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.

65,268 records matching 95 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
8 Mar 1905
CARNEGIE'S CHARITY. (Taranaki Daily News 3-8-1905) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Mar 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 09 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Mar 1905
Trentham Rifle Shooting. (Grey River Argus, 09 March 1905) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Mar 1905
THE ANNUAL MEETING AT TRENTHAM. (Colonist, 09 March 1905) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Mar 1905
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ashburton Guardian, 09 March 1905) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Mar 1905
RIFLE SHOOTING. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 09 March 1905) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Mar 1905
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wanganui Chronicle, 10 March 1905) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Mar 1905
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ashburton Guardian, 10 March 1905) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Mar 1905
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 11 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Mar 1905
Page 16 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 11 March 1905) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Mar 1905
PROPERTY SALE REPORT. (Star, 11 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Mar 1905
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 11 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Mar 1905
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Mar 1905
Mail Notices (Ashburton Guardian, 11 March 1905) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Mar 1905
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 11 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Mar 1905
Mail Notices (Ashburton Guardian, 13 March 1905) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Mar 1905
CHRISTCHURCH PRESBYTERY (Star, 14 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Mar 1905
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ashburton Guardian, 14 March 1905) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Mar 1905
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 14 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Mar 1905
BURNSIDE SALE. (Star, 14 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Mar 1905
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 15 March 1905) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Mar 1905
DEFENCE FORCES RIFLE ASSOCIATION. (Otago Witness, 15 March 1905) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Mar 1905
UNITED FIRE BRIGADES ASSOCIATION. (Otago Witness, 15 March 1905) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Mar 1905
Untitled (Manawatu Standard, 15 March 1905) Manawatu Standard · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Mar 1905
THE LINCOLN EGG-LAYING COMPETITION. (Otago Witness, 15 March 1905) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Mar 1905
ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. (Otago Witness, 15 March 1905) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Mar 1905
LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS. (Poverty Bay Herald, 16 March 1905) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Mar 1905
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 16-3-1905) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Mar 1905
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ashburton Guardian, 17 March 1905) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Mar 1905
VITAL STATISTICS. (Star, 17 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Mar 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 17 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Mar 1905
EXPRESS PASSENGER LIST. (Star, 18 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Mar 1905
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 18 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Mar 1905
Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, SATURDAY. MARCH 18. 1905. (Poverty Bay Herald, 18 March 1905) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1905
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 Mar 1905
THE USE OF BAD LANGUAGE. (Star, 20 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 20 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1905
ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. (Bush Advocate, 20 March 1905) Bush Advocate · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1905
MAGISTERIAL. CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1905
Accidents and Fatalities. (Manawatu Standard, 20 March 1905) Manawatu Standard · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1905
Death from Blood Poisoning. (Wanganui Herald, 20 March 1905) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1905
PERSONAL. (Star, 20 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Mar 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 21 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Mar 1905
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 21 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Mar 1905
LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS. (Poverty Bay Herald, 21 March 1905) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Mar 1905
THE HEATHCOTE BRIDGE. (Star, 22 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Mar 1905
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ashburton Guardian, 22 March 1905) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Mar 1905
TABLE TALK. (Otago Witness, 22 March 1905) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Mar 1905
NELSON AND SUNSHINE. (Colonist, 22 March 1905) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1905
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ashburton Guardian, 23 March 1905) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1905
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Ashburton Guardian, 23 March 1905) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Mar 1905
THE HEATHCOTE BRIDGE. (Star, 24 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Mar 1905
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 24 March 1905) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Mar 1905
THE BANKS PENINSULA GREAT LIVE STOCK FAIR AT LITTLE RIVER. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 24 March 1905) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Mar 1905
CHRISTCHURCH NEWS NOTES. (Otago Daily Times 24-3-1905) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Mar 1905
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 25 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Mar 1905
Social Gossip. (New Zealand Free Lance, 25 March 1905) New Zealand Free Lance · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Mar 1905
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 25 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Mar 1905
MAGISTERIAL. CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 25 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Mar 1905
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 25 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Mar 1905
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Mar 1905
DUNEDIN NEWS (Manawatu Times, 25 March 1905) Manawatu Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Mar 1905
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Ashburton Guardian, 25 March 1905) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Mar 1905
Meeting of the Press Association and Newspaper Proprietors' Association at Rotorua by New Zealand Graphic; Lloyd, C. · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
25 Mar 1905
View in the Christchurch Museum, which, under the charge of Captain Hutton, has become the finest institution of its kind in the colony by New Zealand Graphic; New Zealand. Department of Tourist and Health Resorts and Publicity · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
27 Mar 1905
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ashburton Guardian, 27 March 1905) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1905
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1905
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 27 March 1905) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1905
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Ashburton Guardian, 27 March 1905) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Mar 1905
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 28 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Mar 1905
M. A. P. (Grey River Argus, 28 March 1905) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Mar 1905
CRICKET. (Otago Witness, 29 March 1905) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Mar 1905
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 29 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Mar 1905
MILK AND BUTTER ANALYSIS. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 29 March 1905) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Mar 1905
THE MIDLAND EAILWAY (Star, 30 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Mar 1905
Grey River Argus AND BLACKBALL NEWS PUBLISHED DAILY. THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1905. (Grey River Argus, 30 March 1905) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Mar 1905
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 30 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Mar 1905
BIRTH. (Star, 31 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Mar 1905
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 31 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Mar 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 31 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Apr 1905
M. A. P. (Grey River Argus, 01 April 1905) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Apr 1905
LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 01 April 1905) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Apr 1905
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 01 April 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Apr 1905
CAP and JACKET (Observer, 01 April 1905) Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Apr 1905
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wanganui Herald, 01 April 1905) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Apr 1905
Page 6 Advertisements Column 8 (Star, 01 April 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Apr 1905
Miss Ayres, April 1905 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Apr 1905
Miss Hessford and Miss Caxton, April 1905 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11122 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Apr 1905
Miss Hessford and Miss Caxton, April 1905 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11124 · Christchurch City Libraries
3 Apr 1905
M. A. P. (Grey River Argus, 03 April 1905) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Apr 1905
LOOAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 03 April 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Apr 1905
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 03 April 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Apr 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 03 April 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Apr 1905
BURGLARY OF A RAILWAY STATION. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 03 April 1905) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Apr 1905
BURGLARY IN CANTERBURY. (Wanganui Herald, 03 April 1905) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1905
LAST NIGHT'S MEW ZEALAND NEWS. (Poverty Bay Herald, 04 April 1905) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 April 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1905
Mail Notices (Ashburton Guardian, 04 April 1905) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1905
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 04 April 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1905
IN OTHER PLACES. (Taranaki Herald, 04 April 1905) Taranaki 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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