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.

“"Okains Bay"”, the shelf

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

108 records matching 24 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 1860s
1 Jan 1860
Belvedere, Okains Bay reverse Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1860
Belvedere, Okains Bay Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
12 Sept 1860
DIED. (Lyttelton Times, 12 September 1860) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Jan 1861
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 05 January 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
6 Jul 1861
BIRTHS. (Lyttelton Times, 06 July 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jul 1861
DEATHS. (Lyttelton Times, 06 July 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1861
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 09 November 1861) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 May 1862
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 17 May 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1863
PUBLIC WORKS.-CANTERBURY. (FROM THE "LYTTELTON TIMES.") (Daily Southern Cross, 05 February 1863) Daily Southern Cross · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1870s
9 May 1879
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 09 May 1879) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1890s
1 Jan 1890
Okain's Bay Cricket Team Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1895
Robinsons Bay Cricket Team Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1896
Okain's Bay Cricket Club Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
the 1900s
1 Jan 1900
Street in Akaroa Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Horse drawn cart Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Building a dwelling Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Steamboat on the Okains Bay jetty Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
People on the Okains Bay jetty Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Betsy Mason with her son, Alan Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Johnny and Catherine Ware with family Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Portrait of a woman Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Men’s football team Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Moore Homestead, Okains Bay reverse Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Okains Bay and Opara River Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Waves in Okains Bay Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Sportsmen portrait Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Okains Bay jetty Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Betsy Mason with her son, Alan reverse Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Knapping stone in Okains Bay Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Jetty in Okains Bay Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Lewis Grant and his bullock team Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Bullock train on Banks Peninsula Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
J. R. Thacker next to a bullock train Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Bulls pulling a sledge in Okains Bay Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Johnny and Catherine Ware with family reverse Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Moore Homestead, Okains Bay Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Okains Bay jetty, Banks Peninsula Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
1 Jan 1900
Pidgeon Family, Okains Bay 1905 2014 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
6 Feb 1900
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 06 February 1900) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Mar 1900
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 March 1900) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 5 places
23 Mar 1900
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 23 March 1900) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
18 Apr 1900
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 18 April 1900) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 Apr 1900
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 20 April 1900) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
30 Aug 1900
AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL NEWS. (Otago Witness, 30 August 1900) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jan 1903
Okain's Bay Football Team Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1903
Okain's Bay Football Club Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1905
Okain's Bay Football Team postcard, side 2 Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1905
Okain's Bay Football Team postcard Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1906
Okain's Bay Football Club 7-aside Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1906
Okain's Bay Football Club Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 85096 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1906
Okain's Bay Football Club Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 85097 · Christchurch City Libraries
9 Feb 1906
DEATHS. (Star, 09 February 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jan 1907
Belvedere Homestead, Okains Bay Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1907
Okain's Bay Football Club Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1908
Okain's Bay and Akaroa 7-aside Football Team Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1908
Okain's Bay Football Club Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1909
Christchurch Football Club Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
the 1910s
1 Jan 1910
Two men at St John the Evangelist Church in Okains BayJan Shuttleworth collection Jessie Buckland collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1910
Cocksfoot threshing reverse Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1910
Cocksfoot harvest reverse Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1910
Little Akaloa Hockey Team, side 2 Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1910
Little Akaloa Hockey Team Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1910
Cocksfoot threshing Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1910
Cocksfoot harvest Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1910
Okain's Bay Hockey Team reverse Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1910
Okain's Bay Football Team Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1910
Okains Bay Hockey Team Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
16 Oct 1910
St John the Evangelist Church in Okains BayJan Shuttleworth collection Jessie Buckland collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
16 Oct 1910
Chorlton Road bridgeJan Shuttleworth collection Jessie Buckland collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
16 Oct 1910
Okains Bay cheese factoryJan Shuttleworth collection Jessie Buckland collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
16 Oct 1910
Man on a bicycle in Okains BayJan Shuttleworth collection Jessie Buckland collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 73294 · Christchurch City Libraries
16 Oct 1910
Man on a bicycle in Okains BayJan Shuttleworth collection Jessie Buckland collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 73278 · Christchurch City Libraries
16 Oct 1910
Okains Bay river near beachJan Shuttleworth collection Jessie Buckland collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
16 Oct 1910
Okains Bay river through paddocksJan Shuttleworth collection Jessie Buckland collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
16 Oct 1910
Okains BayJan Shuttleworth collection Jessie Buckland collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
16 Oct 1910
Horse and carriage on Chorlton RoadJan Shuttleworth collection Jessie Buckland collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
11 Apr 1911
Wedding of the Olive Corrigall and Olive Wakelin reverse Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
11 Apr 1911
Wedding of the Olive Corrigall and Oliver Wakelin Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1912
Okain's Bay Football Team Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 85085 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1912
Okain's Bay Football Team Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 85094 · Christchurch City Libraries
17 Sept 1912
Wedding of Lucy Harris and Vic Pidgeon Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1913
Okain’s Bay Football Team reverse Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1913
Okain’s Bay Football Team Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
17 Dec 1913
MR McCOMBS RETURNED. (Ashburton Guardian, 17 December 1913) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jan 1914
Okains Bay Jan Shuttleworth Collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
10 Jun 1915
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 10 June 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Aug 1915
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 28 August 1915) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Apr 1916
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 April 1916) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jun 1917
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 22 June 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
19 Oct 1917
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 19 October 1917) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Mar 1918
TOTAL OF 750 NAMES (Evening Post, 13 March 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 May 1918
COMING HOME (Evening Post, 04 May 1918) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 May 1918
The Akaroa Mail. FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1918. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 10 May 1918) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jul 1919
Handwritten note with names Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
21 Jul 1919
Pigeon Bay Peace Celebrations, residents group Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
21 Jul 1919
Pigeon Bay Peace Celebrations Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
17 Sept 1919
Wedding of Lucy Harris and Vic Pidgeon reverse Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
the 1920s
1 Jan 1929
Peninsula Football Team Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
the 1930s
1 Jan 1930
Akaroa County Council crusher Okains Bay Museum collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
17 Jan 1934
Sunshine for health: scenes at the Sunlight League's Camp for Christchurch children at O'Kain's Bay, Banks Peninsula, South Island by Auckland Weekly News; Green and Hahn (firm) · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries

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.

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