How many records does the archive hold?

81,477 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.

“"New Brighton"”, the shelf

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

4,720 records matching 87 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 1930s
8 Jul 1935
IN OTHER CENTRES (Evening Post, 08 July 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jul 1935
HAROLD LOGAN'S PROGRESS (Evening Post, 09 July 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jul 1935
MOTOR-CYCLIST KILLED (Evening Post, 20 July 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Aug 1935
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 05 August 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Aug 1935
RACING NEWS THE GRAND NATIONALS (Evening Post, 09 August 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
12 Aug 1935
MATCHES ELSEWHERE (Evening Post, 12 August 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Aug 1935
CHRISTCHURCH RESULTS (Evening Post, 19 August 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Aug 1935
ADDINGTON TROTS (Evening Post, 30 August 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Sept 1935
NEW BRIGHTON REHANDtCAPS (Evening Post, 05 September 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Sept 1935
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 07 September 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Sept 1935
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 11 September 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Sept 1935
CLASH OF CHAMPIONS (Evening Post, 13 September 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Sept 1935
New clock tower at New Brighton, Christchurch by Auckland Weekly News; Buckley · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries · about 1 place
27 Sept 1935
FATHER AND SON (Evening Post, 27 September 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Oct 1935
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 11 October 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Oct 1935
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 12 October 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Nov 1935
ANOTHER SILVER JUBILEE (Evening Post, 30 November 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Dec 1935
AN IMPORTED PACER (Evening Post, 12 December 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Dec 1935
NOTES FROM RICCARTON (Evening Post, 17 December 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1936
Opening of Pleasant Point Yacht Club Ernest Smith, photographs and papers · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
8 Jan 1936
BOWLING (Evening Post, 08 January 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jan 1936
WINS IN THREE ROUNDS (Evening Post, 09 January 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jan 1936
BOWLING THE KINKS COMMENCE (Evening Post, 10 January 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jan 1936
SECTIONAL GAMES (Evening Post, 11 January 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jan 1936
BOWLING (Evening Post, 11 January 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jan 1936
BOWLING (Evening Post, 13 January 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jan 1936
BOWLING (Evening Post, 14 January 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · no. 2.116 · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jan 1936
BOWLING (Evening Post, 14 January 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · no. 2.164 · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jan 1936
THE QUALIFIED RINKS (Evening Post, 15 January 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jan 1936
THE FINAL STAGES (Evening Post, 15 January 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Feb 1936
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 04 February 1936) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Feb 1936
NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB (Evening Post, 22 February 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Feb 1936
IS THIS SARCASM? (Evening Post, 28 February 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1936
PERSONAL (Ellesmere Guardian, 24 April 1936) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 May 1936
INCREASE OF 8266 (Evening Post, 13 May 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Aug 1936
MR. WILLIAM HOLLY (Evening Post, 22 August 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Aug 1936
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 31 August 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Sept 1936
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 03 September 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Sept 1936
MINIATURE RIFLES (Evening Post, 05 September 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Sept 1936
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 05 September 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Oct 1936
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 10 October 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Oct 1936
THE CHAMPIONS (Evening Post, 14 October 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1936
BODY IN ESTUARY (Evening Post, 29 October 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1936
FACTORY ABLAZE (Evening Post, 05 November 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1936
DRIVER UNDECIDED (Evening Post, 05 November 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Nov 1936
SOUTHERN SMILE (Evening Post, 07 November 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Nov 1936
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 24 November 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Dec 1936
NEW BRIGHTON T.C. FIELDS (Evening Post, 02 December 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Dec 1936
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 04 December 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Dec 1936
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 05 December 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1937
