How many records does the archive hold?

92,172 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.

“"Christchurch"”, the shelf

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

80,684 records matching 92 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
15 Sept 1906
The entrance castle gate, to 'Wonderland' by New Zealand Graphic · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
17 Sept 1906
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 17 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Sept 1906
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Bush Advocate, 17 September 1906) Bush Advocate · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Sept 1906
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 17 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Sept 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 17 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Sept 1906
GOLF. (Feilding Star, 17 September 1906) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Sept 1906
THE "CANTERBURY TIMES." (Star, 17 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Sept 1906
GOLF. (Wanganui Herald, 17 September 1906) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Sept 1906
GOLF. (Colonist, 17 September 1906) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Sept 1906
GOLF, (Evening Post, 17 September 1906) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Sept 1906
TURF TOPICS. (Taranaki Herald, 18 September 1906) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Sept 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 18 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Sept 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 18 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Sept 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 18 September 1906) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Sept 1906
THE CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. CHRISTCHURCH, September 14. (Otago Witness, 19 September 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Sept 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 19 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Sept 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Sept 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 20 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Sept 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ashburton Guardian, 20 September 1906) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Sept 1906
Dr Stewart, of Christchurch. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 20 September 1906) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Sept 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 20 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Sept 1906
A TELEPHOTO VIEW OF THE EXHIBITION BUILDING FROM CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
21 Sept 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 21 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Sept 1906
LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 21 September 1906) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Sept 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 22 September 1906) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
22 Sept 1906
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Sept 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 22 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Sept 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Sept 1906
AVONDALE JOCKEY CLUB'S SPRING MEETING. (Observer, 22 September 1906) Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Sept 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Sept 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 22 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Sept 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 24 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
24 Sept 1906
CHRISTCHURCH PRESBYTERY (Star, 24 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Sept 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 25 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
25 Sept 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
25 Sept 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 25 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
25 Sept 1906
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 25 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Sept 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Sept 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Sept 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Sept 1906
EGG-LAYING. (Marlborough Express, 25 September 1906) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Sept 1906
EGG-LAYING COMPETITION. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 25 September 1906) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Sept 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 26 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
26 Sept 1906
NEWS NOTES. (Poverty Bay Herald, 26 September 1906) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
26 Sept 1906
Untitled Illustration Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Sept 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 26 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Sept 1906
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Ellesmere Guardian, 26 September 1906) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Sept 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Sept 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 27 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Sept 1906
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Sept 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 27 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Sept 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 27 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Sept 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 27 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Sept 1906
MR. LIONEL TERRY, WHOSE ESCAPE FROM THE SUNNYSIDE ASYLUM, NEAR CHRISTCHURCH, WAS REPORTED ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1906 by Auckland Weekly News · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
27 Sept 1906
A GLIMPSE OF CHRISTCHURCH, SHOWING THE CATHEDRAL AND THE AVON RIVER by Auckland Weekly News; Tanner · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
27 Sept 1906
NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: THE EXHIBITION BUILDINGS, HAGLEY PARK, CHRISTCHURCH, SHOWING VICTORIA LAKE AND MODEL YACHTS by Auckland Weekly News; Marsh, R. G. · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
27 Sept 1906
NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: ARAI TE URU MAORI PA, IN THE EXHIBITION GROUNDS, CHRISTCHURCH by Auckland Weekly News; Hinge, L. · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
28 Sept 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 Sept 1906
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 28 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Sept 1906
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 29 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Sept 1906
BRITISH ART AT THE EXHIBITION. (Evening Post, 29 September 1906) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Sept 1906
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 29 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Sept 1906
AVONDALE JOCKEY CLUB'S SPRING MEETING. (Observer, 29 September 1906) Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Sept 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 29 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Sept 1906
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 29 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Sept 1906
A beautiful home on the Upper Avon, Christchurch by New Zealand Graphic; New Zealand. Department of Tourist and Health Resorts and Publicity · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
1 Oct 1906
Applications for Patents. (Progress, 01 October 1906) Progress · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
1 Oct 1906
CRICKET. (Star, 01 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Oct 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 01 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Oct 1906
Page 330 Advertisements Column 1 (Progress, 01 October 1906) Progress · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Oct 1906
HUMPHRIES' S\rETY SCArrOLD BRACKET I\ USE UPON THE DOME OF CHRISTCHURCH EXHIBITION. (Progress, 01 October 1906) Progress · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Oct 1906
Egg-Laying Competitions. (Ashburton Guardian, 01 October 1906) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Oct 1906
BICYCLES��SECOND-HAND, (Star, 01 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Oct 1906
LATE SPORTING. (Evening Post, 01 October 1906) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Oct 1906
GENERAL TELEGRAMS. (Evening Post, 01 October 1906) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Oct 1906
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. (Wanganui Chronicle, 01 October 1906) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Oct 1906
EXHIBITION RIFLE SHOOTING MEETING. (Grey River Argus, 01 October 1906) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Oct 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 02 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Oct 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Oct 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 02 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Oct 1906
LIONEL TERRY INTERVIEWED. (Wanganui Chronicle, 02 October 1906) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Oct 1906
SPORTING. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 02 October 1906) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Oct 1906
Christchurch, Wednesday (Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, 02 October 1906) Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Oct 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 03 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Oct 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 03 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Oct 1906
N.Z. UTILITY POULTRY CLUB (LINCOLN COLLEGE). (Otago Witness, 03 October 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Oct 1906
THE COST OF AMBITION. (Otago Witness, 03 October 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Oct 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 04 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 Oct 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Oct 1906
DIOCESAN CHORAL FESTIVAL. (Star, 04 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Oct 1906
CHRISTCHURCH RACES (Colonist, 04 October 1906) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Oct 1906
THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. (Star, 04 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Oct 1906
THE MAILS. (Grey River Argus, 04 October 1906) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Oct 1906
PERSONAL ITEMS. (Grey River Argus, 04 October 1906) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Oct 1906
NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: THE MACHINERY HALL, HAGLEY PARK, CHRISTCHURCH by Auckland Weekly News; Marsh, R. G. · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
5 Oct 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Oct 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Oct 1906
PERSONAL. (Star, 05 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Oct 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 06 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
6 Oct 1906
CANTERBURY HOMES. (Ellesmere Guardian, 06 October 1906) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 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.

“"Christchurch"”, the shelf

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