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.

64,855 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 1900s
28 May 1901
DEATH OF A PILGRIM. (Star, 28 May 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 May 1901
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 28 May 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 May 1901
A SCENE OF GREAT BEAUTY. (Taranaki Herald, 28 May 1901) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1901
District Court.��In Lankrnptey.l (Taranaki Herald, 29 May 1901) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1901
NOTES BY FULL BACK. (Otago Witness, 29 May 1901) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1901
THE VISIT OF THE YORKS (Grey River Argus, 29 May 1901) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 May 1901
THE VISIT TO CHRISTCHURCH. (Poverty Bay Herald, 30 May 1901) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 May 1901
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 31 May 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1 Jun 1901
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 01 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jun 1901
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 03 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jun 1901
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 03 June 1901) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jun 1901
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 04 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jun 1901
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 6-4-1901) Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
5 Jun 1901
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 05 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jun 1901
Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBOBNE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1901. (Poverty Bay Herald, 05 June 1901) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jun 1901
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 06 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jun 1901
MEMORIAL TO A JOURANLIST. (Nelson Evening Mail, 06 June 1901) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jun 1901
Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 (Auckland Star, 06 June 1901) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jun 1901
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 07 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jun 1901
THAMES. (Auckland Star, 07 June 1901) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Jun 1901
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 08 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Jun 1901
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 08 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jun 1901
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 10 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jun 1901
THE Grey River Argus PUBLISHED DAILY. (Grey River Argus, 10 June 1901) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jun 1901
FATAL ACCIDENT. (Wanganui Chronicle, 10 June 1901) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jun 1901
Fatality at Christchurch (Thames Star, 10 June 1901) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jun 1901
SOUTHERN MATCHES. (Auckland Star, 10 June 1901) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jun 1901
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 11 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jun 1901
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 11 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jun 1901
THE ROYAL VISIT. (Otago Witness, 12 June 1901) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
13 Jun 1901
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 13 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · no. 42.1 · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jun 1901
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 13 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · no. 44.4 · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jun 1901
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 14 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jun 1901
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 14 June 1901) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jun 1901
THE CHRISTCHURUH PREPARA (Taranaki Herald, 14 June 1901) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jun 1901
THE DUKE IN GEYSERLAND. THE JOURNEY TO ROTORUA. (Evening Post, 14 June 1901) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jun 1901
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 15 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jun 1901
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Auckland Star, 15 June 1901) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jun 1901
BIRTHS. (Auckland Star, 15 June 1901) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jun 1901
PERSONAL. (Star, 17 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jun 1901
SOUTHERN MATCHES. (Auckland Star, 17 June 1901) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jun 1901
CHRISTCHURCH MATCH. (Wanganui Herald, 17 June 1901) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jun 1901
FOotball News. (Feilding Star, 17 June 1901) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jun 1901
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Auckland Star, 17 June 1901) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jun 1901
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 18 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jun 1901
THE ROYAL VISIT. ENTRY INTO WELLINGTON. (Evening Post, 18 June 1901) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jun 1901
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 19 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jun 1901
SIGHT-SEEING AT ROTORUA. (Otago Witness, 19 June 1901) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jun 1901
THE SCHOOLS. (Star, 19 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jun 1901
Christchurch Election. (Colonist, 19 June 1901) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jun 1901
Local and General (Thames Star, 19 June 1901) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jun 1901
THE VISIT TO WELLINGTON. (Star, 20 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 Jun 1901
STOOK MARKETS. CHRISTCHURCH, 19th June. (Evening Post, 20 June 1901) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jun 1901
THE ROYAL VISIT. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 21 June 1901) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jun 1901
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 June 1901) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jun 1901
THE PAN-AMERICAN EXHIBITION. (Evening Post, 21 June 1901) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jun 1901
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Evening Post, 21 June 1901) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jun 1901
TE KORAHA. (Star, 22 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
22 Jun 1901
AT THE RAILWAY STATION. (Star, 22 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jun 1901
IN CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 22 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Jun 1901
THE ROYAL VISIT. ENTRY INTO CHRISTCHURCH. (Evening Post, 24 June 1901) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Jun 1901
Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Colonist, 24 June 1901) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jun 1901
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jun 1901
THE ROYAL VISIT. (Clutha Leader 25-6-1901) Clutha Leader · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jun 1901
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 26 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jun 1901
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Wanganui Chronicle, 26 June 1901) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jun 1901
THE ROYAL VISIT. (Tuapeka Times, 26 June 1901) Tuapeka Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jun 1901
ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. CHRISTCHURCH, June 19. (Otago Witness, 26 June 1901) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jun 1901
Page 9 Advertisements Column 4 (Otago Daily Times 27-6-1901) Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 Jun 1901
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 June 1901) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jun 1901
THE NELSON CELEBRATIONS. (Colonist, 29 June 1901) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Jun 1901
FALL FROM A DRAY. (Nelson Evening Mail, 29 June 1901) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jun 1901
Untitled (Auckland Star, 29 June 1901) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jun 1901
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 29 June 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jul 1901
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 7-1-1901) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jul 1901
Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERT EVENING. GISBORNE, TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1901. (Poverty Bay Herald, 02 July 1901) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
2 Jul 1901
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 02 July 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jul 1901
AKAROA COUNTY COUNCIL. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 02 July 1901) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jul 1901
The Eyreton Murder. (Manawatu Times, 03 July 1901) Manawatu Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jul 1901
THE EYRETON MURDER. (Poverty Bay Herald, 03 July 1901) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jul 1901
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ashburton Guardian, 04 July 1901) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 Jul 1901
DEATHS. (Star, 04 July 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jul 1901
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 04 July 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jul 1901
THE CANTERBURY TRAGEDY. (Feilding Star, 04 July 1901) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jul 1901
THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 05 July 1901) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jul 1901
The Shipping Companies' royal reception arch, Manchester Street, Christchurch Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
5 Jul 1901
The Great Military Review, Christchurch Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
6 Jul 1901
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ashburton Guardian, 06 July 1901) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 Jul 1901
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ashburton Guardian, 08 July 1901) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
9 Jul 1901
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 09 July 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jul 1901
CHRISTCHURCH PRESBYTERY (Star, 09 July 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jul 1901
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ashburton Guardian, 10 July 1901) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
10 Jul 1901
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 10 July 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jul 1901
LETTERS FROM THE LITTLE FOLK. (Otago Witness, 10 July 1901) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jul 1901
THE EYRETON TRAGEDY A MACLEAN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. (Otago Witness, 10 July 1901) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jul 1901
NOTICES, (West Coast Times, 11 July 1901) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Jul 1901
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 11 July 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jul 1901
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 11 July 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jul 1901
CHRISTCHURCH ELECTION. (Evening Post, 11 July 1901) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jul 1901
POLITICAL. (Wanganui Herald, 11 July 1901) Wanganui Herald · 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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