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.

“Sourced”, the shelf

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

28 records matching 25 of these 28 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
1 Jan 1900
Photograph, Thomas James by Campbell's Studio · NZmuseums · Te Hikoi Museum · Te Hikoi Museum
the 1920s
1 Jan 1920
Photograph of William Arnold Pattison by Rodgers, Robert · NZmuseums · Te Hikoi Museum · Te Hikoi Museum
the 1980s
1 Jan 1982
Presbyterian Church Cashmere Hills Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place
the 2000s
30 Aug 2005
ANGLERS’ NOTICE FOR FISH AND GAME REGIONS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
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
19 Jun 2008
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
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
14 Apr 2011
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
12 Aug 2011
NOTICE New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
19 Apr 2012
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
30 Jul 2012
ANGLERS' NOTICE FOR FISH AND GAME REGIONS New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
20 Sept 2012
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
18 Apr 2013
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
5 Aug 2013
ANGLERS' NOTICE FOR FISH AND GAME REGIONS 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
19 May 2016
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
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
11 Nov 2023
Lancaster Park's Memorial Gates restored and looking 'amazing' Radio New Zealand · Radio New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17 Apr 2025
Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 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
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.

“Sourced”, the shelf

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