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.

“"Christchurch"”, the shelf

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

78,630 records matching 85 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
7 Aug 1933
IN OTHER CENTRES (Evening Post, 07 August 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Aug 1933
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 August 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Aug 1933
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 August 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Aug 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 August 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Aug 1933
Unusual sight in a South Island city: lady riders in a busy Christchurch street by Auckland Weekly News; Green and Hahn · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
9 Aug 1933
Valuable sheep killed by dogs in a Christchurch park by Auckland Weekly News; Green and Hahn · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
9 Aug 1933
Winter racing carnival opened in Christchurch: the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting club's meeting at Addington by Auckland Weekly News; Green and Hahn · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
11 Aug 1933
SPRINGSTON (Ellesmere Guardian, 11 August 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Aug 1933
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 11 August 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Aug 1933
LYTTELTON SEAT (Evening Post, 11 August 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Aug 1933
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 11 August 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Aug 1933
IN OTHER CENTRES (Evening Post, 14 August 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
15 Aug 1933
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 15 August 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Aug 1933
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 August 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Aug 1933
CLOSING DOWN (Evening Post, 16 August 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Aug 1933
Last week's great winter racing carnival in the South: the Canterbury jockey's highly-successful New Zealand grand national meeting at Riccarton, Christchurch by Auckland Weekly News; Green and Hahn · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
16 Aug 1933
Prominent Canterbury owner's popular win at Addington: success of Sir Guy at the Metropolitan Trotting Club's meeting by Auckland Weekly News; Green and Hahn · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
16 Aug 1933
Large field contests the Woolston Handicap on the second day of the Canterbury Jockey Club's grand national meeting by Auckland Weekly News; Green and Hahn · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
18 Aug 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 18 August 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Aug 1933
INCREASED ROLL (Evening Post, 18 August 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Aug 1933
PEESONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 19 August 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Aug 1933
WIN THE BtG MONEY (Evening Post, 19 August 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Aug 1933
LEAGUE FOOTBALL (Evening Post, 21 August 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Aug 1933
OBITUARY (Ellesmere Guardian, 22 August 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Aug 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 22 August 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Aug 1933
NEW BRIGHTON HANDICAPS (Evening Post, 22 August 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Aug 1933
Southland's invasion of Christchurch for last Saturday's eagerly awaited Ranfurly Shield challenge match by Auckland Weekly News; Green and Hahn · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
23 Aug 1933
An interesting exhibit at the Christchurch winter show by Auckland Weekly News; Green and Hahn · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
23 Aug 1933
Cross-country running under ideal conditions in the South Island: Canterbury's provincial titles decided at Christchurch by Auckland Weekly News; Green and Hahn · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
25 Aug 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 25 August 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Aug 1933
LAST NIGHTS BALL. (Ellesmere Guardian, 25 August 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Aug 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 25 August 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Aug 1933
THE COMPETITIONS (Evening Post, 28 August 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Aug 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 29 August 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Aug 1933
MINIATURE RIFLES (Evening Post, 29 August 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Aug 1933
SOUTHBRIDGE (Ellesmere Guardian, 29 August 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Aug 1933
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 30 August 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Aug 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 30 August 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Aug 1933
South Island Secondary School Rugby Football Tournament: four colleges play at Christchurch by Auckland Weekly News; Green and Hahn · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
31 Aug 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 31 August 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Sept 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Sept 1933
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Sept 1933
PERSONAL. (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Sept 1933
Mrs Elizabeth McCombs during election night broadcast by Christchurch Star · 1900 - 1939 Christchurch Star photographs · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
5 Sept 1933
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 05 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Sept 1933
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 05 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Sept 1933
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 05 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Sept 1933
COUNTY AFFAIRS (Ellesmere Guardian, 05 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Sept 1933
Final scene at last Saturday's Ranfurly Shield match by Auckland Weekly News; Green and Hahn · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
8 Sept 1933
RUSH IN CHRISTCHURCH (Evening Post, 08 September 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Sept 1933
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Sept 1933
MRS. MENZIES GIBB. (Evening Post, 08 September 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Sept 1933
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Sept 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 09 September 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Sept 1933
SPEED TYPING (Evening Post, 11 September 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Sept 1933
PERSONAL (Ellesmere Guardian, 12 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Sept 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 14 September 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Sept 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 14 September 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Sept 1933
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Sept 1933
SUCCESS OF COUNTERPLAY (Evening Post, 15 September 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Sept 1933
LEAGUE FOOTBALL (Evening Post, 18 September 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Sept 1933
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Sept 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Sept 1933
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Sept 1933
THEFT FROM GARDEN (Evening Post, 20 September 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Sept 1933
New Zealand's first Inter-University ski-ing meeting held at Mount Cook, South Island: success of the Otago representatives by Auckland Weekly News; Wallace, L. · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
22 Sept 1933
MOTUKARARA (Ellesmere Guardian, 22 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Sept 1933
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 22 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Sept 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 23 September 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Sept 1933
CYCLE ROAD RACE (Ellesmere Guardian, 26 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Sept 1933
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 26 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Sept 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 26 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Sept 1933
PAGERS AND TROTTERS (Evening Post, 26 September 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Sept 1933
BAD MOTOR SMASH (Evening Post, 27 September 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Sept 1933
Infant welfare in the South Island by Auckland Weekly News; Green and Hahn · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
29 Sept 1933
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 29 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Sept 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 29 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Sept 1933
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 29 September 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Sept 1933
IN CHRISTCHURCH (Evening Post, 30 September 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Sept 1933
Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 30 September 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Sept 1933
MONEY GOES SOUTH (Evening Post, 30 September 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Oct 1933
RETIREMENT. (Waiapu Church Gazette, 01 October 1933) Waiapu Church Gazette · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Oct 1933
CARPENTER NEEDED FOR FIJI. (Waiapu Church Gazette, 01 October 1933) Waiapu Church Gazette · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Oct 1933
CHRISTCHURCH VISIT (Evening Post, 02 October 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Oct 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 03 October 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Oct 1933
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 03 October 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Oct 1933
PERSONAL. (Ellesmere Guardian, 03 October 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Oct 1933
Spring flower show in Christchurch opened by the Governor General by Auckland Weekly News; Green and Hahn · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
6 Oct 1933
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 06 October 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Oct 1933
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 06 October 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Oct 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 06 October 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Oct 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 06 October 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Oct 1933
AMATEUR CHAMPIONS. (Evening Post, 07 October 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Oct 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 07 October 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Oct 1933
CHRISTCHURCH COMPETITION (Evening Post, 09 October 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Oct 1933
TROTTING (Evening Post, 09 October 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Oct 1933
MINIATURE RIFLES (Evening Post, 10 October 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Oct 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 10 October 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Oct 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Ellesmere Guardian, 10 October 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Oct 1933
NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 11 October 1933) 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.

“"Christchurch"”, the shelf

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