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.

“"New Regent Street"”, the shelf

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

178 records matching 26 of these 100 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 1930s
20 Feb 1930
Drawing of proposed new street connecting Armagh & Gloucester Street New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
25 Feb 1930
Drawing of proposed new street connecting Armagh & Gloucester Street Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
29 Apr 1930
Drawing. Proposed new street connecting Armagh & Gloucester Street New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
29 Apr 1930
Drawing. of proposed new street connecting Armagh & Gloucester Street New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
29 Apr 1930
Drawing of proposed new street connecting Armagh & Gloucester Street New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
28 Jan 1931
Drawing of proposed new street connecting Armagh & Gloucester Street New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · no. 43590 · Christchurch City Libraries
28 Jan 1931
Drawing of proposed new street connecting Armagh & Gloucester Street New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · no. 43589 · Christchurch City Libraries
28 Jan 1931
Drawing of proposed new street connecting Armagh & Gloucester Street New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · no. 43593 · Christchurch City Libraries
28 Jan 1931
Drawing of proposed new street connecting Armagh & Gloucester Street New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · no. 43591 · Christchurch City Libraries
28 Jan 1931
Drawing of proposed new street connecting Armagh & Gloucester Street New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · no. 43592 · Christchurch City Libraries
7 Aug 1931
Deposit Plan of New Regent Street marked 'D.P. 10026' New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 23 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 21 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 33 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 44 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 18 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 48 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 39 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 4 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 8 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 41 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 20 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 16 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 31 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 50 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 19 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 51 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 55 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 1 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, inside cover The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 13 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 49 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 40 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 58 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 17 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 45 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 24 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 29 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 28 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 43 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 3 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 9 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 27 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 2 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 11 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 34 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 7 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 47 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, back cover The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 10 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 12 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 15 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 5 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 37 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 30 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 46 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 22 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 14 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 25 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 26 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 36 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 42 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 6 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 60 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 52 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 59 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 56 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 53 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, inside back cover The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1932
The Romance of New Regent Street, page 38 The Romance of New Regent Street · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1939
West from the top of destructor chimney by Municipal Electricity Department · MED Historical Photographs · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
the 1940s
1 Jan 1940
Emily and Alfred Anderton 2022 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1940
The Union Methodist business Girls Sports Team, Lancaster Park 2008 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
13 Apr 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 April 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 April 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 24 April 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Apr 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 27 April 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 May 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 08 May 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 May 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 11 May 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 May 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 25 May 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 29 May 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 01 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 05 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 12 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 22 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 26 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jun 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 29 June 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 03 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 10 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 17 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 27 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Jul 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 31 July 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Aug 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 03 August 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Aug 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 07 August 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Aug 1945
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 10 August 1945) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read

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.

“"New Regent Street"”, the shelf

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