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.

“"Barbadoes Street"”, the shelf

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

961 records matching 40 of these 61 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
22 Nov 2001
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
13 Jun 2002
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
22 Jul 2002
ANGLERS NOTICE New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
26 Feb 2005
224 to 228 Kilmore Street Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
26 Feb 2005
Sycamore Hair Design on Kilmore Street Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
26 Feb 2005
Sycamore Hair Design Canterbury Stories · no. 50824 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
26 Feb 2005
Sycamore Hair Design Canterbury Stories · no. 50827 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
26 Feb 2005
224 Kilmore Street Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
8 Apr 2005
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 8 places
22 Apr 2005
LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 14 places
5 Jun 2005
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Christchurch Greg O’Beirne collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
5 Jun 2005
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street Greg O’Beirne collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
5 Jun 2005
Western façade Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Greg O’Beirne collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
5 Jun 2005
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Greg O’Beirne collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27 Aug 2005
Barbadoes Street Cemetery Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
27 Aug 2005
Headstones in Barbadoes Street Cemetery Greg O’Beirne collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
30 Aug 2005
ANGLERS’ NOTICE FOR FISH AND GAME REGIONS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
15 Sept 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
20 Jan 2006
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 15 places
23 Aug 2006
ANGLERS' NOTICE FOR FISH AND GAME REGIONS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
23 Jan 2007
LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 7 places
25 Jan 2008
LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 9 places
29 Jan 2009
Bankruptcies 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
18 Jun 2009
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
18 Aug 2009
ANGLERS' NOTICE FOR FISH AND GAME REGIONS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
10 Dec 2009
No Asset Procedures 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
17 Jun 2010
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
13 Aug 2010
ANGLERS NOTICE New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
31 Jan 2011
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 14 places
2 Mar 2011
Barbadoes Street and Cambridge Terrace corner house by Moata Tamaira · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
3 Mar 2011
228 Kilmore Street earthquake damage Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
26 Jul 2011
Snow on Barbadoes and St Asaph Street by Paul Ready · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
12 Aug 2011
NOTICE New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
1 Jan 2012
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of Christchurch central city TAPUHI · Alexander Turnbull Library · about 3 places
27 Jan 2012
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 6 places
3 Feb 2012
Hereford Street and Barbardoes Street Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 3 places
3 Feb 2012
City Central Motel Apartments Canterbury Stories · no. 52704 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
3 Feb 2012
City Central Motel Apartments Canterbury Stories · no. 52699 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
30 Jul 2012
ANGLERS' NOTICE FOR FISH AND GAME REGIONS 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
14 Mar 2013
Notice of Intention to Take Land for the Stadium New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
27 Jun 2013
Marriage Celebrants for 2013 Notice No. 49 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
5 Aug 2013
ANGLERS' NOTICE FOR FISH AND GAME REGIONS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
18 Dec 2013
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 30 places
1 Aug 2014
Anglers' Notice for Fish and Game Regions New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
8 Sept 2014
230 and 224 Kilmore Street Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
12 Dec 2014
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 33 places
31 Jul 2015
Anglers’ Notice for Fish and Game Regions 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
29 Jul 2016
Anglers’ Notice for Fish and Game Regions New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
28 Jul 2017
Anglers’ Notice for Fish and Game Regions 2017 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
6 Aug 2018
Anglers’ Notice for Fish and Game Regions 2018 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
6 Aug 2019
Anglers’ Notice for Fish and Game Regions 2019 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
the 2020s
1 May 2025
Weather: What you need to know about road closures, flights, ferries, schools and evacuations Radio New Zealand · Radio New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
the 1980s
1980
Aerial view looking west to Latimer Square Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · 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.

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