How many records does the archive hold?

67,402 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.

“"Phillipstown"”, the shelf

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

565 records matching 43 of these 65 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
1 Jan 1933
Phillipstown School winners of Under 13s seven-a-side Phillipstown School collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1934
Standards 3b and 2a at Phillipstown School Phillipstown School collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
2 Mar 1935
WANDERINGS IN MANY LANDS (Evening Post, 02 March 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Mar 1935
YOUNG WOMAN FOUND DEAD (Evening Post, 29 March 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jan 1936
Primer 2 of Phillipstown School Phillipstown School collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1936
Phillipstown School winners of C Grade basketball Phillipstown School collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
2 Sept 1936
Watching play from the sideline Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
2 Sept 1936
Southland girls enjoy their oranges Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
2 Sept 1936
In the Southland-Otago game Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
2 Sept 1936
Miss Armstrong and Mrs. H. D. Muir Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
2 Sept 1936
A tussle in the Auckland-Wellington game Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
2 Sept 1936
Some of the Auckland team Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
2 Sept 1936
Waikato v. Hawke's Bay Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
2 Sept 1936
An Otago player secures the ball Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
2 Sept 1936
Players waiting for their matches to start Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
2 Sept 1936
Mrs. J. D. Cairney and Mrs. W. J. McKenzie Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
29 Dec 1936
DOYLESTON (Ellesmere Guardian, 29 December 1936) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jan 1937
Phillipstown School winners of Heavyweight seven-a-side Phillipstown School collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1937
Phillipstown School Heavyweight football team Phillipstown School collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
7 Jan 1938
OBITUARY (Ellesmere Guardian, 07 January 1938) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Feb 1938
EXCHANGE OF CURES (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 February 1938) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Feb 1938
PERSONAL ITEMS (Evening Post, 22 February 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Aug 1938
SCHOOLS TO CLOSE (Evening Post, 11 August 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Mar 1939
OBITUARY (Evening Post, 09 March 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jun 1939
FAREWELL FUNCTION (Evening Post, 29 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1940s
1 Jan 1940
Folk dancing group at Phillipstown School by P Lambert · 2013 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1940
H. J. Mackie Phillipstown School collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1940
T. W. Burgess Phillipstown School collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1941
Phillipstown Kindergarten 2013 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
3 Jul 1945
U.S. AIR MEDAL (Evening Post, 03 July 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Jul 1945
PERSONAL (Ellesmere Guardian, 24 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1950s
1 Jan 1954
Senior choir Phillipstown School collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
the 2000s
22 Aug 2000
REGISTER New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 39 places
24 Aug 2001
supplement New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 22 places
6 Dec 2001
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
16 Aug 2002
supplement New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 30 places
29 Aug 2003
REGISTER New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 26 places
26 Feb 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
6 May 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
27 Aug 2004
Register of Pharmacies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 20 places
21 Jul 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
30 Nov 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
18 Jan 2007
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
28 Aug 2008
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
30 Apr 2009
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
10 Dec 2009
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
10 Dec 2009
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
the 2010s
25 Mar 2010
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
3 Jun 2010
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
15 Jul 2010
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
30 Sept 2010
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
31 Jan 2011
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 14 places
19 Jan 2012
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
27 Jan 2012
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 6 places
1 Mar 2012
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
1 Mar 2012
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
1 Jan 2013
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of aerial views of Christchurch City CBD and suburbs TAPUHI · Alexander Turnbull Library · about 1 place
30 Jan 2013
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 6 places
27 Jun 2013
Marriage Celebrants for 2013 Notice No. 49 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
18 Dec 2013
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 30 places
12 Dec 2014
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 33 places
2 Apr 2015
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
5 Nov 2015
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
19 Nov 2015
Justices of the Peace Appointed New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
16 Dec 2015
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 28 places

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.

“"Phillipstown"”, the shelf

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