“"Christchurch"”, the shelf

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

Every collection Papers PastCanterbury StoriesKura Heritage Collections OnlineTe Papa Collections OnlineNational Publicity Studios black and white file printsTAPUHICanterbury MuseumAuckland Museum CollectionsNew Zealand GazetteDigital Public Library of AmericaChristchurch City Libraries FlickrV.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph CollectionHocken Digital CollectionsMuseums VictoriaAir Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph CollectionWellington City Council ArchivesThe New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi KōreroNew Zealand Electronic Text CollectionChristchurch City Libraries Heritage Images CollectionLincoln University Living Heritage: Tikaka Tuku IhoFlickrRadio New ZealandAlexander Turnbull Library FlickrAuckland Art Gallery Toi o TāmakiTe Hikoi MuseumiNaturalist NZ — Mātaki TaiaoManawatū HeritageCanterbury Photography MuseumAkaroa MuseumHawke's Bay Museum Every paper StarEvening PostLyttelton TimesEllesmere GuardianAuckland Weekly NewsAshburton GuardianAkaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula AdvertiserWanganui ChronicleOtago WitnessOtago Daily TimesPhotographs / He WhakaahuaAuckland StarTimaru HeraldColonistNZ TruthWanganui HeraldHawera & Normanby StarMarlborough ExpressPhotographyGrey River ArgusPoverty Bay HeraldSamuel Anstey collectionNorth Otago TimesArchives NZ Collections searchPhotographic ArchiveThames StarWest Coast TimesFeilding StarNelson Evening MailPlantsGreg O’Beirne collectionNatural ScienceTaranaki HeraldWairarapa Daily TimesNew Zealand TabletMataura EnsignTaranaki Daily NewsRecords of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseSouthland TimesHawke's Bay HeraldNorthern AdvocateMED Historical PhotographsCafe Cecil collectionJessie Buckland collectionManawatu TimesObserverWildey collectionHeritage buildings documentation2013 Photo Hunt2019 Photo HuntPioneer Amateur Sports club imagesJan Shuttleworth CollectionChristchurch and Banks Peninsula glass plate collectionBush AdvocateSutton glass plates2014 Photo HuntThe imperial album of New Zealand sceneryArtWellington IndependentClutha Leader Oldest first Newest first Newest to the shelf

71201. the 1940s
71201. 5 Mar 1942

       ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 05 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71202. 6 Mar 1942

       DRAINAGE BOARD (Ellesmere Guardian, 06 March 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71203. 6 Mar 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 06 March 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71204. 6 Mar 1942

       WILL DISCONNECT (Evening Post, 06 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71205. 6 Mar 1942

       PERSONAL ITEMS (Evening Post, 06 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71206. 7 Mar 1942

       AERODROME UNIT (Evening Post, 07 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71207. 7 Mar 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 07 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71208. 10 Mar 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 10 March 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71209. 11 Mar 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 11 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71210. 11 Mar 1942

       Private T. R. Hawkins of Christchurch, killed in action Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
71211. 11 Mar 1942

       Gunner L. C. C. Fletcher, of Christchurch, missing, believed drowned Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
71212. 12 Mar 1942

       PERSONAL ITEMS (Evening Post, 12 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71213. 12 Mar 1942

       SCHOOL FOR DEAF (Evening Post, 12 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71214. 13 Mar 1942

       PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 13 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71215. 13 Mar 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 March 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71216. 14 Mar 1942

       Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 14 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
71217. 17 Mar 1942

       PERSONAL ITEMS (Evening Post, 17 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71218. 17 Mar 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 March 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71219. 17 Mar 1942

       Air raid shelters, Oxford Terrace by Christchurch Star · 1940s Christchurch Star photographs · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
71220. 18 Mar 1942

       Private A. J. Anderson, of Christchurch, killed in action Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
71221. 18 Mar 1942

       Lance-Sergeant F. H. Lancaster, of Christchurch, killed in action Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
71222. 19 Mar 1942

       AIR CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 19 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71223. 20 Mar 1942

       AIR FORCE CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 20 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71224. 20 Mar 1942

       OBITUARY (Evening Post, 20 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71225. 20 Mar 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 March 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71226. 21 Mar 1942

       MARRIAGES. (Evening Post, 21 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71227. 23 Mar 1942

       CHRISTCHURCH TRIAL (Evening Post, 23 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71228. 23 Mar 1942

       HERE AND THERE (Evening Post, 23 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71229. 24 Mar 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Ellesmere Guardian, 24 March 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71230. 24 Mar 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 24 March 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71231. 25 Mar 1942

       FROM FAR EAST (Evening Post, 25 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71232. 25 Mar 1942

       WITHDRAWAL OF PROSECUTIONS (Evening Post, 25 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71233. 25 Mar 1942

       Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 25 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71234. 25 Mar 1942

