How many records does the archive hold?

70,536 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.

“Walker & Hall”, the shelf

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

1,063 records matching 100 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 1890s
21 Sept 1896
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 21 September 1896) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Oct 1896
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 06 October 1896) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1896
LOCAL AND GENERAL.. (Star, 20 October 1896) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Dec 1896
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 01 December 1896) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Dec 1896
NEW MEMBERS. (Evening Post, 07 December 1896) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
19 Dec 1896
WEST CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 19 December 1896) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jan 1897
EDUCATIONAL. (Wanganui Chronicle, 28 January 1897) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Feb 1897
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 13 February 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Apr 1897
LOCAL ACT GENERAL. (Star, 22 April 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Apr 1897
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 30 April 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 May 1897
THE SOCIAL SPHERE (Observer, 01 May 1897) Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 May 1897
CATHOLICS AND CONTROVERSY. (New Zealand Tablet, 21 May 1897) New Zealand Tablet · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jun 1897
REVISED CRICKET RECORDS. (Otago Witness, 03 June 1897) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jun 1897
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 04 June 1897) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
5 Jun 1897
ENTERTAINMENT AT SYDEINHAM. (Star, 05 June 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jun 1897
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 25 June 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Jul 1897
LOCAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 08 July 1897) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
16 Jul 1897
LOCAL AKD GENERAL. (Star, 16 July 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Aug 1897
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Evening Post, 13 August 1897) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 6 places
15 Sept 1897
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 15 September 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Sept 1897
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 September 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Sept 1897
Untitled (Auckland Star, 23 September 1897) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Sept 1897
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 25 September 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Oct 1897
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 01 October 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Oct 1897
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 12 October 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1897
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 20 October 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Nov 1897
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 13 November 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Nov 1897
Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 13 November 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Nov 1897
LOCAL AND GENERAL (Evening Post, 20 November 1897) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 Nov 1897
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 20 November 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Nov 1897
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 22 November 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Dec 1897
SWIMMING. (Star, 20 December 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Feb 1898
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Evening Post, 16 February 1898) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Feb 1898
The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1898. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 18 February 1898) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 Feb 1898
SWIMMING. (Star, 28 February 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Mar 1898
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 19 March 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Mar 1898
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 26 March 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
2 Apr 1898
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 02 April 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 May 1898
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 14 May 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 May 1898
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Otago Daily Times, 17 May 1898) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jun 1898
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Otago Daily Times, 29 June 1898) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
16 Aug 1898
MUNICIPAL THEATRES. (Wanganui Herald, 16 August 1898) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Sept 1898
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Auckland Star, 12 September 1898) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Sept 1898
THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1898. (Otago Daily Times, 15 September 1898) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Sept 1898
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. (Otago Daily Times, 27 September 1898) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1898
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 29 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Dec 1898
CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD. (Otago Witness, 29 December 1898) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
13 Jan 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 January 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jan 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 17 January 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jan 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 January 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Jan 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 24 January 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jan 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 27 January 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Jan 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 31 January 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Feb 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 03 February 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Feb 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 07 February 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Feb 1899
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Otago Daily Times, 11 February 1899) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Feb 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 14 February 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Feb 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 17 February 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Feb 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 February 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Feb 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 24 February 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Feb 1899
Untitled (Otago Daily Times, 24 February 1899) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Feb 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 February 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Mar 1899
CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING. (Otago Witness, 02 March 1899) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Mar 1899
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Otago Daily Times, 02 March 1899) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Mar 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 03 March 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
7 Mar 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 07 March 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Mar 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 10 March 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Mar 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 14 March 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Mar 1899
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wanganui Chronicle, 16 March 1899) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Mar 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 17 March 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Mar 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 March 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Mar 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 24 March 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Mar 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 March 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Mar 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 31 March 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Apr 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 05 April 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Apr 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 07 April 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Apr 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 11 April 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Apr 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 14 April 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Apr 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 18 April 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Apr 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 April 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Apr 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 25 April 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Apr 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 April 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 May 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 02 May 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 May 1899
LoOAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 04 May 1899) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
5 May 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 05 May 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 May 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 09 May 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 May 1899
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 10 May 1899) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
13 May 1899
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 May 1899) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 4 places
16 May 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 16 May 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 May 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 19 May 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 May 1899
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 May 1899) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
23 May 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 23 May 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 May 1899
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 24 May 1899) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
26 May 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 26 May 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 May 1899
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 27 May 1899) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
2 Jun 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 02 June 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
6 Jun 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 06 June 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jun 1899
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Evening Post, 12 June 1899) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
13 Jun 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 June 1899) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jun 1899
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wanganui Chronicle, 16 June 1899) Wanganui Chronicle · 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.

“Walker & Hall”, the shelf

The shelf

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