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.

“H&M”, the shelf

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

15,737 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 1900s
15 Aug 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 15 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Aug 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 15 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Aug 1908
HOCKEY. (Star, 15 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Aug 1908
CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 18 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Aug 1908
YALDHURST DISPERSAL SALE (Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, 18 August 1908) Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Aug 1908
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Poverty Bay Herald, 19 August 1908) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Aug 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
22 Aug 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Aug 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 22 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Aug 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Aug 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 22 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Aug 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 24 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Aug 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 26 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Aug 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 29 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Aug 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 29 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Aug 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 29 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Aug 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 29 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Aug 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 29 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Aug 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 29 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Sept 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 01 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Sept 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 03 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
5 Sept 1908
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
5 Sept 1908
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 05 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
5 Sept 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Sept 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Sept 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 05 September 1908) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Sept 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 07 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Sept 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 07 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Sept 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Sept 1908
TRAMWAY BOARD. (Star, 08 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Sept 1908
TABLE TALK (Otago Witness, 09 September 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Sept 1908
EDUCATION HOARD. (Star, 09 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Sept 1908
OMNIUM GATHERUM. (Otago Witness, 09 September 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Sept 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 12 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
12 Sept 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (NZ Truth, 12 September 1908) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
12 Sept 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 12 September 1908) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Sept 1908
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 12 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Sept 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 12 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Sept 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 12 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Sept 1908
CRICKET. (Star, 14 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Sept 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 14 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Sept 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (NZ Truth, 19 September 1908) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Sept 1908
GOLF. (Wanganui Herald, 22 September 1908) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Sept 1908
GOLF. (Taranaki Herald, 22 September 1908) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Sept 1908
GOLF. (Poverty Bay Herald, 22 September 1908) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Sept 1908
GOLF. (Star, 22 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Sept 1908
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES. (Nelson Evening Mail, 22 September 1908) Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Sept 1908
GOLF. NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING. (Evening Post, 22 September 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Sept 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 23 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Sept 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 23 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Sept 1908
GOLF TOURNAMENT. (Evening Post, 23 September 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Sept 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 23 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Sept 1908
GOLF. (Wanganui Chronicle, 23 September 1908) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Sept 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 24 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Sept 1908
GOLF TOURNEY. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. (Evening Post, 24 September 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Sept 1908
THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. (Wanganui Herald, 24 September 1908) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Sept 1908
GOLF. (Taranaki Herald, 24 September 1908) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Sept 1908
RAILWAY RATES. (Star, 24 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Sept 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 24 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Sept 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Sept 1908
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. SECOND ROUND. (Evening Post, 24 September 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Sept 1908
AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. (Ashburton Guardian, 24 September 1908) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Sept 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Sept 1908
GOLF. (Wanganui Chronicle, 25 September 1908) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Sept 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 26 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
26 Sept 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 26 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
26 Sept 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 26 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Sept 1908
Lawn Tennis. (By "Huka.") (Evening Post, 26 September 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Sept 1908
Untitled (Mataura Ensign 28-9-1908) Mataura Ensign · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Sept 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
30 Sept 1908
Untitled (Taranaki Herald, 30 September 1908) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Oct 1908
THE LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP. (Star, 01 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Oct 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
3 Oct 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 03 October 1908) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
3 Oct 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 03 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
3 Oct 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (NZ Truth, 03 October 1908) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Oct 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 03 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Oct 1908
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 05 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Oct 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 07 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Oct 1908
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 10 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Oct 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 10 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Oct 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 10 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Oct 1908
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 10 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Oct 1908
POLITICAL NOTES. (Star, 10 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Oct 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 13 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Oct 1908
EW ZEALAND LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIP (Otago Witness, 14 October 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Oct 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Wanganui Chronicle, 15 October 1908) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Oct 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 15 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Oct 1908
WELLINGTON KENNEL CLUB'S SHOW. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 15 October 1908) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Oct 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 17 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Oct 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (NZ Truth, 17 October 1908) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Oct 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 17 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Oct 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Wanganui Chronicle, 17 October 1908) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Oct 1908
Page 13 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 17 October 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Oct 1908
CRICKET. (Star, 17 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Oct 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 19 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Oct 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Otago Daily Times 19-10-1908) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 20 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Oct 1908
IN A NUTSHELL. (Otago Witness, 21 October 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Oct 1908
Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 23 October 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · 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.

“H&M”, the shelf

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