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.

“"Christchurch"”, the shelf

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

70,507 records matching 99 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
8 Mar 1870
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 08 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Mar 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 08 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Mar 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 09 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Mar 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 10 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Mar 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 10 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Mar 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 10 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Mar 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 11 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Mar 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 11 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Mar 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 12 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
12 Mar 1870
DEATH. (Wellington Independent, 12 March 1870) Wellington Independent · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Mar 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 14 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Mar 1870
Untitled (Otago Daily Times, 15 March 1870) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Mar 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 15 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Mar 1870
DEATHS. (Colonist, 15 March 1870) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Mar 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Mar 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 17 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Mar 1870
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 18 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Mar 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 19 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Mar 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 19 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Mar 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 21 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Mar 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
22 Mar 1870
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Mar 1870
Local and General. (Star, 26 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Mar 1870
NEW ZEALAND INTELLIGENCE. (Colonist, 29 March 1870) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Mar 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 29 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Mar 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 29 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Mar 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 31 March 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Auckland Star, 02 April 1870) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1870
The Evening Herald. SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1870. (Wanganui Herald, 02 April 1870) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Apr 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 07 April 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
9 Apr 1870
West Coast Times. AND WESTLAND OBSERVER. SATURDAY, APRIL 9. (West Coast Times, 09 April 1870) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 09 April 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 09 April 1870) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Apr 1870
Magisterial. (Star, 12 April 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Apr 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 16 April 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Apr 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 19 April 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Apr 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 21 April 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
26 Apr 1870
Local and General. (Star, 26 April 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 May 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 04 May 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 May 1870
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 09 May 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 May 1870
Local and General. (Star, 09 May 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 May 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 09 May 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 May 1870
THE PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS (Star, 11 May 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 May 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 May 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 May 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 20 May 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 May 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 26 May 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 May 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 May 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jun 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 01 June 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jun 1870
MEMORANDA OF TRIE MONIR. (Wellington Independent, 02 June 1870) Wellington Independent · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
2 Jun 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 June 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jun 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 03 June 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jun 1870
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 09 June 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jun 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 13 June 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jun 1870
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 14 June 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jun 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 17 June 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jun 1870
NEWS OF THE DAY. (Colonist, 17 June 1870) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jun 1870
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 18 June 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jun 1870
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 18 June 1870) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
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
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
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
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

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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