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.

“"Hay Street"”, the shelf

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

50 records matching 50 of these 50 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
7 Apr 1898
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 07 April 1898) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
12 Apr 1898
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 12 April 1898) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 5 places
13 Apr 1898
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 13 April 1898) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 5 places
18 Feb 1899
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Evening Post, 18 February 1899) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
the 1900s
27 Jan 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 27 January 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jan 1907
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 12 January 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
19 Jan 1907
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 19 January 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Feb 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 01 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 May 1908
Page 10 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 19 May 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 5 places
18 Jun 1908
Page 10 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 18 June 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 5 places
19 Jun 1908
Page 10 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 19 June 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 4 places
28 Sept 1908
Page 10 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 28 September 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Sept 1908
Page 10 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 29 September 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1910s
8 May 1917
8530 MEN CALLED UP (Evening Post, 08 May 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
6 Jun 1917
WELLINGTON RECRUITING DISTRICT (No. 5) (Evening Post, 06 June 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
3 Sept 1917
15000 MEN CALLED UP (Evening Post, 03 September 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
9 Oct 1917
NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 09 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Oct 1917
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 19 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1920s
9 Sept 1922
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 09 September 1922) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
16 Sept 1922
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 16 September 1922) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Oct 1922
Page 12 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 23 October 1922) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Nov 1922
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 06 November 1922) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Nov 1922
Page 13 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 29 November 1922) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Dec 1922
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 20 December 1922) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Dec 1922
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 26 December 1922) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jan 1923
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 22 January 1923) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Feb 1923
Page 18 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 17 February 1923) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Feb 1923
Page 16 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 28 February 1923) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1930s
9 Mar 1931
BLACK CAT ART UNION (Evening Post, 09 March 1931) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jul 1935
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 27 July 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1940s
29 Jul 1940
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 29 July 1940) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 May 1941
TODAY'S LIST (Evening Post, 29 May 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jun 1941
LIST OF MISSING (Evening Post, 02 June 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Jun 1941
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 18 June 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
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
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
8 Aug 1941
N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 08 August 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
9 Dec 1941
SECOND LIST (Evening Post, 09 December 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jan 1942
TERRITORIAL SERVICE CALL-UP (Evening Post, 21 January 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
30 Jan 1942
N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 30 January 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Feb 1942
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 06 February 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
6 Nov 1943
LIST OF NEW ZEALANDERS (Evening Post, 06 November 1943) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
the 2000s
8 Mar 2001
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
11 Apr 2002
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
27 May 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
15 Sept 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
13 Mar 2008
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
29 Jan 2009
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
the 2010s
7 Oct 2010
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
2 Feb 2012
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 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.

“"Hay Street"”, the shelf

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