How many records does the archive hold?

91,005 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.

66,881 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
21 Mar 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 21 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
21 Mar 1908
PARS ABOUT PEOPLE (Observer, 21 March 1908) Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Mar 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 21 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Mar 1908
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 21 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Mar 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Wanganui Herald, 21 March 1908) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Mar 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 21 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1908
INTERESTING STATISTICS. (Ashburton Guardian, 23 March 1908) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1908
NORTH CANTERBURY DISTRICT. (Star, 23 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Nelson Evening Mail, 23 March 1908) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1908
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Colonist, 23 March 1908) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1908
THE CHRISTCHURCH SUICIDE. (Colonist, 23 March 1908) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1908
SWIMMING. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 23 March 1908) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1908
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Otago Daily Times 23-3-1908) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Mar 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 24 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Mar 1908
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 24 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Mar 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 24 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Mar 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Nelson Evening Mail, 24 March 1908) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Mar 1908
AQUATICS (Hawera & Normanby Star, 24 March 1908) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Mar 1908
PERSONAL. (Star, 24 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Mar 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Mar 1908
MARRIAGES. (Otago Daily Times 24-3-1908) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Mar 1908
BIRTH AND DEATH RATE. (Otago Witness, 25 March 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Mar 1908
DEATHS. (Star, 25 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Mar 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 25 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Mar 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 26 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
26 Mar 1908
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 26 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Mar 1908
THE MINISTER OF LANDS. (Star, 26 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Mar 1908
MINISTERS AT BLENHEIM. (Poverty Bay Herald, 26 March 1908) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Mar 1908
THE MINISTER FOR LANDS IN MARLBOROUGH. (Nelson Evening Mail, 26 March 1908) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Mar 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 26 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Mar 1908
MAGISTERIAL. CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 26 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Mar 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 26 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1908
GREATER CHRISTCHURCH (Star, 27 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1908
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 27 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 27 March 1908) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Mar 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 28 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 Mar 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Mar 1908
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Mar 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 28 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Mar 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Mar 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Mar 1908
ADDINGTON SALES. (Taranaki Herald, 28 March 1908) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Mar 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Wanganui Herald, 28 March 1908) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Mar 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Mar 1908
CRICKET. (Star, 30 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Mar 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Mar 1908
FRUIT-GROWING. (Marlborough Express, 30 March 1908) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Mar 1908
CRICKET. THE SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. (Evening Post, 30 March 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Mar 1908
HON. MR MCNAB'S MOVEMENTS (Grey River Argus, 30 March 1908) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Mar 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 31 March 1908) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Mar 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 31 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Mar 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 31 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Mar 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Ashburton Guardian, 31 March 1908) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Mar 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 31 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Mar 1908
ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 31 March 1908) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Apr 1908
CHRISTCHURCH NOTES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) (Otago Witness, 01 April 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1 Apr 1908
CHRISTCHURCH AFFAIRS. (Colonist, 01 April 1908) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Apr 1908
Page 185 Advertisements Column 3 (Progress, 01 April 1908) Progress · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Apr 1908
Page 185 Advertisements Column 1 (Progress, 01 April 1908) Progress · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Apr 1908
THE CHAMPIONSHIP (Colonist, 01 April 1908) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 01 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Apr 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 01 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 02 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 02 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1908
THE OXFORD TERRACE FATALITY. (Star, 02 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 03 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Apr 1908
ADDINGTON RAILWAY FIRE BRIGADE. (Star, 03 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Apr 1908
POST OFFICE CHANGES. (Star, 03 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Apr 1908
POST AND TELEGRAPH CHANGES (Wanganui Herald, 03 April 1908) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Apr 1908
VITAL STATISTICS. (Star, 03 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 Apr 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 04 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1908
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 04 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 04 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 8 (Star, 04 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 04 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 04 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1908
Prominent swimmers at the carnival by New Zealand Graphic; Sorrell, Charles, 1855-1932 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
4 Apr 1908
Snapshots at the Swimming Championship Meeting by New Zealand Graphic · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
4 Apr 1908
THE DEFENCE FORCES (Otago Daily Times 4-4-1908) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Apr 1908
THE GOVERNOR. (Bush Advocate, 06 April 1908) Bush Advocate · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 06 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Apr 1908
PERSONAL. (Star, 06 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 07 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
7 Apr 1908
MAGISTERIAL. CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 07 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Apr 1908
LITTLE RIVER. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 07 April 1908) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Apr 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 07 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Apr 1908
PERSONAL. (Star, 07 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Apr 1908
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 08 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Apr 1908
BIRTHS. (Star, 08 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Apr 1908
THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT. (Otago Witness, 08 April 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 08 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Apr 1908
CHRISTCHURCH NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 08 April 1908) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Apr 1908
CRICKET. (Otago Witness, 08 April 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1908
Grey River Argus and Blackball News. PUBLISHED DAILY (Grey River Argus, 09 April 1908) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 09 April 1908) 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.

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