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.

“New City Hotel”, the shelf

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

4,457 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 1910s
5 Aug 1914
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 05 August 1914) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Aug 1914
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 22 August 1914) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Aug 1914
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 29 August 1914) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Sept 1914
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 01 September 1914) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Sept 1914
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 12 September 1914) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Sept 1914
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 19 September 1914) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Sept 1914
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 26 September 1914) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Dec 1914
Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 31 December 1914) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jan 1915
Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 02 January 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Feb 1915
Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 17 February 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Mar 1915
Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 13 March 1915) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1915
Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 (NZ Truth, 27 March 1915) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Apr 1915
Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 12 April 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1915
Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 08 May 1915) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1915
Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 (NZ Truth, 15 May 1915) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1915
Page 9 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 22 May 1915) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jun 1915
Page 9 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 05 June 1915) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jul 1915
Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 (NZ Truth, 10 July 1915) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Jul 1915
Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 (NZ Truth, 17 July 1915) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Aug 1915
Page 12 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 14 August 1915) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Aug 1915
ROLL OF HONOUR. (Evening Post, 27 August 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Sept 1915
TO-DAY'S LIST (Evening Post, 02 September 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Sept 1915
Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 (NZ Truth, 11 September 1915) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Nov 1915
Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 (NZ Truth, 13 November 1915) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Dec 1915
Page 9 Advertisements Column 4 (Otago Daily Times 23-12-1915) Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
3 Feb 1916
PERSONAL MATTERS (Evening Post, 03 February 1916) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Mar 1916
Page 9 Advertisements Column 4 (Otago Daily Times 3-6-1916) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Mar 1916
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 17 March 1916) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1916
Page 1 Advertisements Column 9 (Evening Post, 20 April 1916) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Apr 1916
Page 12 Advertisements Column 7 (NZ Truth, 22 April 1916) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
7 May 1916
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 5-7-1916) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Aug 1916
Page 12 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 05 August 1916) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Sept 1916
Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 (NZ Truth, 23 September 1916) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
3 Oct 1916
THE COLONIST. TUESDAY, OCTOBER. 3, 1916. NEWS OF THE DAY. (Colonist, 03 October 1916) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Oct 1916
Page 10 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 23 October 1916) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Nov 1916
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 01 November 1916) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Nov 1916
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 22 November 1916) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Nov 1916
Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 25 November 1916) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1917
Garden city of the Dominion. Leaves 9 to 10Christchurch, New Zealand: a pictorial souvenir of the Dominion's garden city Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 2 places
1917
Garden city of the Dominion. Leaves 15 to 16Christchurch, New Zealand: a pictorial souvenir of the Dominion's garden city Christchurch, New Zealand : the garden city of the Dominion · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
3 Feb 1917
Page 15 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 03 February 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Mar 1917
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 19 March 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Apr 1917
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 21 April 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Apr 1917
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 28 April 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 May 1917
Page 10 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 01 May 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 May 1917
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 05 May 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1917
8530 MEN CALLED UP (Evening Post, 08 May 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
12 May 1917
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 12 May 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 May 1917
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 19 May 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 May 1917
LOCAL km GENERAL HEWS. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 23 May 1917) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 May 1917
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 26 May 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jun 1917
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 02 June 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jun 1917
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 09 June 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jun 1917
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 16 June 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jun 1917
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 22 June 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
23 Jun 1917
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 23 June 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Aug 1917
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 25 August 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Sept 1917
15000 MEN CALLED UP (Evening Post, 03 September 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
15 Sept 1917
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 15 September 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1917
PERSONAL MATTERS (Evening Post, 09 November 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Nov 1917
Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 24 November 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Dec 1917
Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 01 December 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Dec 1917
Page 8 Advertisements Column 7 (NZ Truth, 08 December 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
15 Dec 1917
Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 15 December 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Dec 1917
Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 22 December 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Dec 1917
Page 12 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 27 December 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Dec 1917
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 28 December 1917) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jan 1918
LEGAL & GENERAL NEWS (Marlborough Express, 03 January 1918) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jan 1918
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 05 January 1918) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jan 1918
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wanganui Chronicle, 11 January 1918) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jan 1918
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 12 January 1918) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jan 1918
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 19 January 1918) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jan 1918
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 26 January 1918) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Feb 1918
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 02 February 1918) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1918
NEWS OF THE DAY. (Colonist, 05 February 1918) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Feb 1918
Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 09 February 1918) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Feb 1918
Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 16 February 1918) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Feb 1918
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 23 February 1918) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Mar 1918
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 06 March 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Mar 1918
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 09 March 1918) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Mar 1918
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 11 March 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Mar 1918
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 16 March 1918) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1918
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 23 March 1918) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Mar 1918
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 30 March 1918) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 02 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
3 Apr 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 03 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
6 Apr 1918
Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 06 April 1918) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Apr 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 10 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Apr 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 11 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Apr 1918
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 13 April 1918) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 24 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Apr 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 29 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
30 Apr 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 30 April 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 May 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 04 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 May 1918
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 04 May 1918) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 May 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 06 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 08 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 May 1918
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 11 May 1918) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 May 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 17 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
18 May 1918
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 18 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place

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.

“New City Hotel”, the shelf

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