How many records does the archive hold?

67,402 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.

“"Leeds Street"”, the shelf

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

32 records matching 32 of these 32 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 1900s
4 Oct 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 04 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Dec 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 24 December 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
25 Feb 1905
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 25 February 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Feb 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 27 February 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jul 1907
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 13 July 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
13 Jul 1907
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 13 July 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jul 1907
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 13 July 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jan 1908
DEATHS (Star, 27 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jun 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 06 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Aug 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 22 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Sept 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 September 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Dec 1908
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 26 December 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Apr 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jul 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 17 July 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Aug 1909
ACCIDENTS AMD DEATHS. (Ashburton Guardian, 04 August 1909) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Nov 1909
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 27 November 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Nov 1909
Page 11 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 November 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1910s
19 Apr 1913
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 19 April 1913) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jul 1915
NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 07 July 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jul 1915
THE ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 7-7-1915) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jun 1916
NEW ZEALAND ARMY (Evening Post, 13 June 1916) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jun 1916
THE ROLL OF HONOUR (Otago Daily Times 14-6-1916) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
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
2 Oct 1917
FIRST DIVISION (Evening Post, 02 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
the 1920s
19 Sept 1929
Page 16 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 19 September 1929) 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
11 Jul 1941
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 11 July 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
27 Dec 1943
HIS MAJESTY'S GREETINGS PACIFIC ISLANDS SPORTING SCHARNHORST SUNK ACTION OFF NORTH CAPE BOWLING TOURNEY NEW ZEALANDERS IN FAST SAILING PRAYER OF THE POPE GEN. FREYBERG'S MEN MAORI'S DEATH DEVOTED SERVICE CHRISTIAN IDEAL R.S.A. CARNIVAL OBITUARY AT BETHLEHEM SHIPPING BOMBERS HAVE SPELL "THIS GREAT ARMY" (Evening Post, 27 December 1943) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
22 Aug 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 22 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 2000s
16 Jan 2003
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
2 Oct 2003
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
the 2020s
16 Apr 2026
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · 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.

“"Leeds Street"”, the shelf

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