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.

“The Station”, the shelf

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

10,029 records matching 100 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
19 Jan 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 19 January 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jan 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 20 January 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jan 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 20 January 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jan 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 21 January 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jan 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 22 January 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Jan 1904
Untitled (Southland Times, 23 January 1904) Southland Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jan 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 27 January 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Jan 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 27 January 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jan 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 28 January 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 Jan 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 28 January 1904) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 Jan 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 January 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jan 1904
Untitled (Poverty Bay Herald, 28 January 1904) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jan 1904
SCOTTISH SOCIETY. (Star, 30 January 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jan 1904
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 30 January 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jan 1904
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 January 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jan 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 January 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Feb 1904
AT KAIAPOI. (Star, 03 February 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Feb 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 03 February 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Feb 1904
AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL NEWS. (Otago Witness, 03 February 1904) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Feb 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 03 February 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Feb 1904
THE WATEII-SUPPLY. (Star, 04 February 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1904
THE SUPPLY. (Star, 05 February 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 05 February 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 2-5-1904) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Feb 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 February 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Feb 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 10 February 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Feb 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 10 February 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Feb 1904
OPAWA ROAD. (Star, 12 February 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Feb 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 16 February 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Feb 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 17 February 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Feb 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 19 February 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 Feb 1904
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 February 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Feb 1904
TABLE TALK, (Otago Witness, 24 February 1904) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Feb 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 24 February 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Feb 1904
INTERPROVINCIAL (Poverty Bay Herald, 25 February 1904) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Feb 1904
Untitled (Poverty Bay Herald, 26 February 1904) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Feb 1904
Untitled (Southland Times, 27 February 1904) Southland Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Feb 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 29 February 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Feb 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 29 February 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Mar 1904
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Manawatu Standard, 01 March 1904) Manawatu Standard · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Mar 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Ashburton Guardian, 01 March 1904) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Mar 1904
LETTERS FROM THE LITTLE FOLK. (Otago Witness, 02 March 1904) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Mar 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 03 March 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Mar 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 08 March 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 Mar 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 March 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Mar 1904
THE Grey River Argus (Grey River Argus, 10 March 1904) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
10 Mar 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 10 March 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Mar 1904
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 12 March 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
17 Mar 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 17 March 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
18 Mar 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 18 March 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Mar 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Ashburton Guardian, 18 March 1904) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Mar 1904
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 19 March 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Mar 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 22 March 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1904
ROSEWALL SETTLEMENT. (Otago Witness, 23 March 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
23 Mar 1904
Page 33 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Witness, 23 March 1904) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1904
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 23-3-1904) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Mar 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 March 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Mar 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 March 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Mar 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Ashburton Guardian, 26 March 1904) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Mar 1904
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 28-3-1904) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1904
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 02 April 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 Apr 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 4-4-1904) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Apr 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 05 April 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Apr 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 06 April 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Apr 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 07 April 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1904
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 09 April 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Apr 1904
COURSING. (Otago Witness, 13 April 1904) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Apr 1904
Untitled (Star, 13 April 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Apr 1904
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 13-4-1904) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Apr 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 14 April 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
16 Apr 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 16 April 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
16 Apr 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 16 April 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Apr 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 16 April 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Apr 1904
Accidents and Fatalities. (Taranaki Herald, 16 April 1904) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Apr 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 16-4-1904) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Apr 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 18 April 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 20 April 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 20 April 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Apr 1904
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 23 April 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Apr 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 29 April 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Apr 1904
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 April 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
30 Apr 1904
Page 11 Advertisements Column 5 (Otago Daily Times 30-4-1904) Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
3 May 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Ashburton Guardian, 03 May 1904) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 May 1904
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 04 May 1904) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 May 1904
Untitled (Colonist, 04 May 1904) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 May 1904
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 07 May 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 May 1904
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 10 May 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 12 May 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 May 1904
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wanganui Chronicle, 17 May 1904) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
18 May 1904
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 18-5-1904) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 May 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 19-5-1904) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 May 1904
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 23 May 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 May 1904
Page 29 Advertisements Column 1 (New Zealand Tablet, 26 May 1904) New Zealand Tablet · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 May 1904
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 28 May 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
31 May 1904
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Ashburton Guardian, 31 May 1904) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jun 1904
LETTERS FROM THE LITTLE FOLK. (Otago Witness, 01 June 1904) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jun 1904
THE KENNEL (Otago Witness, 01 June 1904) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jun 1904
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (New Zealand Tablet, 02 June 1904) New Zealand Tablet · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jun 1904
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 06 June 1904) Wairarapa Daily Times · 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.

“The Station”, the shelf

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