How many records does the archive hold?

81,477 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 House”, the shelf

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

6,507 records matching 99 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
13 Jul 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 13 July 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jul 1908
HEW ZEALAND NEWS ITEMS (Otago Witness, 15 July 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
16 Jul 1908
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 16 July 1908) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
16 Jul 1908
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 16 July 1908) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jul 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 17 July 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jul 1908
LAST NICHT'S NEW ZEALAND NEWS (Poverty Bay Herald, 22 July 1908) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jul 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 July 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jul 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 July 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Jul 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 23 July 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Jul 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 24 July 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Jul 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 24 July 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Jul 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 24 July 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Aug 1908
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 04 August 1908) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Sept 1908
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
9 Sept 1908
EDUCATION HOARD. (Star, 09 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Sept 1908
OMNIUM GATHERUM. (Otago Witness, 09 September 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Sept 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 12 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
15 Sept 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Ashburton Guardian, 15 September 1908) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Sept 1908
THE ESTIMATES. (Star, 23 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
26 Sept 1908
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 26 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Sept 1908
Untitled (Taranaki Herald, 30 September 1908) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Oct 1908
THE SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES. (Star, 10 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Oct 1908
StPPLEHENTARI' ESTIMATES. j (Froh Odb Own Cobhesposdents.^ (Otago Witness, 14 October 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Oct 1908
TELEGRAMS. (Evening Post, 16 October 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Oct 1908
DOMINION TELEGRAMS. (Taranaki Herald, 16 October 1908) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Oct 1908
ANGLICAN SYNOD. (Star, 23 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Oct 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 9 (Nelson Evening Mail, 27 October 1908) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 31 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Nov 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 06 November 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Nov 1908
CARNIVAL WEEK. (Star, 10 November 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Nov 1908
EMMELINE'S COSY CORNER CLUB. (Otago Witness, 11 November 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
18 Nov 1908
THE GENERAL ELECTIONS. YESTERDAY'S POLLING. (Star, 18 November 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 7 places
24 Nov 1908
THE AVON CONTEST. (Star, 24 November 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Nov 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 November 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 Nov 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 28 November 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Dec 1908
OMNIUM GATHERUM. (Otago Witness, 02 December 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Dec 1908
LOCAL & GENERAL.' (Otago Witness, 02 December 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Dec 1908
LOCAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 09 December 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
9 Dec 1908
D.L.F. Old Writers' Week. (Otago Witness, 09 December 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Dec 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 15 December 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Dec 1908
ITS EFFECT IN INDIGESTION. (Otago Witness, 16 December 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Dec 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 18 December 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Dec 1908
FALLS MOUNTAIN HOUSE. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 29 December 1908) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1909
Los Angeles - List No. 3680 by Melanie Lovell-Smith [Report Author] · The New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero · Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga · about 1 place
6 Jan 1909
PERSONAL NOTES FROM LONDON. (Otago Witness, 06 January 1909) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jan 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 11 January 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jan 1909
LOCAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 13 January 1909) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jan 1909
TABLE TALK (Otago Witness, 20 January 1909) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Jan 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 23 January 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
23 Jan 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 23 January 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jan 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 26 January 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Jan 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 29 January 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jan 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 30 January 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1909
LOCAL AND GENERAL (Star, 05 February 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Feb 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 06 February 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Feb 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 February 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
10 Feb 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 10 February 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Feb 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 February 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Feb 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 13 February 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Feb 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 13 February 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Feb 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 February 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 Feb 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 20 February 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Feb 1909
The Grey River Argus and Blackball News. PUBLISHED DAILY. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26th, 1909. (Grey River Argus, 26 February 1909) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Feb 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 27 February 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Mar 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (NZ Truth, 06 March 1909) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
10 Mar 1909
METHODIST CHURCH. (Otago Witness, 10 March 1909) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Mar 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 12 March 1909) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Mar 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 13 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Mar 1909
TELEGRAMS. (Feilding Star, 15 March 1909) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 20 March 1909) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 27 March 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Mar 1909
TELEGRAMS. (Feilding Star, 30 March 1909) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Apr 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 03 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Apr 1909
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 06 April 1909) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Apr 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 06 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1909
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 09 April 1909) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Apr 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 10 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Apr 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 13 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Apr 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 17 April 1909) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Apr 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 22 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1909
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 24 April 1909) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 May 1909
TABLE TALK (Otago Witness, 05 May 1909) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 May 1909
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Feilding Star, 06 May 1909) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
7 May 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 07 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 15 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 May 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 24 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 May 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 25 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
26 May 1909
TABLE TALK (Otago Witness, 26 May 1909) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 May 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 29 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 May 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 31 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
31 May 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 31 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 May 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 31 May 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jun 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 02 June 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jun 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 June 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jun 1909
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 June 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jun 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 07 June 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jun 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 07 June 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jun 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 June 1909) Star · 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.

“Canterbury House”, the shelf

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