“Waikakahi”, 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 GuardianPhotographyOtago WitnessSamuel Anstey collectionArchives NZ Collections searchOtago Daily TimesPhotographic ArchiveNZ TruthTimaru HeraldColonistWanganui ChroniclePoverty Bay HeraldHawera & Normanby StarGrey River ArgusPlantsMarlborough ExpressGreg O’Beirne collectionAuckland StarNatural ScienceNorth Otago TimesWest Coast TimesWanganui HeraldRecords of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseMED Historical PhotographsJessie Buckland collectionNelson Evening MailFeilding StarWairarapa Daily TimesWildey collection2019 Photo HuntJan Shuttleworth Collection2013 Photo HuntTaranaki Daily NewsMataura EnsignTaranaki HeraldPioneer Amateur Sports club imagesNew Zealand TabletChristchurch and Banks Peninsula glass plate collectionHawke's Bay HeraldSutton glass platesThe imperial album of New Zealand sceneryArt2014 Photo HuntHuman HistoryNorthern AdvocateSouthland TimesThames StarParks and gardens : glass slides1940s Christchurch Star photographsLog book, May 1862 to May 1864ObserverDocumentary HeritageLog on board the S.S. Somersetshire, 1869 Oldest first Newest first Newest to the shelf

1. the 1880s
1. 5 Jan 1881

   Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (North Otago Times, 05 January 1881) North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2. the 1890s
2. 22 May 1899

   TOWN & COUNTRY (Timaru Herald, 22 May 1899) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3. 22 Aug 1899

   MR G.W. RUSSELL AT RICCARTON. (Star, 22 August 1899) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4. the 1900s
4. 18 Jun 1900

   TOWN & COUNTRY. (Timaru Herald, 18 June 1900) Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5. 24 Apr 1901

   AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL NEWS. (Otago Witness, 24 April 1901) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6. 21 Jun 1906

   THE FINAL SCENE. FUNERAL OF THE LATE PREMIER. (Evening Post, 21 June 1906) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7. the 1910s
7. 11 Sept 1919

   Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Grey River Argus, 11 September 1919) Grey River Argus · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8. the 1940s
8. 10 Feb 1942

   ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 10 February 1942) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9. 19 Nov 1943

   MAORI SETTLEMENTS (Ellesmere Guardian, 19 November 1943) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10. 3 Feb 1945

    ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 03 February 1945) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read

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