATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 69XJ OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 2001 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 11 places
1 Jan 2012
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of Christchurch CBD red zone scenes TAPUHI · Alexander Turnbull Library · about 1 place
19 Jun 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
18 Jun 2015
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
21 Jan 2016
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
18 May 2017
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
24 Aug 2017
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
14 Sept 2017
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
14 Jun 2018
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 8 places
the 2020s
12 Aug 2021
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
16 Sept 2021
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
15 Dec 2022
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
13 Aug 2026
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
the 1950s
1950
Aerial View of Millers Building, Tuam Street, 1950s? Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 3 places

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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