How many records does the archive hold?

63,896 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.

“Taylor”, the shelf

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

3,448 records matching 82 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 1860s
1 Jan 1862
Token - 1 Penny, Henry J. Hall, Christchurch Coffee Mills, New Zealand, circa 1862 by W.J.Taylor, Mint · Museums Victoria · no. 72089 · Museums Victoria
1 Jan 1862
Token - 1 Penny, Henry J. Hall, Christchurch Coffee Mills, New Zealand, circa 1862 by W.J.Taylor, Mint · Museums Victoria · no. 82728 · Museums Victoria
1 Jan 1862
Token - 1 Penny, Henry J. Hall, Christchurch Coffee Mills, New Zealand, circa 1862 by Stokes (Mint) · Museums Victoria · no. 69727 · Museums Victoria
1 Jan 1862
Token - 1 Penny, Henry J. Hall, Christchurch Coffee Mills, New Zealand, circa 1862 by W.J.Taylor, Mint · Museums Victoria · no. 62473 · Museums Victoria
1 Jan 1862
Token - 1 Penny, Henry J. Hall, Christchurch Coffee Mills, New Zealand, circa 1862 by Stokes (Mint) · Museums Victoria · no. 71714 · Museums Victoria
1 Jan 1862
Token - 1 Penny, Henry J. Hall, Christchurch Coffee Mills, New Zealand, circa 1862 by W.J.Taylor, Mint · Museums Victoria · no. 83621 · Museums Victoria
1 Jan 1862
Token - 1 Penny, Henry J. Hall, Christchurch Coffee Mills, New Zealand, circa 1862 Museums Victoria · no. 67898 · Museums Victoria
1 Jan 1862
Token - 1 Penny, Henry J. Hall, Christchurch Coffee Mills, New Zealand, circa 1862 by W.J.Taylor, Mint · Museums Victoria · no. 83622 · Museums Victoria
1 Jan 1862
Token - 1 Penny, Henry J. Hall, Christchurch Coffee Mills, New Zealand, circa 1862 by W.J.Taylor, Mint · Museums Victoria · no. 53190 · Museums Victoria
1 Jan 1862
Token - 1 Penny, Henry J. Hall, Christchurch Coffee Mills, New Zealand, circa 1862 by Stokes (Mint) · Museums Victoria · no. 67899 · Museums Victoria
1 Jan 1862
Token - 1 Penny, Henry J. Hall, Christchurch Coffee Mills, New Zealand, circa 1862 by W.J.Taylor, Mint · Museums Victoria · no. 69539 · Museums Victoria
1 Jan 1862
Token - 1 Penny, Henry J. Hall, Christchurch Coffee Mills, New Zealand, circa 1862 by W.J.Taylor, Mint · Museums Victoria · no. 60784 · Museums Victoria
1 Jan 1862
Token - 1 Penny, Henry J. Hall, Christchurch Coffee Mills, New Zealand, circa 1862 by W.J.Taylor, Mint · Museums Victoria · no. 62472 · Museums Victoria
1 Jan 1862
Token - 1 Penny, Henry J. Hall, Christchurch Coffee Mills, New Zealand, circa 1862 Museums Victoria · no. 67897 · Museums Victoria
1 Jan 1862
Token - 1 Penny, Henry J. Hall, Christchurch Coffee Mills, New Zealand, circa 1862 by W.J.Taylor, Mint · Museums Victoria · no. 62471 · Museums Victoria
1 Jan 1862
Pattern Token - 1 Penny, Henry J. Hall, Christchurch Coffee Mills, New Zealand, circa 1862 by W.J.Taylor, Mint · Museums Victoria · Museums Victoria
4 Jan 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 04 January 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 Jan 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 08 January 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Jan 1862
LIST OF UNCLAIMED LETTERS, &c, (Lyttelton Times, 11 January 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Jan 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 11 January 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jan 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 15 January 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jan 1862
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 18 January 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jan 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 18 January 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jan 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 25 January 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jan 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 29 January 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Jan 1862
GEOLOGY OF OTAGO. (Otago Daily Times, 31 January 1862) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
5 Feb 1862
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 05 February 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 05 February 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 05 February 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Feb 1862
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 08 February 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Feb 1862
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 12 February 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
12 Feb 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 12 February 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Feb 1862
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 15 February 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Feb 1862
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 15 February 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Feb 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 15 February 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Feb 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 19 February 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Feb 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 19 February 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Feb 1862
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 26 February 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1 Mar 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 01 March 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 Mar 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 08 March 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
12 Mar 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 12 March 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Mar 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 15 March 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Mar 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 19 March 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
22 Mar 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 22 March 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
26 Mar 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 26 March 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Mar 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 29 March 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1862
Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 02 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1862
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 02 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 02 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Apr 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 05 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1862
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 09 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 8 places
