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.

67,266 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
8 May 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 08 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1909
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 08 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1909
PRESIDENT'S CUP. (Star, 08 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1909
TO-DAY'S MATCHES. (Star, 08 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1909
JUNIOR FLAG. (Star, 08 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1909
DETAILS OF THE PLAY (Star, 08 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1909
LADIES' HOCKEY. (Star, 08 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 8 (Star, 08 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1909
Sheep on Rue Lavaud looking southJan Shuttleworth collection Jessie Buckland collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
10 May 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Ashburton Guardian, 10 May 1909) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 May 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 11 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 May 1909
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 11 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 May 1909
THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS. (Star, 11 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1909
TABLE TALK (Otago Witness, 12 May 1909) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1909
THE PREMIER AT CHRISTCHURCH. (Nelson Evening Mail, 12 May 1909) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 May 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 13 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
13 May 1909
THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS. (Grey River Argus, 13 May 1909) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 May 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 13 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 May 1909
BILIOUS ATTACKS. (Wanganui Chronicle, 13 May 1909) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 May 1909
Page 733 Advertisements Column 1 (New Zealand Tablet, 13 May 1909) New Zealand Tablet · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 May 1909
ADDINGTON WORKSHOPS ENQUIRY (Wanganui Chronicle, 13 May 1909) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 May 1909
THE ADDINGTON WORKSHOPS COMMISSION. (Nelson Evening Mail, 13 May 1909) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 May 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 13 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 May 1909
ADDINGTON WORKSHOPS ENQUIRY (Wanganui Herald, 13 May 1909) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 May 1909
The Christchurch Assault Case (Wanganui Herald, 13 May 1909) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 May 1909
THE GOVERNOR'S DENIAL. (Poverty Bay Herald, 14 May 1909) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 May 1909
MEETING OF CREDITORS. (Star, 14 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 May 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 14 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 May 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 14 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 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 15 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
15 May 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 15 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
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 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 15 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1909
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 15 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1909
The Social Sphere (Observer, 15 May 1909) Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (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
15 May 1909
JUNIORS. ADDINGTON v. SYDENHAM. (Star, 15 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1909
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 15 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1909
THIS AFTERNOON'S MATCHES. (Star, 15 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1909
PRESIDENT'S. (Star, 15 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1909
DETAILS OF THE PLAY. (Star, 15 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1909
The Fretful Procupine (Observer, 15 May 1909) Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1909
OUIET IN CHRISTCHURCH. (Evening Post, 15 May 1909) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 May 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 17 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 May 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 18 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 May 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 18 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 May 1909
MR NGATA AND THE MAORIS (Otago Witness, 19 May 1909) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 May 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 19 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 May 1909
CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. (Per United Press Association ) CHRISTCHURCH, May 18. (Otago Witness, 19 May 1909) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 May 1909
TABLE TALK Monday evening. (Otago Witness, 19 May 1909) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 May 1909
HON. J. A. MILLAR AT GREYMOUTH. (Otago Witness, 19 May 1909) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 May 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 20 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 May 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (New Zealand Tablet, 20 May 1909) New Zealand Tablet · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 May 1909
THE LATE MR G. P. WILLIAMS (Star, 20 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 May 1909
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 20 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 May 1909
BILIOUS ATTACKS. (Ashburton Guardian, 20 May 1909) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 May 1909
A Popular Southern Seaside Resort by Auckland Weekly News; C. A. Tomlinson · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
21 May 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 21 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 May 1909
RUN OVER. (Taranaki Herald, 21 May 1909) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 May 1909
FATAL CART ACCIDENT. FATAL CART ACCIDENT. (Nelson Evening Mail, 21 May 1909) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1909
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
22 May 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1909
GENERAL TELEGRAMS. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 22 May 1909) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1909
FIRES. (Wanganui Herald, 22 May 1909) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1909
Pars About People. (Observer, 22 May 1909) Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1909
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 22 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1909
FOURTH GRADE. (Star, 22 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 22 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1909
SENIORS. (Star, 22 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1909
NEXT SATURDAY'S FIXTURE'S. SENIORS. (Star, 22 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1909
ALBION v. LINWOOD. (Star, 22 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1909
Page 1 Advertisements Column 9 (Evening Post, 22 May 1909) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1909
PRESIDENT'S CUP. (Star, 22 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1909
JUNIORS. (Star, 22 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1909
PRESIDENT'S. (Star, 22 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1909
OLD BOYS' CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELD. (Star, 22 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 May 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 24 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 May 1909
HOCKEY. (Ashburton Guardian, 24 May 1909) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 May 1909
INQUEST. (Grey River Argus, 24 May 1909) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 May 1909
INQUEST. (Wanganui Chronicle, 24 May 1909) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 May 1909
RUN OVER BY A CART. (Nelson Evening Mail, 24 May 1909) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 May 1909
ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS. (Ashburton Guardian, 24 May 1909) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 May 1909
ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. (Evening Post, 24 May 1909) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 May 1909
ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. (Poverty Bay Herald, 24 May 1909) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 May 1909
GENERAL TELEGRAMS. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 24 May 1909) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 May 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 25 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
25 May 1909
FOOTBALL. (Nelson Evening Mail, 25 May 1909) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 May 1909
HOCKEY. (Ashburton Guardian, 25 May 1909) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 May 1909
THE DEVENISH SHIELD. (Colonist, 25 May 1909) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 May 1909
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 26 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
26 May 1909
TABLE TALK (Otago Witness, 26 May 1909) Otago Witness · 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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