       Sergeant-Pilot B. W. Spence, of Christchurch, missing on operations Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
71235. 27 Mar 1942

       MARRIAGE. (Evening Post, 27 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71236. 27 Mar 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 27 March 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71237. 28 Mar 1942

       PERMITS NECESSARY (Evening Post, 28 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71238. 28 Mar 1942

       Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 28 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71239. 30 Mar 1942

       AIRMAN KILLED (Evening Post, 30 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71240. 30 Mar 1942

       INVALIDED HOME (Evening Post, 30 March 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71241. 30 Mar 1942

       The Band of the W.A.A.F. by Christchurch Star · 1940s Christchurch Star photographs · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
71242. 31 Mar 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 31 March 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71243. 31 Mar 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 31 March 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71244. 1 Apr 1942

       ADDINGTON ACCEPTORS (Evening Post, 01 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71245. 1 Apr 1942

       Christchurch inaugurates its 'bonds for bombers' campaign: kilted pipers lead steel-helmeted troops in parade through the city Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
71246. 2 Apr 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 02 April 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71247. 7 Apr 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 07 April 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71248. 8 Apr 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 08 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
71249. 8 Apr 1942

       DEATHS. (Evening Post, 08 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71250. 8 Apr 1942

       PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 08 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71251. 8 Apr 1942

       Woman taxi-driver in Christchurch Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
71252. 8 Apr 1942

       Hospital evacuation test in Christchurch Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
71253. 8 Apr 1942

       Signs of the times in Christchurch Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
71254. 8 Apr 1942

       Gunner D. L. Wilson, of Christchurch, killed in action Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
71255. 9 Apr 1942

       PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 09 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71256. 10 Apr 1942

       Irwell (Ellesmere Guardian, 10 April 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71257. 10 Apr 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 10 April 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71258. 11 Apr 1942

       N.Z. AIR PERSONNEL (Evening Post, 11 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71259. 13 Apr 1942

       DEATHS. (Evening Post, 13 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71260. 13 Apr 1942

       LOYAL REY SCORES (Evening Post, 13 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71261. 14 Apr 1942

       CHRISTCHURCH RUGBY (Evening Post, 14 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71262. 14 Apr 1942

       THE NEW ZEALANDERS (Evening Post, 14 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71263. 14 Apr 1942

       Southbridge (Ellesmere Guardian, 14 April 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71264. 14 Apr 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 14 April 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71265. 15 Apr 1942

       NEW APPOINTMENT (Evening Post, 15 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71266. 15 Apr 1942

       Sergeant B. S. Wilder, of Christchurch, killed in aircraft accident overseas Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
71267. 15 Apr 1942

       New Zealand fighter pilots in England Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
71268. 16 Apr 1942

       DEATHS. (Evening Post, 16 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71269. 16 Apr 1942

       NAVAL CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 16 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71270. 17 Apr 1942

       PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 17 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71271. 17 Apr 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 April 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71272. 20 Apr 1942

       PERSONAL ITEMS (Evening Post, 20 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71273. 21 Apr 1942

       ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 21 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71274. 21 Apr 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 21 April 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71275. 22 Apr 1942

       WELLINGTON WINS (Evening Post, 22 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71276. 22 Apr 1942

       Practical war work Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
71277. 22 Apr 1942

       Sergeant J. L. Brown, of Christchurch, missing on operations overseas Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
71278. 23 Apr 1942

       SPORTING (Evening Post, 23 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71279. 23 Apr 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 23 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71280. 24 Apr 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 24 April 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71281. 24 Apr 1942

       PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 24 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71282. 25 Apr 1942

       MUS02168 by RNZAF Official · Air Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph Collection · Air Force Museum of New Zealand
71283. 27 Apr 1942

       Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 27 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71284. 28 Apr 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 28 April 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71285. 30 Apr 1942

       MAJOR P. J. R. FORDHAM (Evening Post, 30 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71286. 1 May 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 May 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71287. 1 May 1942

       TOWN CLERK'S REPLY (Evening Post, 01 May 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71288. 1 May 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 01 May 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71289. 1 May 1942

       Kathleen White graduation Local people and functions · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
71290. 2 May 1942

       RUN OVER BY TRAIN (Evening Post, 02 May 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71291. 4 May 1942

       PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 04 May 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71292. 5 May 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 05 May 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71293. 6 May 1942

       Sergeant-Observer R. T. Marquet, of Christchurch, missing on operations Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
71294. 7 May 1942

       DEATHS, (Evening Post, 07 May 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71295. 7 May 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 07 May 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71296. 8 May 1942

       NEW ZEALANDERS GAIN THEIR "WINGS" (Evening Post, 08 May 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71297. 8 May 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 08 May 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71298. 9 May 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 09 May 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 5 places
71299. 9 May 1942

       ENGAGEMENTS (Evening Post, 09 May 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
71300. 12 May 1942

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 12 May 1942) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read

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