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.

“"Hawkhurst Road"”, the shelf

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

43 records matching 43 of these 43 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 1850s
6 Nov 1852
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 06 November 1852) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jul 1853
ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH, July 5th, 1853. (Lyttelton Times, 16 July 1853) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 4 places
16 Aug 1854
ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 16 August 1854) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 6 places
2 Feb 1856
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 02 February 1856) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Jul 1856
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 30 July 1856) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 May 1857
Page 11 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 23 May 1857) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jun 1857
Page 11 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 17 June 1857) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1858
Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 29 May 1858) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jun 1858
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 02 June 1858) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jun 1858
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 09 June 1858) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jul 1858
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 14 July 1858) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jul 1858
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 28 July 1858) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Dec 1859
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 24 December 1859) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Dec 1859
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 28 December 1859) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Dec 1859
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 31 December 1859) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1860s
21 Apr 1860
Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 21 April 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 15 places
25 Apr 1860
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 25 April 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
2 Oct 1861
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 02 October 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 5 places
16 Oct 1861
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 16 October 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
9 Apr 1862
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 09 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 8 places
12 Apr 1862
ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF TOWN OF LYTTELTON.- CLAIMS TO VOTE—IB 62. (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 8 places
the 1880s
24 Nov 1887
Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 24 November 1887) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1900s
6 Sept 1902
BUBONIC PLAGUE. (Star, 06 September 1902) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1904
DEATHS. (Star, 05 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jul 1907
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 13 July 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 Jul 1907
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 July 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Aug 1907
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 29 August 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Sept 1907
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 21 September 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
26 Sept 1907
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 26 September 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Sept 1907
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 28 September 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
30 Sept 1907
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 September 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Oct 1907
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 03 October 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Oct 1907
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 17 October 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Oct 1907
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 21 October 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Oct 1907
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 26 October 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1907
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 09 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1910s
13 Aug 1915
HARD-WORKING DOCTORS (Evening Post, 13 August 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1930s
24 Apr 1931
ART UNION PRIZES (Evening Post, 24 April 1931) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Mar 1939
YOUNG BOY'S DEATH (Evening Post, 04 March 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1940s
30 Jun 1941
TODAY'S LIST (Evening Post, 30 June 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 5 places
30 Jun 1941
N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 30 June 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
17 Sept 1941
N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 17 September 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jul 1942
KILLED IN ACTION. (Evening Post, 29 July 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places

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.

“"Hawkhurst Road"”, the shelf

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