“"Melville Street"”, the shelf

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

Every collection Papers PastCanterbury StoriesKura Heritage Collections OnlineTe Papa Collections OnlineNational Publicity Studios black and white file printsTAPUHICanterbury MuseumAuckland Museum CollectionsNew Zealand GazetteDigital Public Library of AmericaV.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph CollectionChristchurch City Libraries FlickrHocken Digital CollectionsMuseums VictoriaAir Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph CollectionWellington City Council ArchivesThe New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi KōreroNew Zealand Electronic Text CollectionChristchurch City Libraries Heritage Images CollectionLincoln University Living Heritage: Tikaka Tuku IhoFlickrRadio New ZealandAlexander Turnbull Library FlickrAuckland Art Gallery Toi o TāmakiTe Hikoi MuseumiNaturalist NZ — Mātaki TaiaoManawatū HeritageCanterbury Photography MuseumAkaroa MuseumHawke's Bay Museum Every paper StarEvening PostLyttelton TimesAuckland Weekly NewsEllesmere GuardianPhotographs / He WhakaahuaAkaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula AdvertiserAshburton GuardianOtago WitnessPhotographyOtago Daily TimesSamuel Anstey collectionWanganui ChronicleNZ TruthColonistArchives NZ Collections searchTimaru HeraldPhotographic ArchiveNorth Otago TimesAuckland StarHawera & Normanby StarPoverty Bay HeraldGrey River ArgusMarlborough ExpressWanganui HeraldPlantsGreg O’Beirne collectionNatural ScienceWest Coast TimesNelson Evening MailThames StarFeilding StarRecords of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseMED Historical PhotographsJessie Buckland collectionWairarapa Daily TimesNew Zealand TabletTaranaki HeraldTaranaki Daily NewsMataura EnsignWildey collectionHawke's Bay Herald2019 Photo HuntJan Shuttleworth Collection2013 Photo HuntSouthland TimesPioneer Amateur Sports club imagesChristchurch and Banks Peninsula glass plate collectionNorthern AdvocateSutton glass platesThe imperial album of New Zealand sceneryArt2014 Photo HuntHuman HistoryManawatu TimesParks and gardens : glass slidesObserver1940s Christchurch Star photographsWellington IndependentBush Advocate Oldest first Newest first Newest to the shelf

1. the 1870s
1. 14 Mar 1877

   BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. (Otago Daily Times, 14 March 1877) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2. 27 Nov 1877

   The Otago Daily Times. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE OTAGO GUARDIAN. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1877. (Otago Daily Times, 27 November 1877) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
3. the 1880s
3. 12 Dec 1882

   Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Otago Daily Times, 12 December 1882) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4. the 1890s
4. 19 Jan 1897

   BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. (Otago Daily Times, 19 January 1897) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
5. the 1900s
5. 9 Jan 1900

   Page 12 Advertisements Column 4 (Otago Daily Times 1-9-1900) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6. 18 Aug 1900

   Page 12 Advertisements Column 5 (Otago Daily Times, 18 August 1900) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7. 29 Aug 1900

   Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 29-8-1900) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8. 12 Jun 1901

   THE ROYAL VISIT. (Otago Witness, 12 June 1901) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
9. 22 Nov 1901

   Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 22-11-1901) Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
10. 18 Apr 1902

    Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 18-4-1902) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11. 16 Sept 1902

    Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Otago Daily Times 16-9-1902) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12. 20 Sept 1902

    Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times 20-9-1902) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13. 28 Sept 1904

    TABLE TALK. (Otago Witness, 28 September 1904) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14. 17 Jan 1906

    TABLE TALK. (Otago Witness, 17 January 1906) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15. 12 May 1909

    TABLE TALK (Otago Witness, 12 May 1909) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16. 20 Oct 1909

    TABLE TALK (Otago Witness, 20 October 1909) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17. 27 Oct 1909

    TABLE TALK. (Otago Witness, 27 October 1909) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
18. the 1910s
18. 23 Nov 1918

    SOLDIERS' DEATHS (Evening Post, 23 November 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19. the 1940s
19. 29 Jul 1942

    KILLED IN ACTION. (Evening Post, 29 July 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
20. 30 Jul 1942

    N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 30 July 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
21. 8 Aug 1942

    N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 08 August 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22. the 2000s
22. 8 Apr 2005

    LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 8 places
23. 21 Apr 2005

    In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
24. 22 Apr 2005

    LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 14 places
25. 20 Jan 2006

    LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 15 places
26. 23 Jan 2007

    LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 7 places
27. 25 Jan 2008

    LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 9 places
28. 18 Sept 2008

    No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
29. the 2010s
29. 18 Dec 2013

    List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 30 places
30. 12 Dec 2014

    List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 33 places
31. 16 Dec 2015

    List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 28 places

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