“This Rest Area Is Dedicated to the Memory of Those”, the shelf

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

Every collection Papers PastCanterbury StoriesKura Heritage Collections OnlineTe Papa Collections OnlineNational Publicity Studios black and white file printsTAPUHICanterbury MuseumAuckland Museum CollectionsNew Zealand GazetteDigital Public Library of AmericaV.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph CollectionChristchurch City Libraries FlickrHocken Digital CollectionsMuseums VictoriaAir Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph CollectionWellington City Council ArchivesThe New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi KōreroNew Zealand Electronic Text CollectionChristchurch City Libraries Heritage Images CollectionLincoln University Living Heritage: Tikaka Tuku IhoFlickrRadio New ZealandAlexander Turnbull Library FlickrAuckland Art Gallery Toi o TāmakiTe Hikoi MuseumiNaturalist NZ — Mātaki TaiaoManawatū HeritageCanterbury Photography MuseumAkaroa MuseumHawke's Bay Museum Every paper StarEvening PostLyttelton TimesAuckland Weekly NewsEllesmere GuardianPhotographs / He WhakaahuaAkaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula AdvertiserAshburton GuardianOtago WitnessPhotographyOtago Daily TimesSamuel Anstey collectionWanganui ChronicleNZ TruthColonistArchives NZ Collections searchTimaru HeraldPhotographic ArchiveNorth Otago TimesAuckland StarHawera & Normanby StarPoverty Bay HeraldGrey River ArgusMarlborough ExpressWanganui HeraldPlantsGreg O’Beirne collectionNatural ScienceWest Coast TimesNelson Evening MailThames StarFeilding StarRecords of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseMED Historical PhotographsJessie Buckland collectionWairarapa Daily TimesNew Zealand TabletTaranaki HeraldTaranaki Daily NewsMataura EnsignWildey collectionHawke's Bay Herald2019 Photo HuntJan Shuttleworth Collection2013 Photo HuntSouthland TimesPioneer Amateur Sports club imagesChristchurch and Banks Peninsula glass plate collectionNorthern AdvocateSutton glass platesThe imperial album of New Zealand sceneryArt2014 Photo HuntHuman HistoryManawatu TimesParks and gardens : glass slidesObserver1940s Christchurch Star photographsWellington IndependentBush Advocate Oldest first Newest first Newest to the shelf

1. the 1860s
1. 16 Jun 1866

   THE MONTH. (West Coast Times, 16 June 1866) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2. 18 Jun 1866

   THE MONTH. (West Coast Times, 18 June 1866) West Coast Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3. the 1890s
3. 5 Aug 1892

   ARTHUR STREET SCHOOL. (Otago Daily Times, 05 August 1892) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
4. the 1900s
4. 9 Dec 1908

   LOCAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 09 December 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · 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.