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.

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

68,135 records matching 97 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
6 Oct 1917
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 06 October 1917) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Oct 1917
BILLIARDS (NZ Truth, 06 October 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Oct 1917
OCCUR IN CANTERBURY. (Northern Advocate, 08 October 1917) Northern Advocate · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Oct 1917
FLOODED RIVERS. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 08 October 1917) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Oct 1917
NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 09 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Oct 1917
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 10 October 1917) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Oct 1917
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 11 October 1917) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Oct 1917
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 11 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Oct 1917
DEVELOPMENT OF WATER POWER. (Poverty Bay Herald, 12 October 1917) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Oct 1917
DOMINION'S WATER POWER (Evening Post, 12 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Oct 1917
MERRY MARSHLANDS (NZ Truth, 13 October 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Oct 1917
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 13 October 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Oct 1917
Ellesmere Show. (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 October 1917) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Oct 1917
DEVELOPMENT OF WATERPOWER. (Colonist, 13 October 1917) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Oct 1917
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (NZ Truth, 13 October 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Oct 1917
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 October 1917) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Oct 1917
NEW ZEALAND ARMY (Evening Post, 15 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Oct 1917
THE CITY (Ashburton Guardian, 15 October 1917) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Oct 1917
CHRISTCHURCH RESOLUTIONS. (Ashburton Guardian, 16 October 1917) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Oct 1917
Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 16 October 1917) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Oct 1917
SOCIAL HYGIENE BILL (Evening Post, 16 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Oct 1917
THE ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 16-10-1917) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Oct 1917
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 17 October 1917) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Oct 1917
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 October 1917) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Oct 1917
NEW ZEALAND ARMY. (Evening Post, 18 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
18 Oct 1917
COMMERCIAL. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 18 October 1917) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Oct 1917
THE ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 18-10-1917) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Oct 1917
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 19 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Oct 1917
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 19 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Oct 1917
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Clutha Leader 19-10-1917) Clutha Leader · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1917
NEW ZEALAND ARMY (Evening Post, 20 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1917
Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 20 October 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1917
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 20 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1917
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (NZ Truth, 20 October 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1917
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 October 1917) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Oct 1917
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 22 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Oct 1917
NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS (Evening Post, 22 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Oct 1917
LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS (Marlborough Express, 23 October 1917) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Oct 1917
CONDEMNED BY CHRISTCHURCH MEETING. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 23 October 1917) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Oct 1917
ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 23-10-1917) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Oct 1917
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 24 October 1917) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Oct 1917
HOME AGAIN (Evening Post, 24 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Oct 1917
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 24 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Oct 1917
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 25 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Oct 1917
The Champion Association Football Team in Christchurch by Sporting & Dramatic Review; Coronation Studios, Christchurch · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
26 Oct 1917
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 26 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
26 Oct 1917
SICK AND WOUNDED (Evening Post, 26 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Oct 1917
NEWZEALAND CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 27 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Oct 1917
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (NZ Truth, 27 October 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Oct 1917
Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 27 October 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Oct 1917
NEW ZEALAND ARMY (Evening Post, 27 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Oct 1917
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Grey River Argus, 27 October 1917) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Oct 1917
THE CITY (Ashburton Guardian, 27 October 1917) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Oct 1917
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 27 October 1917) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Oct 1917
METHODIST SOUTH ISLAND ORPHANAGE. (Otago Daily Times 27-10-1917) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1917
ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 29-10-1917) Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
30 Oct 1917
BANKS PENINSULA A. & P. ASSOCIATION. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 30 October 1917) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Oct 1917
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 30 October 1917) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Oct 1917
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Taranaki Daily News 30-10-1917) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1917
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 31 October 1917) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Nov 1917
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 02 November 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Nov 1917
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 03 November 1917) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Nov 1917
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (NZ Truth, 03 November 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Nov 1917
ASHHURST R.C. MEETING. (Wanganui Chronicle, 06 November 1917) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Nov 1917
SPORTING. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 07 November 1917) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Nov 1917
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 07 November 1917) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Nov 1917
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 07 November 1917) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Nov 1917
ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 11-7-1917) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Nov 1917
AVONDALE RACES. (Grey River Argus, 08 November 1917) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Nov 1917
ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES. (Ashburton Guardian, 08 November 1917) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Nov 1917
CHRISTCHURCH TROTS. (Wanganui Chronicle, 08 November 1917) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Nov 1917
ON SERVICE (Evening Post, 08 November 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Nov 1917
CANTERBURY SPRING MEETING (Evening Post, 08 November 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1917
THE CITY (Ashburton Guardian, 09 November 1917) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1917
PERSONAL MATTERS (Evening Post, 09 November 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1917
SICE AND WOUNDED (Evening Post, 09 November 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Nov 1917
Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 10 November 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Nov 1917
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (NZ Truth, 10 November 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Nov 1917
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 10 November 1917) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Nov 1917
SINGLE CYLINDER "B.S.A." STILL ON TOP! (NZ Truth, 10 November 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Nov 1917
THE ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 11-10-1917) Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
12 Nov 1917
CHRISTCHURCH MEETING. (Feilding Star, 12 November 1917) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Nov 1917
FOUND DROWNED (Evening Post, 13 November 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Nov 1917
MOUNT HERBERT COUNTY COUNCIL. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 November 1917) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Nov 1917
CHRISTCHURCH FIRE. (Wanganui Chronicle, 13 November 1917) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Nov 1917
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 13 November 1917) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Nov 1917
ACCIDENTS & DEATHS (Ashburton Guardian, 14 November 1917) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Nov 1917
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 14 November 1917) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Nov 1917
ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES (Otago Daily Times 14-11-1917) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Nov 1917
L-Corp W A Tyree of Christchurch, killed in action Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
15 Nov 1917
The finish of the New Zealand Cup at the Riccarton Racecourse, Christchurch, last week. Menelaus beating Johnny walker by a neck Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
16 Nov 1917
DETAILS OF THE ARREST. (Thames Star, 16 November 1917) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Nov 1917
Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 16 November 1917) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Nov 1917
Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 17 November 1917) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Nov 1917
Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 November 1917) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Nov 1917
A CHRISTCHURCH TRAGEDY. (Colonist, 20 November 1917) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Nov 1917
A CHRISTCHURCH TRAGEDY. (Colonist, 21 November 1917) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Nov 1917
NEWS OF THE DAY. (Colonist, 23 November 1917) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Nov 1917
TEACHERS' APPEAL BOARD. (Ashburton Guardian, 23 November 1917) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Nov 1917
Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 24 November 1917) NZ Truth · 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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