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.

“"Straven Road"”, the shelf

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

30 records matching 27 of these 30 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
28 Sept 1907
Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 28 September 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Dec 1907
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 13 December 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Dec 1907
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 28 December 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2 Jan 1908
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 02 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Jan 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jan 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 15 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
24 Jan 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Jan 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 31 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Feb 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jan 1909
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 16 January 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20 Jan 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 January 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Jan 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 January 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Jan 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 27 January 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jan 1909
RICCARTON'S FUTURE. (Star, 29 January 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Jan 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 29 January 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Aug 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 25 August 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Aug 1909
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 August 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1910s
6 Sept 1914
AN £800,000 ESTATE (Otago Daily Times 9-6-1914) Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
the 1920s
21 Nov 1929
SOCIAL GOSSIP FROM CHRISTCHURCH (NZ Truth, 21 November 1929) NZ Truth · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1930s
27 May 1931
A great South Island school's jubilee: the Christchurch Boys' High School celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation by Auckland Weekly News; Green and Hahn (Firm) · Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
27 Jul 1935
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Evening Post, 27 July 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Oct 1935
WEDDING (Evening Post, 10 October 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1940s
7 Jun 1941
DEATHS. (Evening Post, 07 June 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Sept 1943
MID-CANTERBURY (Ellesmere Guardian, 28 September 1943) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
3 Jan 1944
ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 03 January 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
2 Mar 1945
BRAVE AIRMEN (Evening Post, 02 March 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 2000s
15 Sept 2005
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
27 Sept 2009
Christchurch Boys' High School by Darryl Tong · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 2 places
the 2010s
13 Dec 2015
Substation on Straven Road Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
the 2020s
20 Jul 2023
List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 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.

“"Straven Road"”, the shelf

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