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.

“Leinster Chambers”, the shelf

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

37 records matching 37 of these 37 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
26 Oct 1886
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 26 October 1886) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
2 Nov 1886
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 02 November 1886) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13 Nov 1886
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 13 November 1886) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Dec 1886
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 07 December 1886) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22 Dec 1886
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 December 1886) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Jan 1887
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 28 January 1887) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
3 May 1888
Local & General. (Star, 03 May 1888) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1890s
11 Feb 1896
THE CHRISTCHURCH ELECTION. (Star, 11 February 1896) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1900s
21 Dec 1901
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 21 December 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Dec 1901
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 30 December 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
6 Jan 1902
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 06 January 1902) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1902
Page 4 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 15 May 1902) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 May 1902
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 15 May 1902) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 May 1902
Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 27 May 1902) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Jun 1902
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 07 June 1902) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10 Jun 1902
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 10 June 1902) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11 Feb 1903
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 11 February 1903) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Nov 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 23 November 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Dec 1905
TO-DAY'S ELECTIONS. (Star, 06 December 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Dec 1905
SHE NEEDED BLOOD. (Star, 07 December 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
3 Feb 1906
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 03 February 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7 Feb 1906
THE TRAMWAY LOAN. (Star, 07 February 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
15 Aug 1906
THE POULTRY YARD. (Star, 15 August 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
21 Sept 1907
Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 21 September 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
14 Dec 1907
Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 14 December 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21 Dec 1907
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 21 December 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 Jan 1908
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6 Jan 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 06 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Mar 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 17 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
18 Mar 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 18 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
24 Mar 1908
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 24 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Nov 1908
AT THE BOOTHS. (Star, 17 November 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
28 Nov 1908
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 28 November 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
17 Apr 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 17 April 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
the 2000s
13 Sept 2007
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
the 2010s
17 Oct 2013
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
18 Jun 2015
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register 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.

“Leinster Chambers”, the shelf

The shelf

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