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.

“"Marion Street"”, the shelf

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

39 records matching 39 of these 39 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
21 Jun 1900
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Otago Daily Times 21-6-1900) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Nov 1901
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 16 November 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Dec 1905
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 December 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
15 Dec 1906
Page 16 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 15 December 1906) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1910s
23 Apr 1915
THE WHITE PLAGUE" (Evening Post, 23 April 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Feb 1917
WELLINGTON RECRUITING DISTRICT (No. 5) (Evening Post, 13 February 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Mar 1917
WELLINGTON RECRUITING DISTRICT (No. 5) (Evening Post, 14 March 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
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
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
8 Apr 1921
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 08 April 1921) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Oct 1924
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 17 October 1924) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Mar 1925
WOMEN IN PRINT (Evening Post, 27 March 1925) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Feb 1927
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 25 February 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Dec 1927
Page 35 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 17 December 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Feb 1928
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 22 February 1928) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
the 1930s
5 Nov 1932
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 05 November 1932) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Feb 1934
LUCKY SURPRISE" (Evening Post, 07 February 1934) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1935
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 23 March 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Apr 1935
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 27 April 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jun 1935
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 01 June 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 May 1936
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 23 May 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Sept 1938
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 03 September 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Sept 1939
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 20 September 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
the 1940s
20 Jan 1940
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 20 January 1940) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Aug 1940
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 31 August 1940) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 May 1941
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 13 May 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 May 1941
PUBLIC NOTICES. (Evening Post, 22 May 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jun 1941
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 21 June 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
16 Jan 1942
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 16 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
31 Jul 1942
N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 31 July 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 4 places
1 Aug 1942
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 01 August 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1942
N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 05 November 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 May 1945
SAFE IN BRITAIN (Evening Post, 17 May 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 2000s
5 Sept 2002
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
20 Jan 2006
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 15 places
the 2010s
14 Jan 2010
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
18 Dec 2013
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 30 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.

“"Marion Street"”, the shelf

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