“This Tree Was Planted / to Commemorate”, 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 WhakaahuaAshburton GuardianAkaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula AdvertiserOtago WitnessPhotographySamuel Anstey collectionOtago Daily TimesWanganui ChronicleColonistArchives NZ Collections searchNZ TruthTimaru HeraldPhotographic ArchiveNorth Otago TimesAuckland StarPoverty Bay HeraldHawera & Normanby StarGrey 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 HuntPioneer Amateur Sports club imagesSouthland TimesChristchurch and Banks Peninsula glass plate collectionSutton glass platesNorthern AdvocateThe imperial album of New Zealand sceneryArt2014 Photo HuntHuman HistoryManawatu TimesParks and gardens : glass slidesObserver1940s Christchurch Star photographsBush AdvocateLog book, May 1862 to May 1864 Oldest first Newest first Newest to the shelf

1. the 1880s
1. 22 Jun 1887

   THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE. (Otago Daily Times, 22 June 1887) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2. the 1890s
2. 1 Apr 1890

   Peninsula News. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 01 April 1890) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
3. 12 Jul 1893

   Local & General. (Star, 12 July 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4. the 1900s
4. 9 Aug 1902

   THE TREE PLANTING. (Star, 09 August 1902) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5. 7 Jun 1907

   LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wanganui Chronicle, 07 June 1907) Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read

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.