How many records does the archive hold?

67,402 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.

“"Rue Balguerie"”, the shelf

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

21 records matching 14 of these 21 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
1 Apr 1887
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 01 April 1887) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Apr 1887
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 05 April 1887) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Apr 1887
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 12 April 1887) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Apr 1887
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 19 April 1887) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 May 1887
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 06 May 1887) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 May 1887
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 27 May 1887) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3 Jun 1887
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 03 June 1887) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jun 1887
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 07 June 1887) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Jun 1887
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 14 June 1887) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Jun 1887
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 17 June 1887) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Jun 1887
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 21 June 1887) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24 Jun 1887
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 24 June 1887) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jun 1887
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 28 June 1887) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jul 1887
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 12 July 1887) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1890s
1 Jan 1890
Mt Leinster Jan Shuttleworth Collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 72802 · Christchurch City Libraries
1 Jan 1890
Mt Leinster Jan Shuttleworth Collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 72883 · Christchurch City Libraries
the 1900s
1 Jan 1900
Rue Balguerie Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
1 Jan 1900
Mt Leinster garden Jan Shuttleworth Collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
the 1910s
1 Jan 1910
Bank of New Zealand on Rue LavaudJan Shuttleworth collection Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
1 Jan 1912
Bank of New Zealand in Akaroa Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
4 Jun 1915
St Peter’s Anglican Church in AkaroaJan Shuttleworth collection Jessie Buckland collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City 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.

“"Rue Balguerie"”, the shelf

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