9 Apr 1862
ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.-CLAIMS TO VOTE-1862. (Lyttelton Times, 09 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Apr 1862
ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.—CLAIMS TO VOTE—IB 62. (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
12 Apr 1862
ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF TOWN OF LYTTELTON.- CLAIMS TO VOTE—IB 62. (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 8 places
16 Apr 1862
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 16 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 4 places
16 Apr 1862
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 16 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
16 Apr 1862
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 16 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Apr 1862
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 19 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
19 Apr 1862
Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 19 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
19 Apr 1862
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 19 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Apr 1862
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 26 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Apr 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 30 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Apr 1862
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 30 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 May 1862
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 03 May 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 May 1862
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 03 May 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 May 1862
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 07 May 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 May 1862
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 10 May 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
14 May 1862
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 14 May 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 May 1862
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 17 May 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Aug 1862
GENERAL ASSEMBLY. (Wellington Independent, 30 August 1862) Wellington Independent · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Sept 1862
The Daily Southern Cross. UNKNOWN. (Daily Southern Cross, 12 September 1862) Daily Southern Cross · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 May 1864
News of the Week. [FROM THE DAILY TIMES.] (Otago Witness, 07 May 1864) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 4 places
2 Jul 1864
News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 02 July 1864) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
13 Sept 1864
Letter to Mary, 13th September 1864 Rowley family letters · Canterbury Stories · no. 71256 · Christchurch City Libraries
13 Sept 1864
Letter to Mary, 13th September 1864 Rowley family letters · Canterbury Stories · no. 71257 · Christchurch City Libraries
12 Nov 1864
News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 12 November 1864) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 Jan 1865
News of the Week. [FROM THE DAILY TIMES.] (Otago Witness, 28 January 1865) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Mar 1865
News of the Week. [FROM THE DAILY TIMES.] ANOTHER FIRE IN THE OCTAGON. (Otago Witness, 18 March 1865) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Mar 1865
News of the Week. [from the daily times.] (Otago Witness, 24 March 1865) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1865
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Timaru Herald, 20 April 1865) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Apr 1865
Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 (Timaru Herald, 22 April 1865) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jul 1865
LATEST TELEGRAMS.London, May 2. (Evening Post, 13 July 1865) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Feb 1866
CLIFTON, GOLDEN BAY. (Colonist, 09 February 1866) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
5 Apr 1866
THE NEW PARLIAMENT. (North Otago Times, 05 April 1866) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Apr 1866
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (West Coast Times, 13 April 1866) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Apr 1866
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (West Coast Times, 14 April 1866) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1866
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (West Coast Times, 17 April 1866) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 May 1866
CHRISTCHURCH. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Christchurch, 28th May, 1866. (North Otago Times, 31 May 1866) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jun 1866
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Wellington Independent, 02 June 1866) Wellington Independent · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Aug 1866
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Grey River Argus, 21 August 1866) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Sept 1866
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Wellington Independent, 27 September 1866) Wellington Independent · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Nov 1866
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Grey River Argus, 22 November 1866) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Mar 1867
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. (Wellington Independent, 21 March 1867) Wellington Independent · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Apr 1867
PORT OF AUCKLAND. (Daily Southern Cross, 01 April 1867) Daily Southern Cross · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jul 1867
News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 19 July 1867) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
7 Oct 1867
The Evening Post. MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1867. (Evening Post, 07 October 1867) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Oct 1867
The Evening Post. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1867. (Evening Post, 30 October 1867) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Apr 1868
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH (Timaru Herald, 29 April 1868) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 May 1868
LOCAL NEWS OF THE MONTH. (Timaru Herald, 02 May 1868) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
16 Jun 1868
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 16 June 1868) 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.

“Taylor”, the shelf

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