How many records does the archive hold?

65,200 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.

“"Disraeli Street"”, the shelf

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

27 records matching 27 of these 27 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 1890s
18 Mar 1897
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 18 March 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1897
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 23 March 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jul 1897
ADDINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. (Star, 10 July 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Aug 1897
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 10 August 1897) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 Sept 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 28 September 1899) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1900s
26 Jan 1904
SECOND EDITION. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 26 January 1904) Hawera & Normanby Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Mar 1905
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 11 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 Apr 1905
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 08 April 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Dec 1905
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 December 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Feb 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 February 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Feb 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 13 February 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
26 Apr 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 26 April 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
9 Mar 1907
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 09 March 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1907
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 09 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jul 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 11 July 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Sept 1909
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 25 September 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1910s
19 Jun 1915
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 19 June 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Aug 1915
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 23 August 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jul 1916
LIST ISSUED TO-DAY (Evening Post, 13 July 1916) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1920s
24 Dec 1920
FOR EDUCATION (Evening Post, 24 December 1920) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1930s
5 Dec 1931
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 05 December 1931) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1940s
25 Jun 1941
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 25 June 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
9 Jul 1941
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 09 July 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
15 Jul 1942
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 15 July 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Aug 1942
N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 05 August 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
10 Aug 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 10 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 2010s
29 Nov 2018
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Companies 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.

“"Disraeli Street"”, the shelf

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