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.

“"and"”, the shelf

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

68,555 records matching 98 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
3 Oct 1898
THE MOUNTFORT MEMORIAL. (Star, 03 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Oct 1898
CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET. (Christchurch Press.) (North Otago Times, 03 October 1898) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Oct 1898
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 03 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Oct 1898
BOROUGH COUNCILS. (Star, 04 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Oct 1898
AN UNWARRANTED COMPLAINT. (Auckland Star, 04 October 1898) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Oct 1898
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 05 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Oct 1898
BOARD OF EDUCATION. (Star, 05 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Oct 1898
CHESS. (Star, 05 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Oct 1898
Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 06 October 1898) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Oct 1898
DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH. (New Zealand Tablet, 06 October 1898) New Zealand Tablet · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Oct 1898
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 06 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Oct 1898
ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. (PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) (Otago Daily Times, 06 October 1898) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Oct 1898
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ashburton Guardian, 06 October 1898) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Oct 1898
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 07 October 1898) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Oct 1898
Christchurch Cathedral from the Provincial Council Chambers by New Zealand Graphic; Burke, Walter Ernest Messervy, 1866-1954 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · no. 116253 · Auckland Libraries
8 Oct 1898
Christchurch Cathedral from the Provincial Council Chambers by New Zealand Graphic; Burke, Walter Ernest Messervy, 1866-1954 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · no. 114711 · Auckland Libraries
10 Oct 1898
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Otago Daily Times, 10 October 1898) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
10 Oct 1898
CYCLING. (Star, 10 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Oct 1898
SCHOOL COMMITTEES. (Star, 10 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Oct 1898
CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET. (Christchurch Press.) (North Otago Times, 10 October 1898) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Oct 1898
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Timaru Herald, 11 October 1898) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Oct 1898
WEDDING AT ST. JOHN'S. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 11 October 1898) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Oct 1898
MAIL NOTICES. (Star, 11 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Oct 1898
CHRISTCHURCH PRESBYTERY. (Star, 11 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Oct 1898
GOLF. (Otago Daily Times, 11 October 1898) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Oct 1898
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 12 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
12 Oct 1898
MAIL NOTICES. (Star, 12 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Oct 1898
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 12 October 1898) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Oct 1898
DEATHS. (Star, 13 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Oct 1898
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Otago Daily Times, 13 October 1898) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Oct 1898
CANTERBURY DOINGS. (Otago Witness, 13 October 1898) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Oct 1898
MAIL NOTICES. (Star, 13 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Oct 1898
ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. (Otago Daily Times, 13 October 1898) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Oct 1898
SPORTING. (Evening Post, 14 October 1898) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Oct 1898
SPORTING. (Otago Daily Times, 14 October 1898) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Oct 1898
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Otago Daily Times, 15 October 1898) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Oct 1898
CHRISTCHURCH LIEDERTAFEL. (Star, 15 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Oct 1898
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Ashburton Guardian, 15 October 1898) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Oct 1898
DEATHS. (Star, 17 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Oct 1898
INTERPROVINCIAL. (Timaru Herald, 17 October 1898) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Oct 1898
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 17 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Oct 1898
The Horse Fiend. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 17 October 1898) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Oct 1898
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 17 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Oct 1898
The Wanganui herald. [PUBLISHED DAILY.] (Wanganui Herald, 17 October 1898) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Oct 1898
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Timaru Herald, 18 October 1898) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Oct 1898
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 18 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Oct 1898
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Otago Daily Times, 18 October 1898) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Oct 1898
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 19 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1898
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Oct 1898
POVERTY BAY SHOW. (Auckland Star, 21 October 1898) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Oct 1898
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 21 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Oct 1898
SPORTING, CHRISTCHURCH RACES, (BY TELEGRAPH.) CHRISTCHURCH, October 20. (North Otago Times, 21 October 1898) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Oct 1898
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 21 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Oct 1898
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Timaru Herald, 22 October 1898) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Oct 1898
POVERTY BAY SHOW. (Otago Daily Times, 22 October 1898) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Oct 1898
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times, 24 October 1898) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Oct 1898
CORRESPONDENCE. (Star, 25 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Oct 1898
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 25 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Oct 1898
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 26 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Oct 1898
BOARD OF EDUCATION. (Star, 26 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Oct 1898
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Evening Post, 26 October 1898) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Oct 1898
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 26 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Oct 1898
COMMERCIAL (Otago Witness, 27 October 1898) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Oct 1898
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 28 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1898
Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times, 29 October 1898) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Oct 1898
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 29 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1898
TUA-O-RANGI (DAYS GONE BY). (Star, 29 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1898
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENT. (Star, 29 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1898
THE VOLUNTEERS. (Star, 29 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1898
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Ashburton Guardian, 29 October 1898) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1898
DEATHS. (Star, 31 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1898
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 31 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1898
CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Christchurch, October 29. (North Otago Times, 31 October 1898) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1898
CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET. (Christchurch Press.) (North Otago Times, 31 October 1898) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1898
RIFLE SHOOTING. (Star, 31 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Nov 1898
THE VOLUNTEERS. (Star, 01 November 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Nov 1898
ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES (Evening Post, 02 November 1898) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Nov 1898
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. (Star, 02 November 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Nov 1898
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (West Coast Times, 02 November 1898) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Nov 1898
CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (BY TELEGRAPH). Christchurch, November 1. (North Otago Times, 02 November 1898) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Nov 1898
CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Christchurch, November 2 (North Otago Times, 03 November 1898) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1898
CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Christchurch, November 3 (North Otago Times, 04 November 1898) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1898
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 04 November 1898) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1898
BAZAARS. (Star, 04 November 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1898
DEATH. (Star, 05 November 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1898
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 05 November 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1898
SCHOOL COMMITTEES. (Star, 05 November 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1898
BIRTHS. (Evening Post, 05 November 1898) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1898
CARNIVAL WEEK. (Star, 05 November 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1898
Page 4 Advertisements Column 7 (Ashburton Guardian, 05 November 1898) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Nov 1898
CHRISTCHURCH NOTES. (Thames Star, 07 November 1898) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Nov 1898
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 08 November 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Nov 1898
SPORTING:, (Otago Daily Times, 08 November 1898) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Nov 1898
Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 08 November 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Nov 1898
MARRIAGE. (Star, 08 November 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Nov 1898
CHRISTCHURCH PRESBYTERY. (Star, 08 November 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Nov 1898
CHRISTCHURCH RACES. SECOND DAY. (Marlborough Express, 10 November 1898) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Nov 1898
C.J.C. SPRING MEETING. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 10 November 1898) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Nov 1898
MAGISTERIAL. CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 12 November 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Nov 1898
CHRISTCHURCH. (Tuapeka Times, 12 November 1898) Tuapeka Times · 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.

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