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.

“"Pine Avenue"”, the shelf

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

35 records matching 35 of these 35 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 1880s
2 Oct 1885
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 02 October 1885) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
3 Oct 1885
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 03 October 1885) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
5 Oct 1885
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 October 1885) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
6 Oct 1885
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 06 October 1885) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
14 Oct 1885
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 14 October 1885) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
16 Oct 1885
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 16 October 1885) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Oct 1885
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 October 1885) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Oct 1885
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 23 October 1885) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Oct 1886
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 October 1886) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11 Feb 1889
Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 11 February 1889) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1890s
5 Jul 1892
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 05 July 1892) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jun 1893
Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 06 June 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8 Jun 1893
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 08 June 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
18 Nov 1893
Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 18 November 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Nov 1893
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 22 November 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Nov 1893
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 23 November 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Nov 1893
Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 25 November 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Nov 1893
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 28 November 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Feb 1899
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 16 February 1899) Star · 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
18 Dec 1941
FIRST LIST (Evening Post, 18 December 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jan 1942
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 02 January 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
1 Aug 1942
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 01 August 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1942
N.Z.E.F. ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 05 November 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1945
PRISONERS OF WAR (Evening Post, 20 April 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
the 2000s
8 Jan 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
11 Mar 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
5 Aug 2004
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
10 Dec 2009
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
the 2010s
4 Nov 2010
Justices of the Peace Appointed New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
30 Jun 2011
No Asset Procedures New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
18 Dec 2013
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 30 places
12 Dec 2014
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 33 places
30 Jul 2015
No Asset Procedures 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

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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