Christchurch City Council Archives collection

The Christchurch City Council archives are a rich resource of the history and development of Christchurch. The records date back to when the Council was first established in 1862 and include records from amalgamated local authorities.

The records in the City Council archives collection include minute books, correspondence, cemetery records, former local authority records, photographs, local government electoral rolls, records of parks and reserves.

More information about viewing the records can be found on the Christchurch City Council archives site

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Contributor (ctb): Christchurch City Council. Archives

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Barbadoes Street Cemetery registers

A group of registers listing details of interments in the Barbadoes Street cemetery from 1851 to 1973.
The original cemetery registers and indexes are held by Christchurch City Council Archives and...

Portraits, Christchurch Mayors

Portraits of some of the early mayors of Christchurch from the City Council Archives collection.
Image credit: CCC-CH430 11

Roll of Honour

Portraits of Christchurch City Council employees who served during the First World War.

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Christchurch Municipal Council minutes, 1862-1863

Minute book of the Christchurch Municipal Council, 1862.

City Surveyor reports, 1862

Letters, notes and documents from the City Surveyor, 1862 to June 1863.

Inspector of Nuisances, 1862-1864

The volume includes outward letters and reports, 1862 to 1864, beginning with the minutes of the Sanitary Commission, from 22 April 1862 to October 1864; interspersed with reports from the Inspector...