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.

“"a"”, the shelf

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

58,916 records matching 83 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 1860s
1869
Henry Smith, 1869 Henry Smith papers, shipboard diary and photographs · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1869
Trees, Waitohi Creek by Mundy, D. L. · Craw family photograph collection · Akaroa Museum · Akaroa Museum
1869
Akaroa by Mundy, D. L. · Craw family photograph collection · Akaroa Museum · Akaroa Museum
1869
Duvauchelle's Bay by Mundy, D. L. · Craw family photograph collection · Akaroa Museum · Akaroa Museum
1869
Pigeon Bay by Mundy, D. L. · Craw family photograph collection · Akaroa Museum · Akaroa Museum
1869
Photograph: High Street, Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1869
Photograph: Arch in Cashel Street by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1869
Photograph: Government Buildings, Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1869
Photograph: Arch at Railway Station, Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1869
Glass Plate Negative: Arch at Railway by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1869
Photograph: Christ's College, Christchurch 1869 by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1869
Glass Plate Negative: Christ's College by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1869
Photograph: Godley Statue, Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1869
Glass Plate Negative: Clarendon Hotel by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1869
Glass Plate Negative: John Robert Godley Statue by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1869
Photograph: James Henry Tompkins Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1869
Photograph: Four Men in Alfred Charles Barker's Garden by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
2 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 02 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 04 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jan 1869
CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 05 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
5 Jan 1869
Local and General. (Star, 05 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jan 1869
CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (Timaru Herald, 06 January 1869) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 06 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 06 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 07 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 07 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jan 1869
CHRISTCHURCH. (West Coast Times, 07 January 1869) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 08 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 09 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 11 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 12 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 13 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 14 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jan 1869
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. (Wellington Independent, 14 January 1869) Wellington Independent · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 15 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 16 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jan 1869
CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (Timaru Herald, 16 January 1869) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jan 1869
CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 16 January 1869) Hawke's Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 18 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 18 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 19 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 19 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jan 1869
CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (Timaru Herald, 20 January 1869) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 21 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 22 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 23 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 25 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 25 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jan 1869
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 26 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 28 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 29 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jan 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 January 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Feb 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 01 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Feb 1869
CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 02 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Feb 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 02 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Feb 1869
CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 03 February 1869) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Feb 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 04 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 05 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Feb 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 06 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Feb 1869
POST OFFICE NOTICES. (Timaru Herald, 06 February 1869) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Feb 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 08 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
9 Feb 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 09 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Feb 1869
CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 09 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Feb 1869
CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (Timaru Herald, 10 February 1869) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Feb 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 10 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Feb 1869
MAIL NOTICES. (Star, 10 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Feb 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 10 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Feb 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 11 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Feb 1869
NELSON REGATTA. (Colonist, 12 February 1869) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
12 Feb 1869
LATEST TELEGRAMS. (West Coast Times, 12 February 1869) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Feb 1869
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 15 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Feb 1869
Probincial News. (Southland Times, 15 February 1869) Southland Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Feb 1869
CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 16 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Feb 1869
THE Otago Daily Times. DUNEDIN, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17. (Otago Daily Times, 17 February 1869) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Feb 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 17 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Feb 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 18 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Feb 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 19 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Feb 1869
THE Grey River Argus SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1569. (Grey River Argus, 20 February 1869) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 Feb 1869
NEWS OF THE WEEK. (Otago Witness, 20 February 1869) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 Feb 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 20 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Feb 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Feb 1869
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 23 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Feb 1869
CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 23 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Feb 1869
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 24 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Feb 1869
CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 24 February 1869) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Feb 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Feb 1869
AKAROA. (Star, 27 February 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
2 Mar 1869
CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL (Star, 02 March 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Mar 1869
CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 09 March 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Mar 1869
CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 10 March 1869) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Mar 1869
CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 13 March 1869) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Mar 1869
LATEST FROM THE PROVINCES. (Wellington Independent, 13 March 1869) Wellington Independent · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Mar 1869
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 19 March 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Mar 1869
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 22 March 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Mar 1869
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 March 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1869
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 23 March 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Mar 1869
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 24 March 1869) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Mar 1869
CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 24 March 1869) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Mar 1869
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Timaru Herald, 24 March 1869) Timaru Herald · 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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