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.

“Canterbury Museum”, the shelf

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

1,258 records matching 23 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
1 Jan 1900
Book: The Jubilee Book of Canterbury Rhymes Canterbury Museum · no. 1115088 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1900
Book: The Jubilee Book of Canterbury Rhymes Canterbury Museum · no. 1115092 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1900
Book: The Jubilee Book of Canterbury Rhymes Canterbury Museum · no. 1115084 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1900
Book: Canterbury, Old and New, 1850-1900, a Souvenir of the Jubilee Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1900
Film Negative: CBHS men and boys in uniform (copy) by H H Clifford · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1900
Bracelet: Gold and Pounamu by Jones & Sons · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
16 Jun 1900
CRICKET (Otago Daily Times, 16 June 1900) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Aug 1900
LOCAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 09 August 1900) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
6 Sept 1900
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 06 September 1900) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1900
LOCAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 31 October 1900) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Dec 1900
Untitled (Otago Witness, 05 December 1900) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1 Jan 1901
Column capital: Ionic CEISMIC · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1901
Angel: Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament by John Hunter · CEISMIC · Canterbury Museum · no. 1115169 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1901
Angel: Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament by John Hunter · CEISMIC · Canterbury Museum · no. 1118521 · Canterbury Museum
1 May 1901
In the Public Eye. (New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, 01 May 1901) New Zealand Illustrated Magazine · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
25 Sept 1901
LETTERS FROM THE LITTLE FOLK. (Otago Witness, 25 September 1901) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jan 1902
Postcard: The Avon Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1902
Book: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Industrial, Descriptive, Historical, Biographical, Figures, Illustrations, Volume 2, Auckland Provincial District Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1902
Glass Plate Negative: Portraits (copy) by H H Clifford · Canterbury Museum · no. 534325 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1902
Glass Plate Negative: Portraits (copy) by H H Clifford · Canterbury Museum · no. 534326 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1902
Glass Plate Negative: Otarama picnic by Joseph Kinsey · Canterbury Museum · no. 981288 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1902
Glass Plate Negative: Otarama picnic Canterbury Museum · no. 981289 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1902
Glass Plate Negative: Picnic at Otarama by Joseph Kinsey · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1902
Glass Plate Negative: Fourteen men by H H Clifford · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
10 Mar 1902
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 10 March 1902) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
2 Sept 1902
SUMMARY OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN NEWS. (Auckland Star, 02 September 1902) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jan 1903
Museum, 1903 by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1903
Book: Bishop Harper and the Canterbury Settlement Canterbury Museum · no. 1119799 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1903
Book: Songs Unsung by Johannes C Andersen · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1903
Book: The Enclopedia of New Zealand, Volume 3, Canterbury Provincial District, Industrial, Descriptive, Historical, Biographical, Facts, Figures, Illustrations Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1903
Book: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Industrial, Descriptive, Historical, Biographical, Figures, Illustrations, Volume 3, Canterbury Provincial District Canterbury Museum · no. 1116071 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1903
Book: Bishop Harper and the Canterbury Settlement Canterbury Museum · no. 1121349 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1903
Book: Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Volume 3, Canterbury Provincial District Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1903
Book: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Industrial, Descriptive, Historical, Biographical, Figures, Illustrations, Volume 3, Canterbury Provincial District Canterbury Museum · no. 1121294 · Canterbury Museum
20 Jan 1903
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 20 January 1903) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Feb 1903
LETTERS FROM THE LITTLE FOLK. (Otago Witness, 25 February 1903) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Mar 1903
SPORT AND PASTIME. (Evening Post, 14 March 1903) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Aug 1903
OMNIUM GATHERUM. (Otago Witness, 12 August 1903) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
19 Aug 1903
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wanganui Herald, 19 August 1903) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
9 Sept 1903
OMNIUM GATHERUM. (Otago Witness, 09 September 1903) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jan 1904
Canterbury College and Museum, Christchurch by Muir & Moodie · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1904
Lantern Slide: Hagley Park bridge Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum · about 1 place
1 Jan 1904
Book: Canterbury Jockey Club, Jubilee Meeting, 1854-1904, Old Time Racing Records and a Brief History of the Club Canterbury Museum · no. 1115105 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1904
Book: Canterbury Jockey Club, Jubilee Meeting 1854-1904, Old Time Racing Records and a Brief History of the Club Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1904
Book: Hawaiki, the Original Home of the Maori with a Sketch of Polynesian History Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1904
Postcard: School of Art, Christchurch Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1904
Postcard: School of Art and Observatory, Christchurch NZ Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1904
Book: Canterbury Jockey Club, Jubilee Meeting, 1854-1904, Old Time Racing Records and a Brief History of the Club Canterbury Museum · no. 1121237 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1904
Glass Plate Negative: Thirteen men by H H Clifford · Canterbury Museum · no. 534350 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1904
