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.

“The George”, the shelf

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

9,705 records matching 68 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 1970s
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886368 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886367 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886362 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886377 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886378 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886393 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886401 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886400 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886405 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886406 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886438 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886439 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886440 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886450 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886451 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886452 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886462 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886464 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886463 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886465 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886466 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886467 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886559 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886560 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886577 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886583 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886336 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Various parks and gardens by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · no. 886343 · Wellington City Council Archives
1970
Unknown park, witches hat playground equipment by Wellington City Council · WCC, City Photographer's photographic negatives · Wellington City Council Archives · Wellington City Council Archives
the 1980s
1 Aug 1980
George Frederick Baldwin Cenotaph Database · Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira · about 1 place
the 2000s
25 May 2000
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
9 Jun 2000
LIST OF New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
20 Jul 2000
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
22 Aug 2000
REGISTER New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 39 places
30 Nov 2000
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
14 Dec 2000
Dissolution of Incorporated Societies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
11 Jan 2001
Justices of the Peace Appointed New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
1 Mar 2001
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
8 Mar 2001
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
29 Mar 2001
134 Security Ltd etc Removals · New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
29 Mar 2001
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
21 Jun 2001
In Bankruptcy 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
2 Aug 2001
In Bankruptcy 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
30 Aug 2001
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
11 Oct 2001
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
22 Nov 2001
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
6 Dec 2001
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
10 Jan 2002
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
7 Feb 2002
Licences Issued and Revoked Under the Animal Remedies Act 1967 (Notice No. 1228; Ag. 154) and the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
9 May 2002
Justices of the Peace Appointed New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
16 May 2002
In Bankruptcy 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
13 Jun 2002
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
4 Jul 2002
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
11 Jul 2002
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
1 Aug 2002
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
16 Aug 2002
supplement New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 30 places
29 Aug 2002
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
10 Oct 2002
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
9 Jan 2003
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
16 Jan 2003
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
13 Mar 2003
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
25 Jun 2003
List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
25 Jun 2003
City of Dunedin. Mayoral banquet in commemmoration of the opening of the Dunedin and Christchurch Railway. Saturday, 7th September, 1878. Toasts. Thos George, Dunedin [printer]. by National Library NZ on The Commons · Alexander Turnbull Library Flickr · Alexander Turnbull Library
7 Aug 2003
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
14 Aug 2003
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
29 Aug 2003
REGISTER New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 26 places
11 Sept 2003
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
23 Oct 2003
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
6 Nov 2003
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
13 Nov 2003
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
4 Dec 2003
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
8 Jan 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
15 Jan 2004
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
29 Jan 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
26 Feb 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
11 Mar 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
6 May 2004
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
6 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
24 Jun 2004
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
29 Jul 2004
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
27 Aug 2004
Register of Pharmacies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 20 places
9 Sept 2004
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
14 Oct 2004
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
11 Nov 2004
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
24 Feb 2005
Justices of the Peace Appointed New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
25 Mar 2005
Salisbury Street pedestrian crossing 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
19 May 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
6 Jul 2005
List of Public Valuers New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
15 Sept 2005
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
15 Sept 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
20 Oct 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
17 Nov 2005
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
15 Dec 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · 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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