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.

“"Mackay Street"”, the shelf

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

46 records matching 45 of these 46 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 1860s
1 Jan 1860
Town of Shortland, Thames by Bartlett, Robert Henry, 1842-1911 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
13 Apr 1866
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (West Coast Times, 13 April 1866) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Apr 1866
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (West Coast Times, 14 April 1866) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1866
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (West Coast Times, 17 April 1866) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1870s
26 Dec 1874
Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 (Grey River Argus, 26 December 1874) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
12 Apr 1877
Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 (Grey River Argus, 12 April 1877) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Mar 1879
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Grey River Argus, 07 March 1879) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Mar 1879
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Grey River Argus, 08 March 1879) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Mar 1879
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Grey River Argus, 10 March 1879) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Mar 1879
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Grey River Argus, 12 March 1879) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Mar 1879
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Grey River Argus, 14 March 1879) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Mar 1879
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Grey River Argus, 17 March 1879) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Mar 1879
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Grey River Argus, 19 March 1879) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1879
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Grey River Argus, 20 March 1879) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Mar 1879
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Grey River Argus, 21 March 1879) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Mar 1879
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Grey River Argus, 22 March 1879) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Mar 1879
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Grey River Argus, 26 March 1879) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1879
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Grey River Argus, 27 March 1879) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Mar 1879
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Grey River Argus, 29 March 1879) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Mar 1879
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Grey River Argus, 31 March 1879) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1880s
16 Oct 1883
Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 (Grey River Argus, 16 October 1883) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Apr 1884
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Grey River Argus, 08 April 1884) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 May 1885
Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 (Grey River Argus, 30 May 1885) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Jan 1886
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Grey River Argus, 09 January 1886) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Mar 1886
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Grey River Argus, 04 March 1886) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Mar 1886
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Grey River Argus, 06 March 1886) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Mar 1886
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Grey River Argus, 10 March 1886) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Mar 1886
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Grey River Argus, 11 March 1886) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Nov 1887
Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Grey River Argus, 23 November 1887) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1900s
25 Nov 1902
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Grey River Argus, 25 November 1902) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1906
ana Blackball news. PUBLISHED PAILY. CABLE NEWS. FRENCH ELECTION M. BRIAND ELECTED.. ANGLO-TURKISH CRISIS BRITISH AND FOREIGN GOLF. REMORANDA PERSONAL TIEMS AUSTRALIAN NEWS. A BLIND BARRISTER A DRY SEASON. N.Z. TELEGRAMS. SPORTING. MARLBOROUCH RACING CLUB. CREYMOUTH JOCKEY CLUB. N.Z. TELEGRAMS. THE MEIKLE COMMISSION THE AUCKLAND TRAGEDY CHRISTCHURCH SUPREME WELLINCTON SUPREME A SHEPHERD KILLED. MAGISTRATE'S COURT AMUSEMENTS RHEUMATIC GOUT CURED THE ARM OF CONINCIDENCE. FITS OF HEART FAILURE. AFFORESTATION. THE EXPORT SEASON NEWS. NOTES (Grey River Argus, 08 May 1906) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1908
Grey River Argus and Blackball News. PUBLISHED DAILY (Grey River Argus, 09 April 1908) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jun 1908
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Grey River Argus, 20 June 1908) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Aug 1909
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Grey River Argus, 19 August 1909) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1910s
17 Apr 1912
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Grey River Argus, 17 April 1912) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
12 Sept 1912
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Grey River Argus, 12 September 1912) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jun 1915
THE 70th LIST (Evening Post, 16 June 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Aug 1915
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 25 August 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Nov 1915
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Grey River Argus, 03 November 1915) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jan 1916
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 27 January 1916) 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
20 Sept 1941
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 20 September 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Dec 1941
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 31 December 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jan 1942
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 10 January 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
21 May 1945
REPORTED SAFE (Evening Post, 21 May 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 2000s
9 Jun 2000
LIST OF New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 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.

“"Mackay Street"”, the shelf

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