Laying the foundation stone ceremony Ernest Smith, photographs and papers · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
4 Feb 1937
TRAFFIC CONTROL (Evening Post, 04 February 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Feb 1937
MILK SUPPLY (Evening Post, 06 February 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Feb 1937
MILK SUPPLY (Evening Post, 10 February 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Feb 1937
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 20 February 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Mar 1937
HORSEPOWER WELL (Evening Post, 12 March 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Mar 1937
AIDE-DE-CAMP'S PROMISE (Evening Post, 13 March 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Mar 1937
W.C.T.U. CONVENTION (Evening Post, 17 March 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Mar 1937
MORE CANTERBURY CASES (Evening Post, 29 March 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 May 1937
DAY OF SURPRISES (Evening Post, 11 May 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jul 1937
ART UNION FUNDS (Evening Post, 03 July 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jul 1937
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 28 July 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Aug 1937
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 06 August 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Sept 1937
THAT 3MIN 2SEC CLASS (Evening Post, 22 September 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Dec 1937
NEW BRIGHTON ACCEPTORS (Evening Post, 01 December 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Dec 1937
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 03 December 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Dec 1937
NEW BRIGHTON T.C (Evening Post, 04 December 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Dec 1937
MR. BARTON'S TEAM (Evening Post, 11 December 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Dec 1937
DE SOTO APPEAL (Evening Post, 18 December 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Dec 1937
NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 21 December 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Dec 1937
FINDING TO STAND (Evening Post, 21 December 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1938
Wreath laying in New Brighton Ernest Smith, photographs and papers · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1938
New Brighton Band in ANZAC Day parade Ernest Smith, photographs and papers · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1938
Elizabeth and Jean at the beach 2019 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
5 Jan 1938
TOURING PARTY RETURNS (Evening Post, 05 January 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jan 1938
BOWLING (Evening Post, 10 January 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jan 1938
BOWLING (Evening Post, 11 January 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jan 1938
SURF LIFE-SAVING (Evening Post, 14 January 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 4 places
22 Jan 1938
SURF LIFE-SAVING (Evening Post, 22 January 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
24 Jan 1938
SURF LIFE-SAVING (Evening Post, 24 January 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 7 places
24 Jan 1938
AUSTRALIAN VISIT (Evening Post, 24 January 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jan 1938
The surf life-saving teams on New Brighton Beach in Christchurch prior to the start of the New Zealand Championships Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
2 Feb 1938
The winning teams in the New Zealand Surf Life-saving Championships, New Brighton Beach, Christchurch Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
7 Feb 1938
BEACH RACING (Evening Post, 07 February 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Feb 1938
ALBATROSS ARRIVES (Evening Post, 09 February 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Feb 1938
N.B. Newton competing in the Motor-cycle Beach Championships at New Brighton, Christchurch Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
16 Feb 1938
Motorcycle racers and spectators at the Motor-cycle Beach Championships, New Brighton, Christchurch Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
17 Feb 1938
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 17 February 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Feb 1938
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 18 February 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Feb 1938
NEW BRIGHTON T.C. (Evening Post, 19 February 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Mar 1938
CHRISTCHURCH TRIALS (Evening Post, 03 March 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Mar 1938
LADY CHILDEWOOD ARRIVES (Evening Post, 19 March 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Mar 1938
BROTHERS KILLED (Evening Post, 28 March 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Apr 1938
Outside the New Brighton RSA Ernest Smith, photographs and papers · Canterbury Stories · no. 93219 · Christchurch City Libraries
25 Apr 1938
Outside the New Brighton RSA Ernest Smith, photographs and papers · Canterbury Stories · no. 93218 · Christchurch City Libraries
21 May 1938
Opening of the New Brighton kindergarten building reverse Ernest Smith, photographs and papers · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
19 Jul 1938
Springston South (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 July 1938) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jul 1938
BLAIR ATHOL WELL (Evening Post, 30 July 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Aug 1938
MINIATURE RIFLES (Evening Post, 09 August 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Aug 1938
NEW BRIGHTON HANDICAPS (Evening Post, 22 August 1938) Evening Post · 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.

“"New Brighton"”, the shelf

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