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.

“"Matai Street"”, the shelf

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

47 records matching 43 of these 47 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
1 Oct 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 01 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Oct 1904
Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 15 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jun 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 03 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jun 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 10 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jun 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 12 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1910s
1 Jun 1914
A BIG ESTATE (Evening Post, 01 June 1914) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jun 1914
A BENEFACTRESS. (Colonist, 17 June 1914) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Sept 1914
AN £800,000 ESTATE (Otago Daily Times 9-6-1914) Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
30 Dec 1918
SCIENCE CONGRESS (Evening Post, 30 December 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1930s
15 Oct 1935
THE ART UNION (Evening Post, 15 October 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jul 1938
INSURANCE MONEY (Evening Post, 01 July 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1940s
10 Dec 1941
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 10 December 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Feb 1942
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 10 February 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Apr 1942
DEATHS. (Evening Post, 16 April 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
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
3 Sept 1942
N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 03 September 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Sept 1942
N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 15 September 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 Dec 1944
MILITARY MEDAL (Evening Post, 08 December 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Apr 1945
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 14 April 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Apr 1945
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 28 April 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
30 Apr 1945
SAFE AGAIN (Evening Post, 30 April 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
5 Nov 1945
FOR GALLANTRY (Evening Post, 05 November 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 2000s
22 Aug 2000
REGISTER New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 39 places
30 Nov 2000
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
16 Aug 2002
supplement New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 30 places
22 Aug 2002
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
29 Aug 2003
REGISTER New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 26 places
27 Aug 2004
Register of Pharmacies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 20 places
8 Apr 2005
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 8 places
22 Apr 2005
LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 14 places
20 Jan 2006
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 15 places
1 Jun 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
2 Nov 2006
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
23 Jan 2007
LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 7 places
11 Dec 2008
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
3 Dec 2009
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
the 2010s
3 Jun 2010
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
12 Aug 2010
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
23 Dec 2010
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
30 Jun 2011
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
15 Aug 2013
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
16 Dec 2015
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 28 places
26 Mar 2016
Pump house on Matai Street East Canterbury Stories · no. 62158 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
26 Mar 2016
Pump house on Matai Street East Canterbury Stories · no. 62157 · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
26 Mar 2016
No. 24 pump house Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
26 Mar 2016
Christchurch Girls High School, Matai Street East Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
the 2020s
20 Dec 2021
Notice Declaring the Clean Zones and Clean Periods for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 (WCWC 2022) Host City Venues New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place

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.

“"Matai Street"”, the shelf

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