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.

“ANZ Bank”, the shelf

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

36 records matching 17 of these 36 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
10 Jun 1903
AN ATTRACTIVE EXHIBITION. (Otago Witness, 10 June 1903) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
the 1910s
1 Jan 1910
High Street, Christchurch by Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
the 1920s
5 Mar 1925
BICYCLE TOUR (Evening Post, 05 March 1925) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1950s
1 Jan 1950
Floral Procession, Christchurch by Whitford, Lawrence Kenneth, 1900-1962 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · no. 355123 · Auckland Libraries
1 Jan 1950
Floral Procession, Christchurch by Whitford, Lawrence Kenneth, 1900-1962 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · no. 355124 · Auckland Libraries
1 Jan 1950
Floral Procession, Christchurch by Whitford, Lawrence Kenneth, 1900-1962 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · no. 355122 · Auckland Libraries
1 Jan 1950
Floral Procession, Christchurch by Whitford, Lawrence Kenneth, 1900-1962 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · no. 355119 · Auckland Libraries
1 Jan 1950
Floral Procession, Christchurch by Whitford, Lawrence Kenneth, 1900-1962 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · no. 355121 · Auckland Libraries
1 Jan 1950
Floral Procession, Christchurch by Whitford, Lawrence Kenneth, 1900-1962 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · no. 355120 · Auckland Libraries
the 1960s
1 Jan 1961
Floral Procession, Christchurch by Whitford, Lawrence Kenneth, 1900-1962 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
29 Feb 1968
ANZ Bank on New Regent Street by Christchurch Star · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
the 1980s
2 May 1981
ANZ Bank, Hereford Street by Christchurch Star · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 3 places
the 1990s
1 Jan 1990
ANZ Bank, Hereford Street by Christchurch Star · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 4 places
the 2000s
9 Sept 2004
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
15 Oct 2004
ANZ Bank Chambers by Greg O’Beirne · Greg O’Beirne collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
15 Oct 2004
ANZ Bank Chambers dome by Greg O’Beirne · Greg O’Beirne collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
15 Sept 2005
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
9 Mar 2006
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
14 Sept 2006
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
12 Oct 2006
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
5 Feb 2008
Bank, Casino, and City Mission in pancake race Shrove Tuesday in Cathedral Square · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
5 Feb 2008
Pancake race in Cathedral Square Shrove Tuesday in Cathedral Square · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
5 Feb 2008
ANZ Bank in the lead Shrove Tuesday in Cathedral Square · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
5 Feb 2008
Peter Beck with pancake race constentants Shrove Tuesday in Cathedral Square · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
the 2010s
1 Jan 2012
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of Christchurch CBD red zone scenes TAPUHI · Alexander Turnbull Library · about 1 place
6 Jul 2012
List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
18 Oct 2012
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
1 Jan 2013
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of CBD and area within the four major avenues of Christchurch TAPUHI · Alexander Turnbull Library · about 1 place
19 Sept 2013
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
19 Jun 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
16 Oct 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
12 Nov 2015
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
14 Jul 2016
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
18 Oct 2018
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
the 2020s
16 Sept 2021
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
14 Jul 2026
List of Public Valuers Under the Valuers Act 1948 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 8 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.

“ANZ Bank”, the shelf

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