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.

“On The Low”, the shelf

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

5,969 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 1900s
21 Feb 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 21 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
21 Feb 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 21 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Feb 1908
BOWLING. (Star, 21 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Feb 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
22 Feb 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Feb 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 22 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Feb 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 22 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Feb 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 25 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
26 Feb 1908
LOCAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 26 February 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Feb 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 29 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Feb 1908
SWIMMING. (Star, 29 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Feb 1908
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 29 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Mar 1908
RIFLE SHOOTING. (Star, 02 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Mar 1908
LOCAL & GENERAL (Otago Witness, 04 March 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 Mar 1908
OPPRESSIVE HEAT IN CHRISTCHURCH. CHRISTCHURCH, March 27 (Otago Witness, 04 March 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Mar 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Mar 1908
INTERPROVINCIAL. (Poverty Bay Herald, 06 March 1908) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Mar 1908
RIFLE SHOOTING. (Star, 06 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Mar 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Mar 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 09 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Mar 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 10 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Mar 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
12 Mar 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 12 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Mar 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 14 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
14 Mar 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Nelson Evening Mail, 14 March 1908) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Mar 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 14 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Mar 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 14 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Mar 1908
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 17 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
18 Mar 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 18 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Mar 1908
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 21 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Mar 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 21 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Nelson Evening Mail, 23 March 1908) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Mar 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Nelson Evening Mail, 24 March 1908) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Mar 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 26 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
26 Mar 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 26 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Mar 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 28 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 Mar 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Mar 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 02 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 03 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Apr 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 Apr 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 04 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 06 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 07 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 08 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 09 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 10 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Apr 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Apr 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 11 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Apr 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 11 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Apr 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 13 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
13 Apr 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 13 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 14 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
18 Apr 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 18 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Wanganui Herald, 22 April 1908) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Apr 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Apr 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 25 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Apr 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Apr 1908
ADDINGTON SALES. (Taranaki Herald, 25 April 1908) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Apr 1908
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 25 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Apr 1908
EAST CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 28 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 May 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 02 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 May 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 02 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 May 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 May 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 May 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 09 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 May 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 09 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 May 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Colonist, 09 May 1908) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 May 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Colonist, 11 May 1908) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 May 1908
CHBISTCBUBCH NEWS NOTES. (Fsok Our. Own Cobbespondent.) (Otago Witness, 13 May 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
14 May 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 14 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 May 1908
Page 10 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 19 May 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 5 places
22 May 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 May 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 23 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 May 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 30 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 May 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 30 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 May 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 30 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jun 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 06 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
9 Jun 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 09 June 1908) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jun 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 10 June 1908) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jun 1908
TYPICAL SIRES. (Otago Witness, 10 June 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jun 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 12 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jun 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 12 June 1908) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jun 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Taranaki Herald, 17 June 1908) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jun 1908
LOCAL & GENERAL (Otago Witness, 17 June 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jun 1908
A VARIED CAREER. (Evening Post, 18 June 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
18 Jun 1908
WESTLAND MAORI NOMENCLATURE. (Grey River Argus, 18 June 1908) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jun 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 18 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jun 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
23 Jun 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 23 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Jun 1908
LOCAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 24 June 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jun 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jun 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 27 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jul 1908
FROOTOIDS (Otago Witness, 01 July 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
6 Jul 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 06 July 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jul 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 July 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Jul 1908
Untitled (Star, 08 July 1908) Star · 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.

“On The Low”, the shelf

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