Glass Plate Negative: Thirteen men by H H Clifford · Canterbury Museum · no. 534352 · Canterbury Museum
24 Feb 1904
FROM LAKE MANAPOURI TO DOUBTFUL SOUND. (Otago Witness, 24 February 1904) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1904
PATER'S CHATS WITH THE BOYS. LITERARY NOTES. Comparisons NOT ALWAYS ODIOUS. GLENMARK. PERSONAL NOTES. IN OLD LINLITHGOW. THREE VALUABLE REPRINTS. ART ANts ARTISTS. (Otago Witness, 23 March 1904) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Apr 1904
THE GREAT MOA CONTROVERSY. (Otago Witness, 06 April 1904) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 May 1904
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 04 May 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Aug 1904
Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1904 (Poverty Bay Herald, 13 August 1904) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Aug 1904
A Day at the Schools. (Wanganui Herald, 19 August 1904) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jan 1905
The Museum, Christchurch, Canterbury by Muir & Moodie · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 322915 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1905
The Museum, Christchurch, Canterbury by Muir & Moodie · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 323711 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1905
Booklet: Walter Suckling's Central Photo Stores Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1905
Postcard: On the Avon, Christchurch Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1905
Postcard: Public Library Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1905
Book: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Industrial, Descriptive, Historical, Biographical, Figures, Illustrations, Volume 4, Otago and Southland Provincial Districts Canterbury Museum · no. 1116076 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1905
Book: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Industrial, Descriptive, Historical, Biographical, Figures, Illustrations, Volume 4, Otago and Southland Provincial Districts Canterbury Museum · no. 1116084 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1905
Book: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Industrial, Descriptive, Historical, Biographical, Figures, Illustrations, Volume 4, Otago and Southland Provincial Districts Canterbury Museum · no. 1116083 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1905
Glass Plate Negative: Christchurch Hockey Club by Clifford · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1905
Postcard: Lyttleton, The Port of Christchurch, NZ Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1905
photograph: J C Maddison and F J Barlow by Weekly Press; Clifford · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1905
Glass Plate Negative: Ten men by H H Clifford · Canterbury Museum · no. 534390 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1905
Glass Plate Negative: Ten men by H H Clifford · Canterbury Museum · no. 534385 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1905
Glass Plate Negative: Child (copy, twin negative) by H H Clifford · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1905
Glass Plate Negative: Child (twin negative) (copy) by H H Clifford · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1905
Glass Plate Negative: Gentleman (twin negative) (copy) by Clifford · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
15 Nov 1905
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 15 November 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Nov 1905
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 17 November 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jan 1906
Postcard: Museum, Christchurch Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Postcard: The Museum, Christchurch N.Z. Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Photograph: New Zealand International Exhibition 1906-07 by Ernest Denton · Canterbury Museum · no. 1093623 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Negative: Christchurch Looking North (copy) by NZ Tourist Dept · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Postcard: New Brighton Beach, Christchurch Canterbury Museum · no. 1132861 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Postcard: New Brighton Beach, Christchurch Canterbury Museum · no. 1132872 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Postcard: Gardens, On the Avon Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Photograph: New Zealand International Exhibition 1906-07 by Ernest Denton · Canterbury Museum · no. 1092516 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Postcard: Worcester St Bridge Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Postcard: Through Hagley Park, Christchurch, NZ Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Book: The Life and Work of Richard John Seddon, Premier of New Zealand, 1893-1906, with a History of the Liberal Party in New Zealand Canterbury Museum · no. 1116016 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Book: The Life and Work of Richard John Seddon, Premier of New Zealand, 1893-1906, with a History of the Liberal Party in New Zealand Canterbury Museum · no. 1116017 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Postcard: Christchurch Technical College Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Photograph: Christchurch Tailoresses and Pressers Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Souvenir Hand-held Paper Fan Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Photograph: New Zealand International Exhibition 1906-07 by Ernest Denton · Canterbury Museum · no. 1093618 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Photograph: New Zealand International Exhibition 1906-07 by Ernest Denton · Canterbury Museum · no. 1093622 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Photograph: New Zealand International Exhibition 1906-07 by Ernest Denton · Canterbury Museum · no. 1093620 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Photograph: New Zealand International Exhibition 1906-07 by Ernest Denton · Canterbury Museum · no. 1093625 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Glass Plate Negative: West Christchurch Cricket Club Eleven by H H Clifford · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Glass Plate Negative: West Christchurch Cricket Club Committee by H H Clifford · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Photograph: New Zealand International Exhibition 1906-07 by Ernest Denton · Canterbury Museum · no. 1093624 · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Glass Plate Negative: Five figures in boat by H H Clifford · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Glass Plate Negative: Eight men by H H Clifford · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Glass Plate Negative: Twelve men by H H Clifford · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1 Jan 1906
Glass Plate Negative: Four men, one child by Clifford · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum

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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