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 Woolston Daily”, the shelf

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

254 records matching 54 of these 54 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
28 Aug 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 28 August 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
27 Sept 1909
FATALITY IN CHRISTCHURCH (Otago Daily Times 27-9-1909) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Sept 1909
ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. (Taranaki Daily News 27-9-1909) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Dec 1909
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 03 December 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1910s
28 Jun 1910
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 28 June 1910) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jan 1911
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Feilding Star, 30 January 1911) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1911
CENSUS RETURNS. (Otago Daily Times 22-5-1911) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jun 1911
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Feilding Star, 13 June 1911) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1911
CHRISTCHURCH BAND CONTESTS. (Otago Daily Times 20-10-1911) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Oct 1911
LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 23 October 1911) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Jan 1912
BAND CONTEST. (Taranaki Daily News 23-1-1912) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jan 1912
BAND CONTEST. (Taranaki Daily News 25-1-1912) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jan 1912
BAND CONTEST. (Taranaki Daily News 26-1-1912) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jan 1912
BAND CONTEST. (Taranaki Daily News 27-1-1912) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jun 1912
CHRISTCHURCH TRAMWAYS BOARD. (Otago Daily Times 28-6-1912) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Dec 1912
BRISBANE TRAGEDY (Wairarapa Daily Times, 30 December 1912) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 May 1913
THE CITY. (Ashburton Guardian, 14 May 1913) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jul 1913
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 17 July 1913) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Dec 1913
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 12 December 1913) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
30 Dec 1913
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 30 December 1913) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Apr 1915
BAND CONTEST. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 07 April 1915) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Apr 1915
BAND CONTEST. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 08 April 1915) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · no. 2.39 · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Apr 1915
BAND CONTEST. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 08 April 1915) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · no. 2.7 · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Apr 1915
DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 12 April 1915) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1915
FIRES. (Taranaki Daily News 20-4-1915) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 May 1915
NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES (Otago Daily Times 13-5-1915) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jul 1915
BAND CONTEST (Otago Daily Times 7-4-1915) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jul 1915
THE ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 7-7-1915) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Dec 1915
MURDER AND SUICIDE (Otago Daily Times 12-4-1915) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Dec 1915
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY. (Taranaki Daily News 12-4-1915) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jan 1916
THE ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 27-1-1916) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jun 1916
THE ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 14-6-1916) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Aug 1916
BACK FROM THE WAR (Otago Daily Times 31-8-1916) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Oct 1916
ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 14-10-1916) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jun 1917
MIL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 21-6-1917) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jun 1917
ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 25-6-1917) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Nov 1917
THE ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 11-10-1917) Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
7 Feb 1918
DISOBEDIENT RESERVISTS. (Otago Daily Times 2-7-1918) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Apr 1918
OVERSEA FORCES. (Otago Daily Times 19-4-1918) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jul 1918
SHIRKERS SENTENCED. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 03 July 1918) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Sept 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 13-9-1918) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Aug 1919
EARLY SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION (Otago Daily Times 13-8-1919) Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
15 Aug 1919
SPORTING. (Taranaki Daily News 15-8-1919) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1920s
24 Mar 1921
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ashburton Guardian, 24 March 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jul 1921
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 30 July 1921) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Aug 1921
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 03 August 1921) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Aug 1921
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 August 1921) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Oct 1923
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 08 October 1923) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1930s
8 Feb 1935
NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 08 February 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 2010s
14 Jul 2011
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 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
16 Oct 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 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
10 Aug 2023
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 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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