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.

66,999 records matching 92 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 1940s
27 May 1944
OBITUARY (Evening Post, 27 May 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1944
CHRISTCHURCH (Evening Post, 29 May 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1944
NAVAL CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 29 May 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1944
PERSONAL ITEMS (Evening Post, 29 May 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 29 May 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 May 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 30 May 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 May 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 30 May 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jun 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 02 June 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jun 1944
FATHERLESS GIRLS (Evening Post, 03 June 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jun 1944
MENTION IN DISPATCHES (Evening Post, 05 June 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jun 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 06 June 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jun 1944
DISTILLATION GEAR (Evening Post, 06 June 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jun 1944
NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 07 June 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
7 Jun 1944
GIFTED N.Z. NURSE (Evening Post, 07 June 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jun 1944
Flight-Sergeant A. D. Hall, of Christchurch, missing on operations Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
9 Jun 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 09 June 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jun 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 09 June 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jun 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 10 June 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jun 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 12 June 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jun 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 June 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jun 1944
DEATHS. (Evening Post, 13 June 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jun 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 June 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jun 1944
HORSEFLESH FOR PETS (Evening Post, 15 June 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jun 1944
Brookside (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 June 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jun 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 June 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jun 1944
ELLESMERE LANDS (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 June 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jun 1944
BRAVERY IN ITALY (Evening Post, 17 June 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jun 1944
envelope Human History · Auckland Museum Collections · Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
20 Jun 1944
Southbridge (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 June 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jun 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 June 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jun 1944
Irwell (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 June 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jun 1944
Flight-Sergeant J. A. Mullally, of Christchurch, missing on operations Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
23 Jun 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 23 June 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Jun 1944
ART UNION FUNDS (Evening Post, 24 June 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jun 1944
TWELVE AWARDS (Evening Post, 29 June 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jun 1944
IN FIRM FAVOUR (Evening Post, 30 June 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jun 1944
CHASERS SCHOOLED (Evening Post, 30 June 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jul 1944
NEW BISHOP (Evening Post, 03 July 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jul 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 04 July 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jul 1944
Southbridge (Ellesmere Guardian, 04 July 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jul 1944
SWEET AS A NUT" (Evening Post, 05 July 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jul 1944
SWEPT FROM TRAIN (Evening Post, 06 July 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jul 1944
LIFE-TIME RECORDS (Ellesmere Guardian, 11 July 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jul 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 11 July 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jul 1944
PERSONAL (Ellesmere Guardian, 11 July 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jul 1944
New Zealanders who helped to bring about the fall of Germany's great Italian fortress of Cassino Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
13 Jul 1944
MR. J. SWINDELL (Evening Post, 13 July 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jul 1944
TOPICS FOR WOMEN (Evening Post, 13 July 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jul 1944
NAVAL CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 13 July 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jul 1944
HEATHCOTE RIVER (Ellesmere Guardian, 14 July 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jul 1944
SECOND DAY AT TRENTHAM (Evening Post, 14 July 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jul 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 14 July 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jul 1944
TEMPORARY MAGISTRATE (Evening Post, 15 July 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jul 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 18 July 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jul 1944
Prime Minister and Chief of New Zealand General Staff visit the Italian battlefront Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
21 Jul 1944
EARLY CANTERBURY (Ellesmere Guardian, 21 July 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
21 Jul 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 21 July 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jul 1944
EGGS AT CHRISTCHURCH (Evening Post, 21 July 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jul 1944
OBITUARY (Evening Post, 21 July 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jul 1944
Page 2 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 22 July 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
25 Jul 1944
Killinchy (Ellesmere Guardian, 25 July 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jul 1944
TWO DUAL WINNERS (Evening Post, 27 July 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jul 1944
DEATHS. (Evening Post, 28 July 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jul 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 28 July 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jul 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 28 July 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jul 1944
VISIT TO CITY (Ellesmere Guardian, 28 July 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jul 1944
ELLESMERE V.A.D. (Ellesmere Guardian, 28 July 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
31 Jul 1944
HOCKEY (Evening Post, 31 July 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Jul 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 31 July 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Aug 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 August 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Aug 1944
Squadron Leader A. Murdoch, of Christchurch, missing on operations Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
4 Aug 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 04 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 Aug 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 04 August 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Aug 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 05 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Aug 1944
NEW CATHOLIC BISHOP (Evening Post, 05 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Aug 1944
C.J.C. MEETING (Evening Post, 05 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Aug 1944
THRILL IN STEEPLES (Evening Post, 07 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 Aug 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 August 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Aug 1944
FINE RIDING FEAT (Evening Post, 09 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Aug 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 10 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Aug 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 10 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Aug 1944
Lincoln (Ellesmere Guardian, 11 August 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Aug 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 11 August 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Aug 1944
FROM A SOUTHERN ANGLE (Evening Post, 11 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Aug 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 12 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Aug 1944
N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 15 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Aug 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 August 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Aug 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 16 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Aug 1944
A GOOD INNINGS (Evening Post, 16 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Aug 1944
Sgt. W. A. Trolove, of Christchurch missing, believed killed in action Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
17 Aug 1944
Untitled (Evening Post, 17 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Aug 1944
Lincoln (Ellesmere Guardian, 18 August 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Aug 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 18 August 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Aug 1944
BASKETBALL (Ellesmere Guardian, 18 August 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Aug 1944
INTER-COLLEGE TOURNEY (Evening Post, 19 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Aug 1944
ADDINGTON TROTS (Evening Post, 19 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Aug 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 22 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Aug 1944
Lincoln (Ellesmere Guardian, 22 August 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Aug 1944
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Ellesmere Guardian, 22 August 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Aug 1944
INTER-SCHOOL HOCKEY (Evening Post, 24 August 1944) 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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