How many records does the archive hold?

60,434 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.

“Airways”, the shelf

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

62 records matching 37 of these 62 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 1920s
22 Oct 1927
WOMEN IN PRINT. (Evening Post, 22 October 1927) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Oct 1929
Page 18 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 29 October 1929) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1930s
1 Jan 1935
MUS0902129 by RNZAF Official · Air Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph Collection · Air Force Museum of New Zealand
29 Mar 1935
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 29 March 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jan 1936
Fleet of Union Airways aeroplanes, Milson Airport Manawatū Heritage · Palmerston North City Library
11 Feb 1936
ART UNION DRAW (Evening Post, 11 February 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1936
BABY TRAVELS BY AIR (Evening Post, 23 March 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Apr 1936
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 15 April 1936) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Aug 1937
AIRPORT NEWS (Evening Post, 30 August 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8 Sept 1937
Flying over Christchurch: a recent view as the air-liner Korimako passed above the city on her northern flight Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
27 Nov 1937
AIRWAYS FARES (Evening Post, 27 November 1937) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
12 Jan 1938
PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 12 January 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Jan 1938
The flying-boat Centaurus arrival at Lyttelton Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
18 Mar 1938
WIGRAM AERODROME (Evening Post, 18 March 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Oct 1938
DIRECT AIR SERVICE (Evening Post, 20 October 1938) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jan 1939
ALB8553832 by RNZAF Official · Air Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph Collection · Air Force Museum of New Zealand
26 Jul 1939
KIDNAPPED MISSIONARY (Evening Post, 26 July 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Aug 1939
RECORD AIR TRAFFIC (Evening Post, 21 August 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Dec 1939
AIR SERVICES. (Evening Post, 21 December 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 Dec 1939
AIR SERVICES (Evening Post, 26 December 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 Dec 1939
AIR SERVICES. (Evening Post, 29 December 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1940s
2 Jan 1940
AIR SERVICES (Evening Post, 02 January 1940) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jan 1940
AIR SERVICES. (Evening Post, 04 January 1940) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 May 1940
AMONG THE MISSING (Evening Post, 14 May 1940) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
29 May 1940
Municipal airport opened at Harewood, near Christchurch Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
20 Jan 1941
Karoro ZK-AEG aircraft Hawke's Bay Museum · Hawke's Bay Museum
27 Sept 1944
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 27 September 1944) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
22 Oct 1945
CIVIL AVIATION (Evening Post, 22 October 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1 Jan 1948
National Airways Corporation, Dakota aircraft, Puweto, Harewood, Christchurch Photographic Archive · TAPUHI · Alexander Turnbull Library
the 1950s
1 Jan 1950
NAC ZK-BRD at Christchurch Airport by Whitford, Lawrence Kenneth, 1900-1962 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
the 1960s
1 Jan 1964
New Zealand National Airways Corporation plane at Christchurch Airport Photographic Archive · TAPUHI · Alexander Turnbull Library
1 Jan 1965
Speakers at the National Airways Corporation (NAC) Press forum, Christchurch Photographic Archive · TAPUHI · Alexander Turnbull Library
1 Jan 1965
View of mountains, National Airways Corporation (NAC) Press forum, Christchurch Photographic Archive · TAPUHI · Alexander Turnbull Library
1 Jan 1968
NAC Vickers Viscount at Auckland International Airport, 1968 by National Publicity Studios · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
the 1970s
1 Jan 1970
National Airways Corporation jet, Christchurch Airport by Scott, Gordon Bruce, 1931-1997 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
the 1980s
1 Jan 1980
Transport - Airways by S. Raynes. · Archives NZ Collections search · National Publicity Studios black and white file prints · Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
1 Jan 1981
Landmarks - The Main Trunk Line NZ On Screen · NZ On Screen · about 1 place
1 Jan 1981
Transport - Airways - Airports by W. Cleal · Archives NZ Collections search · National Publicity Studios black and white file prints · no. 24845469 · Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
1 Jan 1981
Transport - Airways - Airports by W. Cleal · Archives NZ Collections search · National Publicity Studios black and white file prints · no. 24845470 · Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
1 Jan 1981
Transport - Airways - Airports by W. Cleal · Archives NZ Collections search · National Publicity Studios black and white file prints · no. 24836339 · Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
1 Jan 1981
Transport - Airways - Airports by W. Cleal · Archives NZ Collections search · National Publicity Studios black and white file prints · no. 24836340 · Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
1 Jan 1981
Transport - Airways by W. Cleal · Archives NZ Collections search · National Publicity Studios black and white file prints · no. 24845466 · Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
1 Jan 1981
Transport - Airways by W. Cleal · Archives NZ Collections search · National Publicity Studios black and white file prints · no. 24845459 · Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
1 Jan 1981
Transport - Airways by W. Cleal · Archives NZ Collections search · National Publicity Studios black and white file prints · no. 24845460 · Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
1 Jan 1981
Transport - Airways by W. Cleal · Archives NZ Collections search · National Publicity Studios black and white file prints · no. 24845461 · Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
the 2000s
21 Sept 2000
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From The Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
4 Jul 2002
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
6 May 2004
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
14 Oct 2004
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
15 Dec 2005
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
10 Aug 2006
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
18 Jan 2007
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
5 Jul 2007
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
the 2010s
11 Aug 2011
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
17 May 2012
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
15 Nov 2012
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
18 Sept 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
17 Dec 2015
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
13 Apr 2017
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
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
13 Nov 2025
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
13 Aug 2026
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 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.

“Airways”, the shelf

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