How many records does the archive hold?

92,172 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.

71,899 records matching 63 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
25 Oct 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 25 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Oct 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 25 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Oct 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Ashburton Guardian, 25 October 1904) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Oct 1904
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Evening Post, 25 October 1904) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Oct 1904
CHRISTCHURCH TRAMLINES. (Taranaki Herald, 25 October 1904) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
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
26 Oct 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 26 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Oct 1904
A TRIP TO ST. LOUIS. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 26 October 1904) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Oct 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 27 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Oct 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Oct 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 28 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Oct 1904
Mail Notices (Ashburton Guardian, 28 October 1904) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Oct 1904
C.J.C. Handicaps. (Feilding Star, 28 October 1904) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Oct 1904
CANTERBURY HANDICAPS. (Taranaki Herald, 28 October 1904) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Oct 1904
C.J.C. Jubilee Meeting. (Manawatu Times, 28 October 1904) Manawatu Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Oct 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Colonist, 28 October 1904) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Oct 1904
CANTERBURY J.C. WEIGHTS. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 28 October 1904) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Oct 1904
Canterbury J.C. Handicaps. (Manawatu Standard, 28 October 1904) Manawatu Standard · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Oct 1904
CHRISTCHURCH NOTES. (Taranaki Herald, 28 October 1904) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1904
THE PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT. (Wanganui Herald, 29 October 1904) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
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
29 Oct 1904
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Wairarapa Daily Times, 29 October 1904) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Oct 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 29 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Ashburton Guardian, 29 October 1904) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 8 (Star, 29 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1904
ADDINGTON STOCK SALE. (Taranaki Herald, 29 October 1904) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Ashburton Guardian, 29 October 1904) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1904
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 29 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1904
FEELING IN CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 29 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 31 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (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
1 Nov 1904
Fuller's, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10349 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Bloud and Billen, Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Stephenson Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11561 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Mr. Brahin and Miss Mitchell, Stephenson Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Stephenson Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11560 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Stephenson Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11557 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11748 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Harry Rickards' Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10689 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Harry Rickards' Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10703 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11753 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10764 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10370 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10939 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
McNaughton, Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Harry Rickards' Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10702 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Rickards' Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10693 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Miss Bedford and Miss R. White, Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11752 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Fuller's, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10353 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Mr. Sidney and Miss Nixon, Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Miss Bedford and Miss R. White, Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10373 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10763 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Miss Clifford and Miss Mitchell, Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Miss Golmack Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10771 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Harry Rickards' Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10699 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Mr. and Mrs. Van Allen, Rickards' Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10697 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Mr. and Mrs. Van Allen, Rickards' Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10701 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10369 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Bellen and Misses Gallatley, Stephenson Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10769 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10768 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11749 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Rickards' Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10770 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10767 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Van Allens, Bentley Ford, Rickards' Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Nov 1904
Stephenson's Company, November 1904 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11747 · Christchurch City Libraries
2 Nov 1904
LAST NIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS. (Poverty Bay Herald, 02 November 1904) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
2 Nov 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Ashburton Guardian, 02 November 1904) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Nov 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 02 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Nov 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 02 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Nov 1904
NEW BRIGHTON GALA. (Star, 03 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Nov 1904
SPORTING. (Poverty Bay Herald, 03 November 1904) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Nov 1904
Untitled (Southland Times, 03 November 1904) Southland Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Nov 1904
LOCAL AND GENERAL (Wanganui Chronicle, 03 November 1904) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Poverty Bay Herald, 04 November 1904) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 04 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 04 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 11-4-1904) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1904
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Wairarapa Daily Times, 05 November 1904) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
5 Nov 1904
Untitled (Manawatu Times, 05 November 1904) Manawatu Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
5 Nov 1904
DEATHS. (Star, 05 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
5 Nov 1904
CHRISTCHURCH INVENTORS (Star, 05 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1904
Totalisator Turf Topics. (New Zealand Free Lance, 05 November 1904) New Zealand Free Lance · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Nov 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 07 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Nov 1904
CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (Colonist, 07 November 1904) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Nov 1904
C.J.C. JUBILEE MEETING. (Wanganui Herald, 07 November 1904) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Nov 1904
CRICKET. (Star, 07 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Nov 1904
CANTERBURY RACES. (Nelson Evening Mail, 07 November 1904) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Nov 1904
TOWN EDITION (Poverty Bay Herald, 08 November 1904) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 Nov 1904
CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (Colonist, 08 November 1904) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Nov 1904
SPORTING. (Wanganui Herald, 08 November 1904) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Nov 1904
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wanganui Chronicle, 10 November 1904) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Nov 1904
CHRISTCHURCH TROTTING RACES. (Nelson Evening Mail, 10 November 1904) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Nov 1904
Christchurch Acceptances. (Manawatu Standard, 10 November 1904) Manawatu Standard · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Nov 1904
AN INTERIOR VIEW OF CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL, SHOWING THE NEW TRANSCEPTS AND APSE Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
11 Nov 1904
LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 11 November 1904) Marlborough Express · 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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