How many records does the archive hold?

66,408 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.

“Kaituna Golf Club”, the shelf

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

25 records matching 25 of these 25 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 1930s
19 Aug 1933
PEESONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 19 August 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 2000s
22 Jul 2002
ANGLERS NOTICE New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
17 Jun 2004
Dissolution of Incorporated Societies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
30 Aug 2005
ANGLERS’ NOTICE FOR FISH AND GAME REGIONS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
23 Feb 2006
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
23 Aug 2006
ANGLERS' NOTICE FOR FISH AND GAME REGIONS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
24 Aug 2007
ANGLERS NOTICE New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
2 Sept 2008
ANGLERS NOTICE New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
18 Aug 2009
ANGLERS' NOTICE FOR FISH AND GAME REGIONS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
the 2010s
13 Aug 2010
ANGLERS NOTICE 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
18 Oct 2012
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
14 Nov 2013
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
1 Aug 2014
Anglers' Notice for Fish and Game Regions New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
31 Jul 2015
Anglers’ Notice for Fish and Game Regions New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
12 Nov 2015
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
29 Jul 2016
Anglers’ Notice for Fish and Game Regions New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
24 Nov 2016
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 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
28 Jul 2017
Anglers’ Notice for Fish and Game Regions 2017 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
6 Aug 2018
Anglers’ Notice for Fish and Game Regions 2018 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
6 Aug 2019
Anglers’ Notice for Fish and Game Regions 2019 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
the 2020s
15 Jul 2021
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
13 Nov 2025
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
17 Sept 2026
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register The New Zealand Gazette · New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 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.

“Kaituna Golf Club”, the shelf

The shelf

Its patch