How many records does the archive hold?

63,896 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.

“"Alexandra Street"”, the shelf

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

45 records matching 45 of these 45 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
3 Dec 1877
Untitled (Auckland Star, 03 December 1877) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
the 1880s
28 Jan 1880
Untitled (Auckland Star, 28 January 1880) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Mar 1889
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 02 March 1889) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1889
DEATHS. (Auckland Star, 23 March 1889) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1889
Untitled (Auckland Star, 17 April 1889) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1890s
5 Apr 1890
TABLE TALK. (Auckland Star, 05 April 1890) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
3 Dec 1891
ECCLESIASTICAL. (Auckland Star, 03 December 1891) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 Jun 1893
Untitled (Auckland Star, 20 June 1893) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
10 Feb 1894
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 10 February 1894) Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
17 Mar 1896
WESLEYAN CONFERENCE. (Otago Daily Times, 17 March 1896) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1900s
19 Sept 1907
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 19 September 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Dec 1907
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 14 December 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jul 1909
DEATHS. (Star, 02 July 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jul 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 10 July 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jul 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 July 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Sept 1909
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 11 September 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Sept 1909
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 18 September 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Sept 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 September 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1910s
20 Jan 1910
PRIMITIVE METHODISTS. (Poverty Bay Herald, 20 January 1910) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Apr 1910
BURNT TO DEATH. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 11 April 1910) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Apr 1910
MAN BURNED TO DEATH. (Otago Daily Times 25-4-1910) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1910
MAN BURNED TO DEATH. (Otago Daily Times 11-4-1910) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1910
FATAL FIRE. (Taranaki Daily News 11-4-1910) Taranaki Daily News · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jul 1915
THE ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 20-7-1915) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Aug 1915
HARD-WORKING DOCTORS (Evening Post, 13 August 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Feb 1916
THE ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 2-8-1916) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1930s
10 Nov 1933
HAPPY MOMENTS" (Evening Post, 10 November 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Apr 1937
SERIOUS INJURIES (Evening Post, 27 April 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1940s
27 Apr 1940
DEATHS. (Evening Post, 27 April 1940) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Sept 1941
AIR CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 01 September 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Aug 1942
INVALIDED HOME (Evening Post, 06 August 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Feb 1945
GALLANT AIRMEN (Evening Post, 10 February 1945) Evening Post · 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
the 2000s
22 Aug 2000
REGISTER New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 39 places
24 Aug 2001
supplement New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 22 places
16 Aug 2002
supplement New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 30 places
29 Aug 2003
REGISTER New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 26 places
27 Aug 2004
Register of Pharmacies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 20 places
5 May 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
19 May 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
7 Dec 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
11 Jan 2007
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
23 Jan 2007
LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 7 places
the 2010s
18 Feb 2010
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
17 Apr 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register 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.

“"Alexandra Street"”, the shelf

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