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.

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

63,028 records matching 82 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 1870s
20 Jun 1870
EDUCATIONAL. (Star, 20 June 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
20 Jun 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 20 June 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jun 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 21 June 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jun 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 June 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jun 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 June 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jun 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 June 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jun 1870
Local and General. (Star, 27 June 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jun 1870
Local and General. (Star, 28 June 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
29 Jun 1870
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 29 June 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jul 1870
Local and General. (Star, 02 July 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jul 1870
[Portrait of unidentified European man] by Martin and Lawson (firm); unknown · Documentary Heritage · Auckland Museum Collections · Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
4 Jul 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 04 July 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jul 1870
Local and General. (Star, 12 July 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jul 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 12 July 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jul 1870
Local and General. (Star, 18 July 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jul 1870
Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Grey River Argus, 19 July 1870) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jul 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 20 July 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jul 1870
Local and General. (Star, 25 July 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
25 Jul 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 25 July 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jul 1870
Megisterial. (Star, 28 July 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jul 1870
Latest and General. (Star, 30 July 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Aug 1870
Magisterial. (Star, 04 August 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Aug 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 09 August 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Aug 1870
Local and General. (Star, 09 August 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
12 Aug 1870
THE Otago Daily Times. DUNEDIN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12. (Otago Daily Times, 12 August 1870) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Aug 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 13 August 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Aug 1870
CHRISTCHURCH ELECTION. (Colonist, 13 August 1870) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Aug 1870
A. SCHOOL OF MINES. (Otago Witness, 20 August 1870) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Aug 1870
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Grey River Argus, 27 August 1870) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Aug 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 29 August 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Aug 1870
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Southland Times, 29 August 1870) Southland Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Aug 1870
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 August 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Sept 1870
Local and General. (Star, 03 September 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Sept 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 03 September 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Sept 1870
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 07 September 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Sept 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 09 September 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Sept 1870
Letter to Cotton and Mary, 15 September 1870 Rowley family letters · Canterbury Stories · no. 71207 · Christchurch City Libraries
15 Sept 1870
Letter to Cotton and Mary, 15 September 1870 Rowley family letters · Canterbury Stories · no. 71208 · Christchurch City Libraries
20 Sept 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 20 September 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Sept 1870
Local and General. (Star, 26 September 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Sept 1870
OPENING OF THE BOATING SEASON. (Star, 26 September 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Sept 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 September 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Sept 1870
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 27 September 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Sept 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 September 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Sept 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 28 September 1870) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Sept 1870
Local and General. (Star, 29 September 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Sept 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 29 September 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
30 Sept 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 September 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 Oct 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 October 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Oct 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 04 October 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Oct 1870
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 October 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
12 Oct 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 12 October 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Oct 1870
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 17 October 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Oct 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 18 October 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Oct 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 25 October 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 31 October 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Nov 1870
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 November 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1870
CANTERBURY PROVINCE. FEARFUL FIRE AT LYTTELTON. (Colonist, 04 November 1870) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 Nov 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Auckland Star, 04 November 1870) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1870
Local and General. (Star, 05 November 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Nov 1870
Local and General. (Star, 07 November 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Nov 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 08 November 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Nov 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 10 November 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Nov 1870
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. (Colonist, 11 November 1870) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Nov 1870
OURSELVES AS OTHERS SEE US. (Star, 14 November 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Nov 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Wanganui Herald, 14 November 1870) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Nov 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 November 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Nov 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Auckland Star, 21 November 1870) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Nov 1870
THE Otago Daily Times. TUESDAY, NOV. 22, 1870. (Otago Daily Times, 22 November 1870) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Nov 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 26 November 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Nov 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 29 November 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Dec 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 03 December 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Dec 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 05 December 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Dec 1870
CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 06 December 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
7 Dec 1870
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Taranaki Herald, 07 December 1870) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Dec 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 13 December 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Dec 1870
Local and General. (Star, 15 December 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
15 Dec 1870
West Post Times. AND WESTLAND OBSERVER. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15. (West Coast Times, 15 December 1870) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
15 Dec 1870
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 15 December 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Dec 1870
Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Hawke's Bay Herald, 16 December 1870) Hawke's Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Dec 1870
CRICKET. (Star, 19 December 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Dec 1870
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 23 December 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Dec 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 27 December 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Dec 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 December 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Dec 1870
POSTAL NOTICE. (Star, 30 December 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Dec 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 December 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Dec 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. 30th Dec., 4.30 p.m. (Evening Post, 31 December 1870) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1871
The Hollies - List No. 3112 by Melanie Lovell-Smith [Report Author] · The New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero · Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga · about 1 place
1871
Barbadoes St Cemetery plan - area 3B Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
1871
Barbadoes St Cemetery plan - area 3A Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
1871
Photograph: Market Day Cathedral Square, Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1871
Photograph: Hereford Street, Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1871
Photograph: Old St. Michael's Church, Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1871
Photograph: River Avon by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · no. 786208 · Canterbury Museum
1871
Photograph: Avon River Christchurch by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1871
Photograph: Banks of Avon, Christchurch, 1871 by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1871
Photograph: River Avon by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · no. 786211 · Canterbury Museum
1871
Photograph: Provincial Council Chamber by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1871
Photograph: Riccarton School by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum
1871
Photograph: Government Buildings by Alfred Charles Barker · Canterbury Museum · Canterbury Museum

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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