How many records does the archive hold?

71,563 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.

“"Woolston"”, the shelf

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

2,397 records matching 77 of these 97 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 2000s
28 Aug 2003
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
29 Aug 2003
REGISTER New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 26 places
11 Sept 2003
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
23 Oct 2003
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
6 Nov 2003
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
29 Jan 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
26 Feb 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
6 May 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
27 Aug 2004
Register of Pharmacies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 20 places
18 Nov 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
25 Nov 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
13 Jan 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
10 Feb 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
12 May 2005
Dissolution of Incorporated Societies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
7 Jul 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
21 Jul 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
1 Sept 2005
Dissolution of Incorporated Societies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
20 Oct 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
26 Jan 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
9 Mar 2006
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
11 Jan 2007
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
23 Jan 2007
LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 7 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
25 Oct 2007
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
25 Jan 2008
LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 9 places
10 Apr 2008
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
3 Jul 2008
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
28 Aug 2008
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
9 Oct 2008
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
30 Oct 2008
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
11 Dec 2008
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
11 Dec 2008
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
29 Jan 2009
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
29 Jan 2009
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
30 Jan 2009
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 10 places
29 Mar 2009
Woolston Borough Monument Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
29 Mar 2009
Woolston Park pavilion Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
30 Apr 2009
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
11 Jul 2009
Woolston Borough commemorative lamp Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
11 Jul 2009
Woolston Borough commemorative plaque Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · 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
14 Jan 2010
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
14 Jan 2010
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
29 Jan 2010
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 11 places
29 Apr 2010
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
3 Jun 2010
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
24 Jun 2010
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
28 Oct 2010
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
27 Jan 2011
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
31 Jan 2011
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 14 places
20 Jun 2011
Basic services information for quake residents Radio New Zealand · Radio New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
14 Jul 2011
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
18 Aug 2011
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
27 Jan 2012
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 6 places
19 Apr 2012
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 7 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
4 Oct 2012
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
30 Jan 2013
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 6 places
27 Apr 2013
Man critical after attackers set him alight Radio New Zealand · Radio New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Jun 2013
Marriage Celebrants for 2013 Notice No. 49 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
18 Dec 2013
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 30 places
14 Jan 2014
Objections to Proposed Boundaries of Electoral Districts of New Zealand New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
23 Jan 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 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
16 Oct 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
12 Dec 2014
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 33 places
30 Jul 2015
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
3 Sept 2015
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
8 Oct 2015
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
16 Dec 2015
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 28 places
11 Aug 2016
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
10 Sept 2016
Turner family grave, Rutherford Street Cemetery by Karen Gorsuch · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
10 Sept 2016
Sibbald family headstone, Rutherford Street Cemetery by Karen Gorsuch · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
8 Aug 2017
Whalebone Cottage Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
24 Aug 2017
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
21 Feb 2018
Holy Smoke Deli by Danny McNeil · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
21 Feb 2018
Woolston Park gate by Danny McNeil · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
3 Dec 2018
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
23 Feb 2019
Ashes of speedway champ Ivan Mauger interred Radio New Zealand · Radio New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
14 Mar 2019
Maunsell Street tire swing Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
14 Mar 2019
15 Maunsell Street Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
15 Mar 2019
Justices of the Peace Appointed New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
31 Mar 2019
Whalebone Cottage Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
7 Apr 2019
Bloomsbury Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
7 Apr 2019
Former Girls' Training Hostel Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
18 Apr 2019
Dissolution of Incorporated Societies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
4 Jul 2019
The Hollies Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
5 Aug 2019
Ferry Road lamp post Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
19 Sept 2019
Former Girl's Training Hostel Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
26 Sept 2019
Holy Smoke on Ferry Road Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
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 Nov 2020
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
10 Aug 2023
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
5 Jun 2025
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Companies Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
Christchurch-Lyttelton Railway Electrification. — A rotary converter in the Woolston sub-station New Zealand Electronic Text Collection · Victoria University of Wellington · about 1 place
(undated)
Looking NE over Opawaho/Opawa River to Davis Ge... (PB1004/62) V.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph Collection · V.C. Browne & Son · 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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