How many records does the archive hold?

89,924 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.

66,668 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
5 May 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 05 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 May 1906
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 05 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 May 1906
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. (Thames Star, 05 May 1906) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 May 1906
Patents Applied For. (Ashburton Guardian, 05 May 1906) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 May 1906
Patents and Trade Marks. (Ashburton Guardian, 05 May 1906) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 May 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Tuapeka Times, 05 May 1906) Tuapeka Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 May 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 May 1906
CHRISTCHURCH RACING CLUB. (Star, 05 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 May 1906
Fred Williams with Stewart Bros., Carrier cart Ernest Smith, photographs and papers · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
5 May 1906
PATENTS APPLIED FOR. (Otago Daily Times 5-5-1906) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 May 1906
CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (Colonist, 07 May 1906) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 May 1906
COMMERCIAL. (Mataura Ensign 5-7-1906) Mataura Ensign · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1906
ana Blackball news. PUBLISHED PAILY. CABLE NEWS. FRENCH ELECTION M. BRIAND ELECTED.. ANGLO-TURKISH CRISIS BRITISH AND FOREIGN GOLF. REMORANDA PERSONAL TIEMS AUSTRALIAN NEWS. A BLIND BARRISTER A DRY SEASON. N.Z. TELEGRAMS. SPORTING. MARLBOROUCH RACING CLUB. CREYMOUTH JOCKEY CLUB. N.Z. TELEGRAMS. THE MEIKLE COMMISSION THE AUCKLAND TRAGEDY CHRISTCHURCH SUPREME WELLINCTON SUPREME A SHEPHERD KILLED. MAGISTRATE'S COURT AMUSEMENTS RHEUMATIC GOUT CURED THE ARM OF CONINCIDENCE. FITS OF HEART FAILURE. AFFORESTATION. THE EXPORT SEASON NEWS. NOTES (Grey River Argus, 08 May 1906) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 08 May 1906) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 May 1906
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 09 May 1906) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 May 1906
LINCOLIN COLLEGE (UTILITY POLLTRY CLUB) EGG-LAYING COMPETITION. (Otago Witness, 09 May 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 May 1906
TABLE TALK. (Otago Witness, 09 May 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 May 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 09 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 May 1906
PERSONAL. (Star, 09 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 May 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 09 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 May 1906
CYCLING. (Otago Daily Times 5-9-1906) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 May 1906
MAORIS AND THE WINTER. (Marlborough Express, 10 May 1906) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 May 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 10 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 May 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 10 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 May 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 11 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 May 1906
PIGEON BAY ROAD BOARD. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 11 May 1906) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 May 1906
Second Competition. (Star, 11 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 May 1906
SPORTING. (Otago Daily Times 5-11-1906) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 12 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 12 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1906
JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. (Star, 12 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1906
PRESIDENT'S COMPETITION. (Star, 12 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 12 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 12 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Tuapeka Times, 12 May 1906) Tuapeka Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (West Coast Times, 12 May 1906) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1906
JUNIOR FLAG. (Star, 12 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1906
PRESIDENT'S CUP. (Star, 12 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1906
TO-DAY'S MATCHES. (Star, 12 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 12 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1906
A group of officials by New Zealand Graphic · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
14 May 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 14 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 May 1906
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 14 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 May 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 14 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 May 1906
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Otago Daily Times 14-5-1906) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 15 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 May 1906
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Poverty Bay Herald, 16 May 1906) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
16 May 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 16 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 May 1906
BIRTHS. (Otago Witness, 16 May 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 May 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 16 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 May 1906
Page 50 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Witness, 16 May 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 May 1906
LAND AND WATER. (Otago Witness, 16 May 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 May 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 17 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 May 1906
TOPICS OF THF DAY. (West Coast Times, 18 May 1906) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
18 May 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 18 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 May 1906
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wanganui Chronicle, 18 May 1906) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 May 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 19 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
19 May 1906
DEATHS. (Star, 19 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 May 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 19 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 May 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 19 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 May 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 19 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 May 1906
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 21 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 May 1906
CENSUS RETURNS. (Nelson Evening Mail, 21 May 1906) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 May 1906
THE CENSUS. (Star, 21 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 May 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 21 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 May 1906
CENSUS RETURNS. (Mataura Ensign 21-5-1906) Mataura Ensign · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1906
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 22 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1906
CHRISTCHURCH QUARRYMEN. (Star, 22 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1906
CENSUS, 1906. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 22 May 1906) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 May 1906
Page 4 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 23 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
23 May 1906
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 23 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 May 1906
CENSUS, 1906. (Wanganui Herald, 23 May 1906) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 May 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 23 May 1906) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 May 1906
CENSUS, 1906. (Bush Advocate, 23 May 1906) Bush Advocate · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 May 1906
FOOTBALL. (Otago Witness, 23 May 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 May 1906
THE TRAMWAY BOARD. (Star, 24 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 May 1906
ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. (Otago Daily Times 24-5-1906) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 May 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 25 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 May 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 26 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
26 May 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 26 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
26 May 1906
SANATORIUM SATURDAY. (Star, 26 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 May 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 8 (Star, 26 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 May 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 26 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 May 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 26 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 May 1906
They Say (Observer, 26 May 1906) Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 May 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 28 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 May 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 28 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 May 1906
Page 7 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 28 May 1906) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 May 1906
N.Z. EXHIBITION. (Wanganui Herald, 28 May 1906) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 29 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 May 1906
The Star. TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1906. THE PORT HILLS. (Star, 29 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 29 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 May 1906
THE ASSOCIATlON GAME. (Otago Witness, 30 May 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
30 May 1906
WAIKOUAITI COUNTY COUNCIL (Otago Witness, 30 May 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 May 1906
THE CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. CHRISTCHURCH, May 25. (Otago Witness, 30 May 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 May 1906
A PICTURESQUE PORTION OF OXFORD TERRACE, CHRISTCHURCH. (Otago Witness, 30 May 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 May 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 May 1906
CHRISTCHURCH NEWS NOTES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) CHRISTCHURCH, May 16. (Otago Witness, 30 May 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 May 1906
CENSUS RETURNS. (Otago Witness, 30 May 1906) Otago Witness · 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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