How many records does the archive hold?

60,434 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.

“"Avonside Drive"”, the shelf

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

41 records matching 29 of these 41 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 1860s
1 Jan 1864
Avonside view William Travers photograph album · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
the 1930s
1 Jan 1931
Overhead wires and street lamp MED Historical Photographs · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Mar 1931
Corner of Fitzgerald Avenue and Avonside Drive MED Historical Photographs · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
20 Sept 1933
THEFT FROM GARDEN (Evening Post, 20 September 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Oct 1934
THOMPSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Ellesmere Guardian, 09 October 1934) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Jul 1935
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 08 July 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1935
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 31 October 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Feb 1936
MANY AREAS FLOODED (Evening Post, 21 February 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1936
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 09 November 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jan 1938
SERIOUS INJURIES (Evening Post, 03 January 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1940s
1 Jan 1940
Aerial View of Dallington in the 1940s 2015 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27 May 1941
NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 27 May 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 4 places
27 Jun 1941
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 27 June 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Dec 1943
ENGAGEMENTS (Evening Post, 11 December 1943) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Apr 1944
RELICS OF THE PAST (Ellesmere Guardian, 28 April 1944) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Aug 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 10 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Mar 1945
TRAGEDY FEARED (Evening Post, 06 March 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Mar 1945
TRAGEDY FEARED (Evening Post, 07 March 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Apr 1945
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 23 April 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1950s
1 Jan 1950
An aerial view of the construction of New Brighton Road and Avonside Drive, Christchurch Photographic Archive · TAPUHI · no. 22378427 · Alexander Turnbull Library
1 Jan 1950
An aerial view of the construction of New Brighton Road and Avonside Drive, Christchurch Photographic Archive · TAPUHI · no. 23177993 · Alexander Turnbull Library
1 Jan 1950
An aerial view of Burwood Primary School, including the construction of New Brighton Road and Avonside Drive, Christchurch Photographic Archive · TAPUHI · Alexander Turnbull Library
the 2000s
16 Feb 2002
Lady fern, Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth Plants · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 563210 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
16 Feb 2002
Lady fern, Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth Plants · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1607936 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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
14 Jul 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
20 Jan 2006
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 15 places
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
19 Jun 2008
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
30 Jan 2009
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 10 places
1 Oct 2009
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
the 2010s
29 Jan 2010
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 11 places
20 Jun 2011
Basic services information for quake residents Radio New Zealand · Radio New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
21 Oct 2011
Eight months living in the Residential Red Zone - seriously, how did we survive?! by Anna Stevens · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
16 Aug 2012
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
14 Jan 2014
Objections to Proposed Boundaries of Electoral Districts of New Zealand New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
20 Aug 2017
Linwood Avenue and Woodham Road corner Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
20 Sept 2018
Eveleyn Couzins Avenue berm planting by Richmond Community Garden · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 2 places
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

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.

“"Avonside Drive"”, the shelf

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