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.

“"High Street"”, the shelf

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

7,850 records matching 100 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 1940s
17 Apr 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 April 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1945
PRISONERS OF WAR (Evening Post, 20 April 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 Apr 1945
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 20 April 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 April 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Apr 1945
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 23 April 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 24 April 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Apr 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 27 April 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Apr 1945
SAFE AGAIN (Evening Post, 30 April 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1 May 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 May 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 May 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 May 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 May 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 04 May 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 May 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 May 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 May 1945
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 10 May 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 May 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 11 May 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 May 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 May 1945
SAFE IN BRITAIN (Evening Post, 17 May 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 May 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 18 May 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 May 1945
N.Z.E.F. LIST (Evening Post, 18 May 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 May 1945
RESCUED NEW ZEALAND TROOPS (Evening Post, 19 May 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
22 May 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 22 May 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 22 May 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 May 1945
N.Z. PRISONERS OF WAR NOW SAFE (Evening Post, 24 May 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
25 May 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 25 May 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 May 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 25 May 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 29 May 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 29 May 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 05 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 12 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 12 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 22 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 26 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 26 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 29 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 29 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 03 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 03 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 06 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 06 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 10 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 10 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 24 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 27 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 31 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Aug 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 03 August 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Aug 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 07 August 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Aug 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 10 August 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Aug 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 14 August 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Aug 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 August 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Aug 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 21 August 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Aug 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 28 August 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Aug 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 31 August 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Sept 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 04 September 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Sept 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 07 September 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Sept 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 14 September 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Sept 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 18 September 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Sept 1945
PERSONAL (Ellesmere Guardian, 21 September 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Sept 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 21 September 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Sept 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 25 September 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Sept 1945
N.Z. AIRMEN (Evening Post, 27 September 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Sept 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 28 September 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Oct 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 02 October 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Oct 1945
EVACUATED BY AIR (Evening Post, 02 October 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Oct 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 05 October 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Oct 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 09 October 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Oct 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 12 October 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Oct 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 October 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Oct 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 October 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Oct 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 23 October 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Oct 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 26 October 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Oct 1945
TRAM CONVERTED (Evening Post, 27 October 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Oct 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 30 October 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Nov 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 02 November 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1945
FAR EAST INTERNEES (Evening Post, 05 November 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Nov 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 06 November 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Nov 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 November 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Nov 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 November 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Nov 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 November 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Nov 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 November 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Nov 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 23 November 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Nov 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 27 November 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Nov 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 30 November 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Dec 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 04 December 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Dec 1945
Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 04 December 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Dec 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 07 December 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Dec 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 11 December 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Dec 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 14 December 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Dec 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 18 December 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Dec 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 21 December 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · 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.

“"High Street"”, the shelf

The shelf

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