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 96 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 1920s
15 Jan 1921
Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 15 January 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jan 1921
INTERSECTION PLAY (Evening Post, 15 January 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jan 1921
CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALE. (Ashburton Guardian, 15 January 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jan 1921
GERSTENA COMPETITION. (Evening Post, 19 January 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jan 1921
PAIRS MATCHES (Evening Post, 20 January 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jan 1921
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Ashburton Guardian, 20 January 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jan 1921
ADDINGTON MARKET. (Ashburton Guardian, 20 January 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jan 1921
CASES IN CHRISTCHURCH. (Ashburton Guardian, 20 January 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jan 1921
CRICKET. (Ashburton Guardian, 21 January 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jan 1921
BOWLING (Evening Post, 21 January 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jan 1921
INFANTILE PARALYSIS (Evening Post, 21 January 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jan 1921
Page 8 Advertisements Column 7 (NZ Truth, 22 January 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
22 Jan 1921
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 22 January 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jan 1921
BOWLERS AT PLAY (Evening Post, 22 January 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Jan 1921
GERSTENA COMPETITION. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 24 January 1921) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Jan 1921
Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 24 January 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jan 1921
Untitled (Evening Post, 25 January 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jan 1921
MAN INJURED (Evening Post, 25 January 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jan 1921
POSTAL EXPENDITURE (Evening Post, 25 January 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jan 1921
AERIAL MAILS. (Ashburton Guardian, 26 January 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jan 1921
MAN'S THROAT CUT. (Ashburton Guardian, 26 January 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jan 1921
STREET AFFRAY (Hawera & Normanby Star, 26 January 1921) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jan 1921
MURDEROUS ASSAULT (Evening Post, 26 January 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jan 1921
Snapshots at the Dominion Bowling Championship tournament at Wellington Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
28 Jan 1921
CHRISTCHURCH STREET SENSATION (Evening Post, 28 January 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jan 1921
FIRST AIR MAIL (Ashburton Guardian, 29 January 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jan 1921
Page 13 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 29 January 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jan 1921
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 29 January 1921) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Jan 1921
MAILS BY AEROPLANE. (Ashburton Guardian, 31 January 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Feb 1921
MORE POPULATION. (Ashburton Guardian, 03 February 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Feb 1921
A SERIOUS CHARGE (Hawera & Normanby Star, 04 February 1921) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1921
Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 05 February 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
5 Feb 1921
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 05 February 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1921
CHRISTCHURCH STREET SENSATION. (NZ Truth, 05 February 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Feb 1921
WOMAN'S BODY FOUND (Evening Post, 08 February 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Feb 1921
THE TIMARU MURDER (Ashburton Guardian, 09 February 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Feb 1921
TROTTING (Evening Post, 10 February 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Feb 1921
KNOCKED DOWN BY MOTOR CAR. (Ashburton Guardian, 11 February 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Feb 1921
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 12 February 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Feb 1921
GREVIOUS BODILY HARM" (NZ Truth, 12 February 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Feb 1921
THE TIMARU TRAGEDY (NZ Truth, 12 February 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Feb 1921
TO-DAY'S FIXTURES. (Ashburton Guardian, 12 February 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Feb 1921
LOCAL AND GENERAL (Hawera & Normanby Star, 14 February 1921) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Feb 1921
CHRISTCHURCH TROTS. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 14 February 1921) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Feb 1921
WOMEN IN PRINT (Evening Post, 16 February 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Feb 1921
IRRITATION TACTICS AT CHRISTCHURCH. (Evening Post, 16 February 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Feb 1921
CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALE (Ashburton Guardian, 16 February 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Feb 1921
PERSONAL ITEMS (Hawera & Normanby Star, 17 February 1921) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Feb 1921
CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALE. (Ashburton Guardian, 17 February 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Feb 1921
SUPREME COURT (Evening Post, 18 February 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Feb 1921
WOOL PRICES (Hawera & Normanby Star, 18 February 1921) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Feb 1921
CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALE. (Ashburton Guardian, 18 February 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Feb 1921
Page 8 Advertisements Column 7 (NZ Truth, 19 February 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
22 Feb 1921
V.M.C.A. WORK (Evening Post, 22 February 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Feb 1921
TOWN v. COUNTRY. (Ellesmere Guardian, 23 February 1921) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Feb 1921
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 23 February 1921) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Feb 1921
FELL INTO A RIVER BED. (Ashburton Guardian, 23 February 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Feb 1921
AKAROA HANDICAPS (Evening Post, 23 February 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Feb 1921
WOMEN IN PRINT (Evening Post, 24 February 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Feb 1921
ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES (Hawera & Normanby Star, 24 February 1921) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Feb 1921
MOTOR ACCIDENT (Evening Post, 24 February 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Feb 1921
A panorama of Picton, the flourishing port of Marlborough by Auckland Weekly News; Aston's Agency · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
25 Feb 1921
Page 12 Advertisements Column 9 (Evening Post, 25 February 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Feb 1921
Christchurch Cases (NZ Truth, 26 February 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Feb 1921
Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 26 February 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Feb 1921
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Ohinemuri Gazette, 28 February 1921) Ohinemuri Gazette · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Mar 1921
RIFLE SHOOTING (Evening Post, 01 March 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Mar 1921
Plan of proposed site of Memorial bridge Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
2 Mar 1921
Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 02 March 1921) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Mar 1921
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Ellesmere Guardian, 02 March 1921) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Mar 1921
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 03 March 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Mar 1921
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 05 March 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
5 Mar 1921
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 05 March 1921) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Mar 1921
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 07 March 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Mar 1921
CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB. (Ashburton Guardian, 07 March 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Mar 1921
C.J.C. WEIGHTS (Evening Post, 07 March 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Mar 1921
THE FRIENDLY BOWL. (Evening Post, 07 March 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Mar 1921
AKAROA CLUB AT RICCARTON (Evening Post, 07 March 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Mar 1921
RECENT WALTHAM TRAGEDY. (Ashburton Guardian, 08 March 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Mar 1921
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 09 March 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Mar 1921
INTER-ISLAND MATCH (Evening Post, 10 March 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Mar 1921
SOCIAL WORKERS. (Ashburton Guardian, 10 March 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Mar 1921
Heathcote County Council Burwood Bridge Christchurch bridges: plans and drawings · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
12 Mar 1921
C.J.C. ACCEPTANCES (Hawera & Normanby Star, 12 March 1921) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Mar 1921
POLO (Evening Post, 12 March 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Mar 1921
Untitled (Evening Post, 12 March 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Mar 1921
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 12 March 1921) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Mar 1921
TROTTING (Hawera & Normanby Star, 15 March 1921) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Mar 1921
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 March 1921) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Mar 1921
OAKLAND CARS. (Ashburton Guardian, 16 March 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Mar 1921
Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 16 March 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Mar 1921
BAND CONTEST. (Ashburton Guardian, 16 March 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Mar 1921
Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Hawera & Normanby Star, 17 March 1921) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Mar 1921
IRISH CONCERT. (Ashburton Guardian, 17 March 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Mar 1921
LATE SPORTING (Evening Post, 18 March 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Mar 1921
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ashburton Guardian, 19 March 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Mar 1921
Bowling (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 March 1921) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Mar 1921
Christchurch Cases (NZ Truth, 19 March 1921) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Mar 1921
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Ashburton Guardian, 19 March 1921) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Mar 1921
Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (NZ Truth, 19 March 1921) 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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