How many records does the archive hold?

65,200 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.

“"Norwood Street"”, the shelf

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

56 records matching 55 of these 56 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
3 Jan 1906
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 03 January 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jan 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 06 January 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 Feb 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 28 February 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Mar 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 03 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Mar 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 06 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Mar 1906
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 10 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Mar 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 15 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 20 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Mar 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Mar 1906
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 31 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Apr 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 09 April 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Apr 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 17 April 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 May 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 10 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 May 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 17 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 May 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 18 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 May 1906
Page 4 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 23 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
28 May 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 28 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jun 1906
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 June 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Jun 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 08 June 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Jun 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 June 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jun 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 12 June 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jun 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 14 June 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jun 1906
Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 15 June 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
21 Oct 1907
DEATHS. (Star, 21 October 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jul 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 July 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Oct 1908
DEATHS. (Star, 30 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
5 Feb 1909
LOCAL AND GENERAL (Star, 05 February 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Apr 1909
Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Aug 1909
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 August 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Aug 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 August 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Sept 1909
Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 18 September 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Oct 1909
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 October 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Nov 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 17 November 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Nov 1909
Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 27 November 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Dec 1909
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 December 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Dec 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 December 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Dec 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 10 December 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Dec 1909
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 11 December 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1920s
3 Oct 1922
Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 03 October 1922) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1930s
2 Sept 1932
Page 11 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 02 September 1932) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Mar 1934
GOLDEN CHANCE" (Evening Post, 21 March 1934) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
28 May 1936
AGES OF DRIVERS (Evening Post, 28 May 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1940s
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
30 Jun 1941
MISSINGÂ—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED. (Evening Post, 30 June 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Dec 1941
SECOND LIST (Evening Post, 17 December 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
21 Feb 1942
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 21 February 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
15 Jul 1942
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 15 July 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Oct 1942
AIR CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 24 October 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Jan 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 08 January 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jun 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 12 June 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Aug 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 22 August 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 May 1945
N.Z. WAR PRISONERS (Evening Post, 12 May 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Aug 1945
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 02 August 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1980s
11 Jan 1988
Residential house on Norwood Street Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
the 2000s
17 Jun 2004
Dissolution of Incorporated Societies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
the 2010s
30 Sept 2010
No Asset Procedures 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.

“"Norwood Street"”, the shelf

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