How many records does the archive hold?

67,402 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 Berry Shop”, the shelf

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

311 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 1900s
13 Sept 1907
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 13 September 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Sept 1907
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 21 September 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 Sept 1907
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 28 September 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
16 Oct 1907
TELEGRAMS. (Feilding Star, 16 October 1907) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Oct 1907
ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES (Taranaki Herald, 16 October 1907) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1907
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 31 October 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1907
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 09 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1907
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 09 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1907
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 09 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Nov 1907
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 12 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Nov 1907
Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 23 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 Nov 1907
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Nov 1907
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 30 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
7 Dec 1907
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 07 December 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Dec 1907
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 21 December 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Dec 1907
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 31 December 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jan 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 02 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 Jan 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 04 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jan 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jan 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 09 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
10 Jan 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 10 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jan 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 18 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jan 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 29 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Feb 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 06 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
5 Mar 1908
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 05 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Mar 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 26 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 09 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 May 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 30 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jul 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 11 July 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Aug 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 01 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
10 Oct 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 10 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Dec 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 05 December 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Feb 1909
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Poverty Bay Herald, 27 February 1909) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Mar 1909
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 15 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 20 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 17 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jul 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 03 July 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Jul 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 17 July 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Aug 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 14 August 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Oct 1909
Page 10 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 09 October 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
23 Oct 1909
Page 11 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 23 October 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1910s
30 Jan 1914
Women In Print. (Evening Post, 30 January 1914) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Feb 1917
Untitled (Poverty Bay Herald, 15 February 1917) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Mar 1917
WELLINGTON RECRUITING DISTRICT (No. 5) (Evening Post, 14 March 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
18 Jun 1917
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 18 June 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Sept 1917
15000 MEN CALLED UP (Evening Post, 03 September 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
2 Oct 1917
FIRST DIVISION (Evening Post, 02 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
2 Oct 1917
Called Up. (Wanganui Chronicle, 02 October 1917) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1940s
10 Apr 1941
Page 1 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 10 April 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 2000s
30 Nov 2000
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
29 Mar 2001
134 Security Ltd etc Removals · New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
4 Dec 2003
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
24 Jun 2004
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
17 Nov 2005
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
23 Feb 2006
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
10 Aug 2006
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
14 Sept 2006
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
10 May 2007
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
13 Sept 2007
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
19 Jun 2008
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
11 Sept 2008
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
18 Jun 2009
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
12 Nov 2009
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
the 2010s
17 Jun 2010
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
15 Dec 2011
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
17 May 2012
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
19 Jul 2012
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
18 Oct 2012
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
15 Nov 2012
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
18 Apr 2013
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
18 Jul 2013
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
19 Sept 2013
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
14 Nov 2013
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
23 Jan 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
17 Apr 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
22 May 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
19 Jun 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
17 Jul 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
14 Aug 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
18 Sept 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
16 Oct 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
20 Nov 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
18 Dec 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
10 Sept 2015
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
17 Dec 2015
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
19 May 2016
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
16 Jun 2016
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
11 Aug 2016
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
16 Feb 2017
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
13 Apr 2017
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
17 Aug 2017
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
14 Sept 2017
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
18 May 2018
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From The Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 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
16 Aug 2018
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
14 Nov 2019
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From The Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
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
11 Aug 2022
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · 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.

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