“What a Difference a Drain Makes!”, 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 WitnessPhotographySamuel Anstey collectionOtago Daily TimesArchives NZ Collections searchNZ TruthTimaru HeraldWanganui ChroniclePhotographic ArchiveColonistNorth Otago TimesAuckland StarPoverty Bay HeraldHawera & Normanby StarMarlborough ExpressWanganui HeraldGrey River ArgusPlantsGreg O’Beirne collectionNatural ScienceWest Coast TimesNelson Evening MailThames StarRecords of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseMED Historical PhotographsFeilding StarJessie Buckland collectionWairarapa Daily TimesTaranaki HeraldNew Zealand TabletTaranaki Daily NewsMataura EnsignWildey collectionHawke's Bay Herald2019 Photo HuntJan Shuttleworth Collection2013 Photo HuntPioneer Amateur Sports club imagesChristchurch and Banks Peninsula glass plate collectionSutton glass platesSouthland TimesNorthern AdvocateThe imperial album of New Zealand sceneryArt2014 Photo HuntHuman HistoryManawatu TimesParks and gardens : glass slidesObserver1940s Christchurch Star photographsLog book, May 1862 to May 1864Wellington Independent Oldest first Newest first Newest to the shelf

1. the 1850s
1. 13 May 1857

   The Lyttelton Times. (Lyttelton Times, 13 May 1857) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
2. the 1860s
2. 29 Jun 1867

   News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 29 June 1867) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3. the 1870s
3. 22 Mar 1873

   News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 22 March 1873) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4. the 1880s
4. 11 Apr 1882

   THE EXHIBITION. (Star, 11 April 1882) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5. 2 Feb 1884

   SPORTING. (Otago Daily Times, 02 February 1884) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6. 2 Dec 1887

   OTAGO A. & P. SOCIETY'S SHOW. (Otago Witness, 02 December 1887) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
7. the 1890s
7. 24 Nov 1899

   OTAGO AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL SOCIETY. (Otago Daily Times, 24 November 1899) Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
8. 30 Nov 1899

   SHOWS. OTAGO AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL SOCIETY. (Otago Witness, 30 November 1899) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
9. the 1900s
9. 23 Mar 1904

   NOTES AMD QUERIES. The Otago Witness, THE WEEK. SOUTHLAND NEWS NOTES. SHOOTING AT A CHINAMAN SPORTING. TALK OF THE DAY. IN A NUTSHELL CANTERBURY DOINGS. WELLINGTON NOTES. AUCKLAND TOPICS. SPORTING NOTES FROM AUSTRALIA. (Otago Witness, 23 March 1904) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
10. 30 May 1907

    OLLA PODRIDA. (Taranaki Herald, 30 May 1907) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11. the 1910s
11. 21 Mar 1911

    WATER AND DRAINAGE. (Marlborough Express, 21 March 1911) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12. the 1920s
12. 14 Oct 1927

    On a Chicory Farm in the Seventies (Ellesmere Guardian, 14 October 1927) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place

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