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.

“"and"”, the shelf

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

63,843 records matching 94 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 1870s
22 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Apr 1878
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 23 April 1878) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 23 April 1878) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Apr 1878
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 23 April 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Apr 1878
COMMERCIAL. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 23 April 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
24 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 24 April 1878) Hawke's Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 24 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 24 April 1878) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 24 April 1878) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Apr 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 25 April 1878) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Apr 1878
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Auckland Star, 25 April 1878) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 25 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. 24th April. (Evening Post, 25 April 1878) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH (Star, 26 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Apr 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 26 April 1878) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Apr 1878
SPORTING. (Grey River Argus, 26 April 1878) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Wanganui Chronicle, 26 April 1878) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 27 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 27 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 27 April 1878) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 29 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 29 April 1878) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Apr 1878
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 30 April 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Apr 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 30 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Apr 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 30 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 01 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 01 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 May 1878
THE Marlborough Express. (Marlborough Express, 01 May 1878) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 May 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 01 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 May 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 01 May 1878) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 02 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 May 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 02 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 May 1878
The Otago Daily Times. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE OTAGO GUARDIAN. THURSDAY MAY 2, 1878. (Otago Daily Times, 02 May 1878) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 May 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 02 May 1878) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 03 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 03 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 May 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 03 May 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 03 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 May 1878
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Colonist, 04 May 1878) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 May 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 06 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 May 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 07 May 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 07 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 May 1878
STOCK AND STATIONS. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 07 May 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
8 May 1878
Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 (Timaru Herald, 08 May 1878) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 08 May 1878) Thames Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 09 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 09 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 09 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 10 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 May 1878
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 10 May 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 10 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 May 1878
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 10 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 May 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 10 May 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 May 1878
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 10 May 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 May 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 11 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 11 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Taranaki Herald, 11 May 1878) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 11 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 May 1878
PUBLISHED DAILY.] SATURDAY, MAY, 1878. (Wanganui Herald, 11 May 1878) Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 13 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 13 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 May 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 14 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 May 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Timaru Herald, 14 May 1878) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 May 1878
AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 14 May 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 15 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 16 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 May 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 17 May 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 May 1878
Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 (Hawke's Bay Herald, 17 May 1878) Hawke's Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 May 1878
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 17 May 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
17 May 1878
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 17 May 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
18 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 18 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 May 1878
MAGISTERIAL. CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 18 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 May 1878
Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Hawke's Bay Herald, 18 May 1878) Hawke's Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 May 1878
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 18 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 May 1878
Letter to Cotton, 19th May 1878 Rowley family letters · Canterbury Stories · no. 71167 · Christchurch City Libraries
19 May 1878
Letter to Cotton, 19th May 1878 Rowley family letters · Canterbury Stories · no. 71166 · Christchurch City Libraries
20 May 1878
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 May 1878
Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Hawke's Bay Herald, 20 May 1878) Hawke's Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 May 1878
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 May 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 May 1878
Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 (Hawke's Bay Herald, 21 May 1878) Hawke's Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1878
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 22 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 May 1878
Evening Post. THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1878. (Evening Post, 23 May 1878) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 May 1878
GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASES AT CHRISTCHURCH. Christchurch, May 24. (North Otago Times, 25 May 1878) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 May 1878
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 May 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 May 1878
SIR JOHN COODE. (Auckland Star, 28 May 1878) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 29 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1878
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 29 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 29 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 May 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 30 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 May 1878
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 31 May 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 31 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 May 1878
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 31 May 1878) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 May 1878
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 31 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 May 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 31 May 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jun 1878
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 01 June 1878) Star · 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.

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