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.

“Redcliffs Dairy”, the shelf

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

50 records matching 50 of these 50 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
7 Apr 1900
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 07 April 1900) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
30 Mar 1901
Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 March 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
27 Apr 1901
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 27 April 1901) 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
23 Jun 1902
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 23 June 1902) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 Jun 1902
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 June 1902) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
21 Jul 1902
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 21 July 1902) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5 Nov 1903
Untitled (Manawatu Standard, 05 November 1903) Manawatu Standard · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
15 Jul 1904
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 15 July 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
16 Jul 1904
Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 16 July 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Sept 1904
FRAUDULENT COWS (Manawatu Times, 19 September 1904) Manawatu Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
15 Oct 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 15 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
29 Oct 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 29 October 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12 Nov 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 12 November 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
10 Dec 1904
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 10 December 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
16 Jan 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 16 January 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
25 Jan 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 January 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Mar 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 09 March 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
19 Apr 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 19 April 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25 May 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 May 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
26 Jun 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 26 June 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Jul 1905
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 04 July 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4 Nov 1905
Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 04 November 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14 Mar 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 14 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
23 Mar 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 23 March 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
20 Apr 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 April 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
26 May 1906
Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 26 May 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
24 Sept 1906
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 24 September 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
19 Jan 1907
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 19 January 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9 Nov 1907
Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 09 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
23 Jan 1909
Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 23 January 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
4 Dec 1909
Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 04 December 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18 Dec 1909
Page 11 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 18 December 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
31 Dec 1909
Page 10 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 31 December 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
the 1930s
24 Dec 1935
Page 13 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 24 December 1935) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
the 2000s
21 Jun 2001
In Bankruptcy New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
15 Aug 2002
Dissolution of Incorporated Societies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
17 Nov 2005
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
20 Jan 2006
LIST OF CIVIL UNION CELEBRANTS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 15 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
23 Jan 2007
LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 7 places
25 Jan 2008
LIST OF CIVIL UNION New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 9 places
29 Jan 2009
Bankruptcies New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
18 Jun 2009
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 4 places
the 2010s
14 Jul 2011
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
16 Oct 2014
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
10 Sept 2015
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
16 Dec 2015
List of Independent Marriage and Civil Union Celebrants New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 28 places
13 Oct 2016
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
12 Jan 2017
Notice of Intention to Restore Companies to the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place

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.

“Redcliffs Dairy”, the shelf

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