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.

“"a"”, the shelf

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

68,135 records matching 95 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 1910s
19 Oct 1915
RETURNING HOME (Evening Post, 19 October 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Oct 1915
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 19 October 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Oct 1915
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 19 October 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1915
RETURNING SICK AND WOUNDED. (Ashburton Guardian, 20 October 1915) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1915
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Colonist, 20 October 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1915
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 20 October 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Oct 1915
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Colonist, 21 October 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Oct 1915
SUICIDE. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 21 October 1915) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Oct 1915
SUICIDES (Evening Post, 21 October 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Oct 1915
COMING HOME. (Taranaki Daily News 21-10-1915) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Oct 1915
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 21-10-1915) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Oct 1915
ADDINGTON. (Northern Advocate, 22 October 1915) Northern Advocate · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Oct 1915
DOMINION NEWS ITEMS (Grey River Argus, 22 October 1915) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Oct 1915
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Ashburton Guardian, 23 October 1915) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Oct 1915
RETURNING BY THE WILLOCHRA (Grey River Argus, 23 October 1915) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Oct 1915
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Ashburton Guardian, 25 October 1915) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Oct 1915
Untitled (Poverty Bay Herald, 26 October 1915) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Oct 1915
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 27 October 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1915
NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 29 October 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1915
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 29 October 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Oct 1915
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Colonist, 30 October 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Oct 1915
MARSHLAND'S AMENITIES (NZ Truth, 30 October 1915) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Oct 1915
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 30 October 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Nov 1915
GAMES IN CHRISTCHURCH (Evening Post, 01 November 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Nov 1915
W. HOLE. (Ashburton Guardian, 01 November 1915) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Nov 1915
CHRISTCHURCH'S WELCOME. (Ashburton Guardian, 01 November 1915) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Nov 1915
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Ashburton Guardian, 02 November 1915) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Nov 1915
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Grey River Argus, 02 November 1915) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Nov 1915
OUR WOUNDED SOLDIERS. (Grey River Argus, 02 November 1915) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Nov 1915
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 02 November 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Nov 1915
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Grey River Argus, 03 November 1915) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Nov 1915
RICCARTON TRAINING NOTES (Evening Post, 03 November 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1915
SPORTING. (Poverty Bay Herald, 04 November 1915) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1915
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Marlborough Express, 04 November 1915) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1915
SPORTING NEWS (Grey River Argus, 04 November 1915) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1915
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 04 November 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1915
Corporal Eric A. Mosley, of Christchurch by Sporting & Dramatic Review · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
5 Nov 1915
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Grey River Argus, 05 November 1915) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Nov 1915
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 06 November 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Nov 1915
SPORTING. (Taranaki Daily News 11-8-1915) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1915
NEWS IN BRIEF (Thames Star, 09 November 1915) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1915
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Wairarapa Daily Times, 09 November 1915) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1915
THEOLOGICAL STUDIES (Evening Post, 09 November 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1915
THE C.J.C. MEETING. (Feilding Star, 09 November 1915) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1915
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 09 November 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Nov 1915
THEOLOGICAL STUDIES. (Poverty Bay Herald, 11 November 1915) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Nov 1915
HANDICAPS FOR FOURTH DAY (Wanganui Chronicle, 11 November 1915) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Nov 1915
CHRISTCHURCH TROTS. (Wanganui Chronicle, 11 November 1915) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Nov 1915
SPORTING. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 11 November 1915) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Nov 1915
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 11 November 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Nov 1915
Christchurch extends a cordial welcome to the soldiers: the motor-cars at the railway station waiting to drive the men through the city by Auckland Weekly News; Green, H. H. · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
12 Nov 1915
CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALES. (Colonist, 12 November 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Nov 1915
SWIMMING (Evening Post, 13 November 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Nov 1915
THOROUGHBRED YEARLINGS (Evening Post, 13 November 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Nov 1915
Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 (NZ Truth, 13 November 1915) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Nov 1915
SPORTING. (Wanganui Chronicle, 13 November 1915) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Nov 1915
TAX ON TOTALISATOR DIVIDENDS (Ashburton Guardian, 13 November 1915) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Nov 1915
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 13 November 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Nov 1915
ROUTE MARCH THROUGH CHRISTCHURCH (Evening Post, 15 November 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Nov 1915
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Grey River Argus, 15 November 1915) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Nov 1915
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Colonist, 15 November 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Nov 1915
THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTCHURCH (Evening Post, 15 November 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Nov 1915
THE EIGHTHS. (Feilding Star, 16 November 1915) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Nov 1915
THE EIGHTHS IN CHRISTCHURCH. (Northern Advocate, 16 November 1915) Northern Advocate · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Nov 1915
ACCIDENTS & DEATHS. (Ashburton Guardian, 17 November 1915) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Nov 1915
REPORT FROM CHRISTCHURCH (Evening Post, 17 November 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Nov 1915
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 17 November 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Nov 1915
Page 7 Advertisements Column 6 (Wairarapa Daily Times, 19 November 1915) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Nov 1915
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Wairarapa Daily Times, 20 November 1915) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Nov 1915
OUR BRAVE LADS (NZ Truth, 20 November 1915) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Nov 1915
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 20 November 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Nov 1915
PASSING NOTES. (Otago Daily Times 20-11-1915) Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
22 Nov 1915
BELGIAN RELIEF FUND (Evening Post, 22 November 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Nov 1915
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 22 November 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Nov 1915
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Wairarapa Daily Times, 23 November 1915) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Nov 1915
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 23 November 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Nov 1915
VISITORS FROM CHRISTCHURCH. (Ashburton Guardian, 25 November 1915) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Nov 1915
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 25 November 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Nov 1915
THE HOSPITAL SHIP. (Ashburton Guardian, 27 November 1915) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Nov 1915
ADDINGTON (Hawera & Normanby Star, 27 November 1915) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Nov 1915
VALUABLE BEQUEST (Evening Post, 27 November 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Nov 1915
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Colonist, 27 November 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Nov 1915
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 29 November 1915) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Dec 1915
MOTORING FATALITY (Hawera & Normanby Star, 01 December 1915) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Dec 1915
Board of Theological Studies. (Waiapu Church Gazette, 01 December 1915) Waiapu Church Gazette · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Dec 1915
Two men dressed as children with one wearing a dressJan Shuttleworth collection Jessie Buckland collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
2 Dec 1915
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Ashburton Guardian, 02 December 1915) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Dec 1915
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Ashburton Guardian, 03 December 1915) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Dec 1915
Man and woman on horses at Akaroa LighthouseJan Shuttleworth collection Jessie Buckland collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
4 Dec 1915
THE WAY TO TREAT THE SHIRKER. (Feilding Star, 04 December 1915) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Dec 1915
MURDER AND SUICIDE (Otago Daily Times 12-4-1915) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Dec 1915
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY. (Taranaki Daily News 12-4-1915) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Dec 1915
LITTLE AKALOA. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 07 December 1915) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Dec 1915
CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALES. (Colonist, 07 December 1915) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Dec 1915
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Grey River Argus, 08 December 1915) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Dec 1915
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 09 December 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Dec 1915
Page 8 Advertisements Column 7 (Wairarapa Daily Times, 09 December 1915) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Dec 1915
Sergeant A. H. Remmett, of Christchurch by Sporting & Dramatic Review · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
10 Dec 1915
ADDINGTON. (Northern Advocate, 10 December 1915) Northern Advocate · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Dec 1915
NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING ACCEPTANCES (Evening Post, 11 December 1915) 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.

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