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.

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

70,473 records matching 72 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 · Christchurch City Libraries Flickr · V.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph Collection · 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 1930s
17 Nov 1933
SPRINGS COUNTY (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 November 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Nov 1933
Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 18 November 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 Nov 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 20 November 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Nov 1933
CHARGE OF MURDER (Evening Post, 20 November 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Nov 1933
IN OTHER CENTRES (Evening Post, 20 November 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Nov 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 21 November 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Nov 1933
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 21 November 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Nov 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 21 November 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Nov 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 21 November 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Nov 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 23 November 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Nov 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 24 November 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Nov 1933
OBITUARY (Ellesmere Guardian, 24 November 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Nov 1933
Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 25 November 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Nov 1933
Hanmer Springs golden jubilee Hanmer Springs Golden Jubilee Celebrations · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27 Nov 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 27 November 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Nov 1933
Hanmer Springs golden jubilee garden party Hanmer Springs Golden Jubilee Celebrations · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
28 Nov 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 28 November 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 Nov 1933
WOMEN BOWLERS (Evening Post, 28 November 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Nov 1933
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 28 November 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Nov 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 28 November 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Nov 1933
THE BOWLER AND HIS GIRL (Evening Post, 28 November 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Dec 1933
CARNIVAL ESSAYS (Evening Post, 01 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Dec 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Dec 1933
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Dec 1933
THEFT OF NEWSPAPER (Evening Post, 01 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Dec 1933
BOARD OF THEOLOGICAL STUDIES. (Waiapu Church Gazette, 01 December 1933) Waiapu Church Gazette · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Dec 1933
BOWLING (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Dec 1933
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Dec 1933
WEDDINGS (Evening Post, 01 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Dec 1933
Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 02 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Dec 1933
DUNSANDEL v. CHRISTCHURCH CLUBS. (Ellesmere Guardian, 05 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Dec 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 05 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Dec 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 05 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Dec 1933
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 05 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Dec 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 05 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Dec 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 06 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Dec 1933
CHRISTCHURCH EXHIBITION (Evening Post, 06 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Dec 1933
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 08 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Dec 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Dec 1933
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Dec 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Dec 1933
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Dec 1933
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Dec 1933
A TIMELY RESCUE (Evening Post, 09 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Dec 1933
Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 09 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Dec 1933
Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 09 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Dec 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 09 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Dec 1933
House: No 33 Andover Street, Merivale for Revd. O. Fitzgerald House and building plans · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
12 Dec 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 12 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Dec 1933
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 12 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Dec 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 12 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Dec 1933
PERSONAL (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Dec 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Dec 1933
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Dec 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 15 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Dec 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 16 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Dec 1933
Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 16 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Dec 1933
LUCKY AUCKLAND (Evening Post, 18 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Dec 1933
IN OTHER CENTRES (Evening Post, 18 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Dec 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 18 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Dec 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Dec 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Dec 1933
PERSONAL. (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Dec 1933
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Dec 1933
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Dec 1933
GREENPARK PRESENTATION TO MR AND MRS D. A. McMEEKAN. PERSONAL. THE WEATHER. (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · about 1 place
22 Dec 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 22 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Dec 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 22 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Dec 1933
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 22 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Dec 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 23 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Dec 1933
DOMINION TOURNAMENT (Evening Post, 23 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Dec 1933
LAWNTENNIS (Evening Post, 26 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Dec 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 27 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Dec 1933
WAIRARAPA WEDDING (Evening Post, 29 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Dec 1933
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 29 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1934
Three children in front yard of 32 Marlborough Street Genet and Macefield collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1934
Rear view of house at 32 Marlborough Street Genet and Macefield collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1934
Macefield family in the garden at Marlborough Street Genet and Macefield collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1934
House Cow 2019 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1934
Arthur Sutton with a calf 2019 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1934
Photographs of family 2025 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1934
SS Maheno and Sunbeam 2025 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1934
Sailing craft at Redcliffs and Shag Point 2025 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1934
Methodist Ladies Guild Picnic, Corsair Bay Gimblett family collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1934
Panoramic view of Waitaki Dam by Municipal Electricity Department · MED Historical Photographs · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1934
View of Cashmere Sanatorium and neighbouring farms Cashmere Sanatorium album and photographs, 1913-1933 · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1934
View of Cashmere Sanatorium and surrounding hills Cashmere Sanatorium album and photographs, 1913-1933 · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1934
Blaenavon 2019 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1934
Self portrait by Mrs Mary Tripe · Art · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1934
Standards 3b and 2a at Phillipstown School Phillipstown School collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1934
trousers Human History · Auckland Museum Collections · Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
1934
jacket by Radiac Regd. (Northern Ireland) · Human History · Auckland Museum Collections · Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
1934
Staff at Thomas Borthwick & Sons Ltd Thomas Borthwick & Sons Ltd · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1934
Belfast Bowling Club Manning Cup winners Local clubs and sports · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1934
Phylis and Dave Reid portraitJan Shuttleworth collection Jessie Buckland collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1934
Painting: Colombo Street Bridge, Christchurch by Cranleigh Barton · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1934
Photograph: Corsair Club at Christchurch Railway Station Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1934
Photograph: Christchurch Technical College Old Girls' Basket Ball Club Senior "B" Team, Winners of the Nicholl's and Referee Cups, 1934 by Coronation Studios · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1934
Film Negative: Eight Christchurch Hospital nurses by H H Clifford · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
2 Jan 1934
ACROSS THE TASMAN (Evening Post, 02 January 1934) Evening Post · 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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