How many records does the archive hold?

67,402 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.

“"Burwood"”, the shelf

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

771 records matching 70 of these 71 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 2000s
29 Mar 2001
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
12 Apr 2001
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
10 May 2001
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
2 Aug 2001
Extract from New Zealand Gazette, 2/8/2001, No. 81, p. 1909 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
24 Aug 2001
supplement New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 22 places
24 Aug 2001
LIST OF PUBLIC VALUERS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 9 places
9 May 2002
Justices of the Peace Appointed New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
29 May 2002
List of Public Valuers New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
4 Jul 2002
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
15 Aug 2002
Dissolution of Incorporated Societies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
16 Aug 2002
supplement New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 30 places
25 Jun 2003
List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
29 Aug 2003
REGISTER New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 26 places
27 May 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
21 Jun 2004
List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
27 Aug 2004
Register of Pharmacies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 20 places
11 Nov 2004
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
13 Jan 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
8 Apr 2005
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 8 places
21 Apr 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
22 Apr 2005
LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 14 places
6 Jul 2005
List of Public Valuers New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
20 Jan 2006
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 15 places
16 Jun 2006
List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
22 Jun 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
30 Nov 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
7 Dec 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
18 Jan 2007
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
23 Jan 2007
LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 7 places
7 Jun 2007
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
6 Jul 2007
LIST OF New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
1 Nov 2007
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
25 Jan 2008
LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 9 places
28 Jul 2008
List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
28 Aug 2008
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
29 Jan 2009
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
30 Jan 2009
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 10 places
14 May 2009
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
22 Jul 2009
List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 8 places
6 Aug 2009
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
the 2010s
14 Jan 2010
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
29 Jan 2010
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 11 places
18 Mar 2010
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
18 Mar 2010
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
20 May 2010
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
20 Jul 2010
List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
1 Sept 2010
New Zealand Transport Agency (Speed Limits on State Highways) Bylaw 2010/10 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
23 Sept 2010
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
4 Nov 2010
Justices of the Peace Appointed New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
31 Jan 2011
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 14 places
7 Apr 2011
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
20 Jun 2011
Basic services information for quake residents Radio New Zealand · Radio New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Jul 2011
List of Public Valuers New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
15 Sept 2011
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
15 Dec 2011
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
27 Jan 2012
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 6 places
8 Mar 2012
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
21 Jun 2012
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
4 Oct 2012
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
15 Nov 2012
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
1 Jan 2013
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of aerial views of Christchurch City CBD and suburbs TAPUHI · Alexander Turnbull Library · about 1 place
30 Jan 2013
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 6 places
18 Dec 2013
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 30 places
22 May 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
12 Dec 2014
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 33 places
12 Nov 2015
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
16 Dec 2015
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 28 places
16 Feb 2017
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
22 Mar 2018
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
the 2020s
27 Aug 2020
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Companies Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
24 Sept 2026
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Companies Register Other · New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places

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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