How many records does the archive hold?

81,477 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.

“"a"”, the shelf

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

62,618 records matching 94 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 1890s
8 Dec 1893
Local & General. (Star, 08 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Dec 1893
The Marlborough Express. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1893. THE CHURCH AND THE POOR. (Marlborough Express, 09 December 1893) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Dec 1893
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Poverty Bay Herald, 11 December 1893) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Dec 1893
SWIMMING. (Star, 11 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Dec 1893
DEATHS. (Star, 11 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Dec 1893
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 11 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Dec 1893
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Poverty Bay Herald, 12 December 1893) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Dec 1893
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 12 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Dec 1893
CHRISTCHURCH SHOW. (Star, 12 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Dec 1893
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Poverty Bay Herald, 13 December 1893) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Dec 1893
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS (West Coast Times, 13 December 1893) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Dec 1893
DRAINAGE BOARD. (Star, 13 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Dec 1893
OMNIUM GATHERUM. (Otago Daily Times, 13 December 1893) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Dec 1893
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 14 December 1893) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Dec 1893
Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 14 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Dec 1893
CHRISTCHURCH SHOW. (Star, 14 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Dec 1893
BANK NOTES. (Otago Witness, 14 December 1893) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Dec 1893
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 15 December 1893) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Dec 1893
Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 15 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Dec 1893
Local & General. (Star, 16 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Dec 1893
Untitled (Wanganui Herald, 18 December 1893) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Dec 1893
CHRISTCHURCH CYCLING SPORTS. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Christchurch, December 18. (North Otago Times, 19 December 1893) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Dec 1893
CHRISTCHURCH. December 18. (North Otago Times, 19 December 1893) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Dec 1893
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 19 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Dec 1893
CHRISTCHURCH SHOW. (Star, 19 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Dec 1893
Untitled (Nelson Evening Mail, 20 December 1893) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Dec 1893
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 21 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Dec 1893
CHRISTCHURCH SHOW. (Star, 21 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Dec 1893
ART EXHIBITION. (Colonist, 22 December 1893) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Dec 1893
Local & General. (Star, 22 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Dec 1893
SWIMMING. (Star, 22 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Dec 1893
West Christchurch. (Star, 22 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Dec 1893
SKETCHING CLUBS EXHIBITION. (Nelson Evening Mail, 22 December 1893) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Dec 1893
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 23 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Dec 1893
SPORTING. (West Coast Times, 23 December 1893) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Dec 1893
SPORTING. CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Christchurch, December 22. (North Otago Times, 23 December 1893) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Dec 1893
WEST CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 23 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Dec 1893
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 26 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Dec 1893
SWIMMING. (Star, 26 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Dec 1893
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 26 December 1893) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Dec 1893
Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 26 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Dec 1893
CHRISTCHURCH SHOW. (Star, 26 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Dec 1893
Accidents near Christchurch. (Nelson Evening Mail, 27 December 1893) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Dec 1893
SHOOTING COMPETITION. (Otago Daily Times, 27 December 1893) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Dec 1893
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 28 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Dec 1893
ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. (Ashburton Guardian, 28 December 1893) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Dec 1893
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 28 December 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Dec 1893
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1893. (Evening Post, 29 December 1893) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Dec 1893
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 29 December 1893) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Dec 1893
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1893. 1893. (Evening Post, 30 December 1893) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Dec 1893
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 30 December 1893) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1894
Temple of Truth, Christchurch Hocken Digital Collections · no. 52470 · Hocken Collections - Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago; University of Otago
1894
Temple of Truth, Christchurch Hocken Digital Collections · no. 58725 · Hocken Collections - Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago; University of Otago
1894
Wellington Art Club exhibition Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1894
Copy of a Petrus van der Velden painting - Bessie Doyle, The Great Violinist, Christchurch by Unknown; Petrus van der Velden · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1894
Photograph: Christchurch Gardens by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
2 Jan 1894
The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News, and Echo. TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1894. (Auckland Star, 02 January 1894) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
2 Jan 1894
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 02 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jan 1894
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Wanganui Chronicle, 02 January 1894) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jan 1894
CANTERBURY SUMMER MEETING. Christchurch, 2nd January. (Evening Post, 03 January 1894) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jan 1894
SPORTIING (Ashburton Guardian, 03 January 1894) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jan 1894
Untitled (Auckland Star, 03 January 1894) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jan 1894
Local & General. (Star, 04 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jan 1894
CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (BY TELEGRAPH.) CHRISTCHURCH, January 2. (North Otago Times, 04 January 1894) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jan 1894
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 04 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jan 1894
Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 (New Zealand Tablet, 05 January 1894) New Zealand Tablet · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jan 1894
NEW ZEALAND SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING. (Auckland Star, 05 January 1894) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jan 1894
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 05 January 1894) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jan 1894
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times, 06 January 1894) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jan 1894
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 06 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jan 1894
Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 06 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jan 1894
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 06 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jan 1894
Page 8 Advertisements Column 7 (Auckland Star, 06 January 1894) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Jan 1894
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 08 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Jan 1894
North Otago Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1894. (North Otago Times, 08 January 1894) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jan 1894
Road Boards. (Star, 09 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jan 1894
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 09 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jan 1894
LINWOOD BOROUGH COUNCIL. (Star, 09 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jan 1894
Local & General. (Star, 09 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jan 1894
SELWYN COUNTY COUNCIL. (Star, 10 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jan 1894
Local & General. (Star, 10 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jan 1894
CHRISTCHURCH SHOW. (Star, 11 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jan 1894
The Daily Telegraph. FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1884. OUR CABLEGRAMS. (Daily Telegraph, 12 January 1894) Daily Telegraph · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jan 1894
BIBLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. (Otago Daily Times, 12 January 1894) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jan 1894
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 13 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jan 1894
INTERPROVINCIAL. (BY TELEGRAPH.) CHRISTCHURCH. January 11. (North Otago Times, 13 January 1894) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jan 1894
CHRISTCHURCH SHOW. (Star, 13 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jan 1894
Christchurch College Football Team 1894 by New Zealand Graphic; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm) · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
15 Jan 1894
Loyal Addington Lodge. (Star, 15 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jan 1894
Death of a Jockey. (Nelson Evening Mail, 16 January 1894) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jan 1894
CHRISTCHURCH SHOW. (Star, 16 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jan 1894
Swimming. (Star, 16 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jan 1894
THE SHEARING DISPUTE AT BENMORE. (Otago Daily Times 16-1-1894) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jan 1894
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 January 1894) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jan 1894
MARRIAGES. (Star, 18 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jan 1894
CHRISTCHURCH SHOW. (Star, 18 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jan 1894
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 18 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jan 1894
Local & General. (Star, 19 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jan 1894
NEW BRIGHTON PIER. (Star, 19 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jan 1894
Christchurch Presbytery. (Star, 19 January 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read

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