How many records does the archive hold?

69,585 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.

“"Winchester Street"”, the shelf

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

432 records matching 6 of these 32 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 2000s
18 May 2000
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
29 Aug 2002
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
25 Feb 2008
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Lyttelton by Milly Hopkins · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
12 Nov 2009
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
the 2010s
12 Aug 2010
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
30 Dec 2010
Damaged chimney of 39 Oxford Street Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 7 places
30 Dec 2010
Bracing on church Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 4 places
30 Dec 2010
Bracing on Holy Trinity Church Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 2 places
30 Dec 2010
Holy Trinity Church Canterbury Stories · no. 51223 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
30 Dec 2010
Holy Trinity Church and vicarage Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
30 Dec 2010
Holy Trinity Church Canterbury Stories · no. 51256 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
30 Dec 2010
Holy Trinity Church with bracing Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
1 Jan 2011
Digital Photograph: Earthquake damage to St Joseph's Church, Winchester Street, Lyttelton by Michael Davies · Canterbury Museum · no. 660565 · Canterbury Museum · about 4 places
1 Jan 2011
Digital Photograph: Former Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, Exeter Street, and St Joseph's Church, Winchester Street, Lyttelton by Michael Davies · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum · about 2 places
1 Jan 2011
Digital Photograph: Earthquake damage to St Joseph's Church, Winchester Street, Lyttelton by Michael Davies · Canterbury Museum · no. 660615 · Canterbury Museum · about 2 places
1 Jan 2011
Digital Photograph: Earthquake damage to St John's Church, Winchester Street, Lyttelton by Michael Davies · Canterbury Museum · no. 660620 · Canterbury Museum · about 2 places
1 Jan 2011
Digital Photograph: Earthquake damage to St Joseph's Church, Winchester Street, Lyttelton by Michael Davies · Canterbury Museum · no. 660546 · Canterbury Museum · about 2 places
1 Jan 2011
Digital Photograph: Earthquake damage to Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Winchester Street, Lyttelton by Michael Davies · Canterbury Museum · no. 660623 · Canterbury Museum · about 1 place
1 Jan 2011
Digital Photograph: Earthquake damage to Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Winchester Street, Lyttelton by Michael Davies · Canterbury Museum · no. 660622 · Canterbury Museum · about 1 place
1 Jan 2011
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 in Lyttelton, 16 June 2011 TAPUHI · Alexander Turnbull Library · about 2 places
1 Jan 2011
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly in Lyttelton TAPUHI · Alexander Turnbull Library · about 1 place
1 Jan 2011
Digital Photograph: Earthquake damage to St John's Church, Winchester Street, Lyttelton by Michael Davies · Canterbury Museum · no. 660548 · Canterbury Museum · about 1 place
1 Jan 2011
Digital Photograph: Earthquake damage to St John's Church, Winchester Street, Lyttelton by Michael Davies · Canterbury Museum · no. 660621 · Canterbury Museum · about 1 place
27 May 2011
Damage to St John's Presbyterian Church, Lyttelton by Michael Williams · Canterbury Stories · no. 18865 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
27 May 2011
Damage to St John's Presbyterian Church, Lyttelton by Michael Williams · Canterbury Stories · no. 18862 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
27 May 2011
Damage to St John's Presbyterian Church, Lyttelton by Michael Williams · Canterbury Stories · no. 18866 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
1 Jan 2013
Digital Photograph: Winchester Street, Lyttelton by Michael Davies · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum · about 3 places
20 Feb 2014
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
26 Nov 2016
Lyttelton Rose Show by Karen Gorsuch · Canterbury Stories · no. 45615 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
26 Nov 2016
Lyttelton Rose Show by Karen Gorsuch · Canterbury Stories · no. 45616 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
the 2020s
21 Jan 2024
39 Oxford Street Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 2 places
5 Jun 2025
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Companies Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places

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.

“"Winchester Street"”, the shelf

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