How many records does the archive hold?

80,797 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.

“City Church Christchurch”, the shelf

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

4,077 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
24 Mar 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 March 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Mar 1904
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 28-3-1904) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1904
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 02 April 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
13 Apr 1904
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 13-4-1904) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Apr 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 14 April 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Apr 1904
TABLE TALK, (Otago Witness, 27 April 1904) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Apr 1904
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 27 April 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 May 1904
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 04 May 1904) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 May 1904
Untitled (Colonist, 04 May 1904) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 May 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 5-5-1904) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 12 May 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 May 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 14-5-1904) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 May 1904
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wanganui Chronicle, 17 May 1904) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 May 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 17-5-1904) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 May 1904
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 18-5-1904) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 May 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 19-5-1904) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 May 1904
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 28 May 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1 Jun 1904
LETTERS FROM THE LITTLE FOLK. (Otago Witness, 01 June 1904) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jun 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 06 June 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jun 1904
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 11 June 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Jun 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 June 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jun 1904
OBITUARY. (Star, 16 June 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Jun 1904
Untitled (Poverty Bay Herald, 24 June 1904) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jul 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 7-5-1904) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jul 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 06 July 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jul 1904
The Daily News. TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1904. NEWS OF THE DAY. (Taranaki Daily News 7-6-1904) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Jul 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 08 July 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jul 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 09 July 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jul 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 15 July 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jul 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 16 July 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Aug 1904
DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH (New Zealand Tablet, 11 August 1904) New Zealand Tablet · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Aug 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 12 August 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
13 Aug 1904
Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1904 (Poverty Bay Herald, 13 August 1904) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Aug 1904
LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS. (Poverty Bay Herald, 22 August 1904) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Aug 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 August 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Aug 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 29 August 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Aug 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 30 August 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Sept 1904
Two New Zealanders Abroad. (New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, 01 September 1904) New Zealand Illustrated Magazine · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Sept 1904
Untitled (Poverty Bay Herald, 03 September 1904) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Sept 1904
Untitled (Poverty Bay Herald, 06 September 1904) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Sept 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 24 September 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Oct 1904
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 03 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Oct 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 04 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 Oct 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 08 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Oct 1904
Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 15 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Oct 1904
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 15 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Oct 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 21 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Oct 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
25 Oct 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
26 Oct 1904
LETTERS FROM THE LITTLE FOLK. (Otago Witness, 26 October 1904) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
29 Oct 1904
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 29 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Oct 1904
CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL. (Star, 29 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
31 Oct 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 31 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Nov 1904
CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL. (Star, 01 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 05 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Nov 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 12 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Nov 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 15 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
15 Nov 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 15 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Nov 1904
West Coast Times. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1904. TOPICS OF THE DAY. (West Coast Times, 15 November 1904) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Nov 1904
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 17 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Nov 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 18 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
19 Nov 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 19 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Nov 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 23 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Nov 1904
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 24 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
26 Nov 1904
THE SOCIAL SPHERE (Observer, 26 November 1904) Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Nov 1904
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 29 November 1904) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Dec 1904
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 03 December 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Dec 1904
Untitled (Poverty Bay Herald, 05 December 1904) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Dec 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 12-5-1904) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Dec 1904
Untitled (Poverty Bay Herald, 09 December 1904) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Dec 1904
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 13 December 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Dec 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 15 December 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Dec 1904
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 17 December 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Dec 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 24 December 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
30 Dec 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 30 December 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Dec 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 30 December 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Dec 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 31 December 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Dec 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 31 December 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jan 1905
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 07 January 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jan 1905
LOCAL AND GENERAL (Star, 11 January 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jan 1905
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 14 January 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
14 Jan 1905
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 14 January 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jan 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 16 January 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
18 Jan 1905
Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERT EVENING. GISBORNE, WEDNESDAY. JAN. 18. 1905. (Poverty Bay Herald, 18 January 1905) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jan 1905
IN AND OUT OF LONDON (Otago Witness, 25 January 1905) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jan 1905
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 25 January 1905) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jan 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 January 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jan 1905
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 January 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jan 1905
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 30 January 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Feb 1905
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 01 February 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Feb 1905
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 February 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Feb 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 03 February 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Feb 1905
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 04 February 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Feb 1905
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 08 February 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Feb 1905
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 11 February 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
18 Feb 1905
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 18 February 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Feb 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 February 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Feb 1905
THE. SOUTH ISLAND RIFLE MEETING. (Wanganui Herald, 27 February 1905) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Feb 1905
THE SOUTH ISLAND RIFLE MEETING (Wanganui Chronicle, 27 February 1905) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Feb 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 February 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read

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.

“City Church Christchurch”, the shelf

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