How many records does the archive hold?

70,536 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.

“New Brighton Club”, the shelf

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

910 records matching 93 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 1920s
15 Mar 1926
NEW BRIGHTON ACCEPTANCES (Evening Post, 15 March 1926) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Mar 1926
BIG RAGE AT BRIGHTON (NZ Truth, 18 March 1926) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1926
NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB (Evening Post, 20 March 1926) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Aug 1926
WOMEN IN PRINT (Evening Post, 06 August 1926) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Oct 1926
MINIATURE RIFLES (Evening Post, 06 October 1926) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Nov 1926
TROTTING NOTES (Evening Post, 03 November 1926) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Dec 1926
AT NEW BRIGHTON (Evening Post, 20 December 1926) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jan 1927
THE ROYAL VISIT (Evening Post, 18 January 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Feb 1927
NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 11 February 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Feb 1927
NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB'S HANDICAPS (Evening Post, 22 February 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
7 Mar 1927
NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING ACCEPTANCES (Evening Post, 07 March 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1927
Page 16 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 02 April 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Oct 1927
MINIATURE RIFLES (Evening Post, 04 October 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Nov 1927
AT CHRISTCHURCH (Evening Post, 03 November 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Dec 1927
NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB'S ACCEPTANCES (Evening Post, 12 December 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Dec 1927
TROTTING (Evening Post, 19 December 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Feb 1928
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 21 February 1928) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Feb 1928
NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB'S HANDICAPS (Evening Post, 28 February 1928) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Mar 1928
NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB (Evening Post, 15 March 1928) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Mar 1928
AT NEW BRIGHTON (Evening Post, 19 March 1928) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Aug 1928
WILL CLUB OFFICIALS MOVE? (NZ Truth, 16 August 1928) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Sept 1928
NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB'S ACCEPTANCES (Evening Post, 04 September 1928) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
27 Nov 1928
NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB'S HANDICAPS (Evening Post, 27 November 1928) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jan 1929
South New Brighton tennis club members Ernest Smith, photographs and papers · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
24 Jan 1929
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 24 January 1929) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
14 Feb 1929
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 14 February 1929) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Mar 1929
CLUB'S ACCEPTANCES (Evening Post, 13 March 1929) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Mar 1929
Tea Tattle and Flippant Feet (NZ Truth, 14 March 1929) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Mar 1929
AT NEW BRIGHTON (Evening Post, 18 March 1929) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Apr 1929
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 10 April 1929) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 May 1929
Golf FOR MUNICIPAL LINKS (NZ Truth, 30 May 1929) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Sept 1929
AT NEW BRIGHTON (Evening Post, 09 September 1929) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Oct 1929
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 19 October 1929) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Dec 1929
NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB'S HANDICAPS (Evening Post, 03 December 1929) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
the 1930s
13 Feb 1930
UNITED BEST (NZ Truth, 13 February 1930) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Mar 1930
NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING MEETING (Evening Post, 14 March 1930) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Mar 1930
NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB (Evening Post, 15 March 1930) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 May 1930
TOPICS FOR WOMEN (Evening Post, 16 May 1930) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Sept 1930
TOWN CLERK'S FOUR "SPOTS" (NZ Truth, 18 September 1930) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Dec 1930
SPORTS IN PARAGRAPH (NZ Truth, 18 December 1930) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Dec 1930
SWIMMERS IN FORM (NZ Truth, 18 December 1930) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jan 1931
TROTTING (Evening Post, 21 January 1931) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Feb 1931
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 28 February 1931) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Sept 1931
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 07 September 1931) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Oct 1931
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 09 October 1931) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jan 1932
A MOUNTAIN TRAMP (Evening Post, 14 January 1932) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jan 1932
BOWLING (Evening Post, 20 January 1932) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Feb 1932
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 29 February 1932) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Mar 1932
Elderly canterbury bowlers in action: veterans' day held at Christchurch, on the New Brighton club's green last week by Auckland Weekly News; Green and Hahn · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
16 Aug 1932
MINIATURE RIFLES (Evening Post, 16 August 1932) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Sept 1932
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 02 September 1932) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Sept 1932
CYCLE ROAD RACE (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 September 1932) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Oct 1932
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 04 October 1932) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Dec 1932
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 10 December 1932) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jan 1933
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 11 January 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
22 Aug 1933
NEW BRIGHTON HANDICAPS (Evening Post, 22 August 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
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
8 Dec 1933
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 08 December 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Dec 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 12 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Dec 1933
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 December 1933) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Mar 1934
STAGE AND SCREEN (Evening Post, 29 March 1934) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Apr 1934
LEAGUE FOOTBALL (Evening Post, 30 April 1934) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Sept 1934
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 25 September 1934) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Oct 1934
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 03 October 1934) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Dec 1934
AMATEUR CYCLING (Evening Post, 01 December 1934) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Dec 1934
NEW BRIGHTON T.C. (Evening Post, 08 December 1934) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jan 1935
New Brighton Bowling Club clubhouse and members Ernest Smith, photographs and papers · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
23 Feb 1935
NEW BRIGHTON T.C. (Evening Post, 23 February 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Aug 1935
RACING NEWS THE GRAND NATIONALS (Evening Post, 09 August 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
5 Sept 1935
NEW BRIGHTON REHANDtCAPS (Evening Post, 05 September 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Sept 1935
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 07 September 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Oct 1935
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 11 October 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Oct 1935
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 12 October 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Nov 1935
ANOTHER SILVER JUBILEE (Evening Post, 30 November 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Dec 1935
Page 13 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 24 December 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
1 Jan 1936
Opening of Pleasant Point Yacht Club Ernest Smith, photographs and papers · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
8 Jan 1936
BOWLING (Evening Post, 08 January 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jan 1936
WINS IN THREE ROUNDS (Evening Post, 09 January 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jan 1936
BOWLING THE KINKS COMMENCE (Evening Post, 10 January 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jan 1936
SECTIONAL GAMES (Evening Post, 11 January 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jan 1936
BOWLING (Evening Post, 14 January 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · no. 2.116 · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jan 1936
BOWLING (Evening Post, 14 January 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · no. 2.164 · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jan 1936
THE QUALIFIED RINKS (Evening Post, 15 January 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Feb 1936
NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB (Evening Post, 22 February 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Feb 1936
IS THIS SARCASM? (Evening Post, 28 February 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Sept 1936
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 03 September 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Oct 1936
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 10 October 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Dec 1936
NEW BRIGHTON T.C. FIELDS (Evening Post, 02 December 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Dec 1936
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 04 December 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Dec 1936
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 05 December 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Feb 1937
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 20 February 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Sept 1937
THAT 3MIN 2SEC CLASS (Evening Post, 22 September 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Dec 1937
NEW BRIGHTON ACCEPTORS (Evening Post, 01 December 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Dec 1937
NEW BRIGHTON TROTS (Evening Post, 03 December 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Dec 1937
NEW BRIGHTON T.C (Evening Post, 04 December 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Dec 1937
DE SOTO APPEAL (Evening Post, 18 December 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Dec 1937
NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 21 December 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Dec 1937
FINDING TO STAND (Evening Post, 21 December 1937) 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.

“New Brighton Club”, the shelf

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