How many records does the archive hold?

66,408 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.

“"Hawke Street"”, the shelf

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

55 records matching 47 of these 55 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
2 Jul 1890
IMPROVEMENT IN NEW BRIGHTON. (Star, 02 July 1890) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Oct 1890
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 09 October 1890) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Mar 1891
Latest Locals. (Star, 21 March 1891) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Dec 1891
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 12 December 1891) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Nov 1893
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 22 November 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1894
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 12 May 1894) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Oct 1898
DEATHS. (Star, 31 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1900s
11 Jan 1902
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 January 1902) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Oct 1905
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 21 October 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
15 Sept 1906
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 15 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Sept 1906
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 17 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Sept 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 19 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Sept 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 21 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Sept 1906
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Sept 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Sept 1906
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
3 Oct 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 03 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Oct 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 04 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
6 Oct 1906
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 06 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Oct 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 30 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jan 1907
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 January 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Sept 1907
DEATHS. (Star, 12 September 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Mar 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 28 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 02 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 09 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Apr 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 14 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
25 Apr 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 25 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
7 May 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 May 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 14 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
2 Jun 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
6 Jun 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 06 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jun 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 12 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jun 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 30 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
26 Sept 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 26 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jun 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 07 June 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Jul 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 24 July 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Sept 1909
Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 18 September 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
the 1910s
1 Jan 1910
St Faith's Church, New Brighton Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries · about 1 place
28 Jun 1913
Page 11 Advertisements Column 2 (Poverty Bay Herald, 28 June 1913) Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Feb 1917
RESERVISTS SUMMONED. (Ashburton Guardian, 24 February 1917) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Feb 1917
ORDERED TO PARADE. (Wanganui Chronicle, 26 February 1917) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1920s
6 Apr 1923
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 06 April 1923) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jul 1923
AN AWFUL EXPERIENCE" (NZ Truth, 21 July 1923) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Mar 1925
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 26 March 1925) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 Mar 1925
Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 28 March 1925) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
the 1940s
18 Dec 1941
CORPORAL H. E. GOODLAND (Evening Post, 18 December 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Aug 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 04 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
26 Sept 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 26 September 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 2010s
5 Mar 2011
'Recovery assistance centre' sign by Gina Hubert · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
22 Feb 2012
St Faith's Church by Gina Hubert · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
22 Feb 2012
Anniversary flowers at St Faith's Church by Gina Hubert · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
17 Mar 2016
Walking along Hawke Street, New Brighton Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
31 Mar 2016
Damaged St Faiths Church, Hawke Street, New Brighton by Rachel Pugh · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
28 Oct 2017
Signs, St Faiths Church Canterbury Stories · no. 64297 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
28 Oct 2017
Signs, St Faiths Church Canterbury Stories · no. 64296 · Christchurch City Libraries · 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.

“"Hawke Street"”, the shelf

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