How many records does the archive hold?

67,402 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.

“Madras Market”, the shelf

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

451 records matching 51 of these 51 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
10 Dec 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 10 December 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Feb 1907
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 01 February 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Mar 1907
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 09 March 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Apr 1907
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 26 April 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Apr 1907
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 29 April 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 4 places
30 Apr 1907
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 30 April 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 May 1907
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 27 May 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jul 1907
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 11 July 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jul 1907
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 13 July 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
16 Jul 1907
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 16 July 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Aug 1907
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 24 August 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
26 Dec 1907
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 26 December 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Dec 1907
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 28 December 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Sept 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Oct 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 03 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Oct 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 03 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Oct 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 10 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Oct 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 17 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Oct 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 17 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Feb 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 27 February 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 5 places
27 Feb 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 27 February 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 Mar 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 15 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
15 May 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 15 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 15 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 May 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 31 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
22 Jul 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 July 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 Aug 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 8 (Star, 28 August 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Dec 1909
Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 24 December 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1920s
4 Jul 1925
Page 19 Advertisements Column 1 (NZ Truth, 04 July 1925) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1930s
8 Aug 1936
Page 21 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 08 August 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
the 1940s
30 Jun 1941
PRISONERS OF WAR (Evening Post, 30 June 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 2000s
22 Aug 2000
REGISTER New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 39 places
24 Aug 2001
supplement New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 22 places
16 Aug 2002
supplement New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 30 places
29 Aug 2003
REGISTER New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 26 places
27 Aug 2004
Register of Pharmacies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 20 places
18 Jan 2007
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
28 Feb 2008
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
28 Feb 2008
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
the 2010s
17 May 2012
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
17 Apr 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
22 May 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
19 Jun 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
18 Dec 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
16 Jun 2016
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
the 2020s
12 Aug 2021
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
20 Apr 2023
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
18 Apr 2024
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
17 Apr 2025
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the 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.

“Madras Market”, the shelf

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