Useful Websites
As well as exploring the Christchurch Anglican Diocesan Archives, researchers of matters Anglican will find the following websites useful:
Church and Parish Histories held in the Archives
Alexander Turnbull Library for the Wellington Diocesan Archives
Diocese of Polynesia – contact judith.bright@kinderlibrary.ac.nz in the first instance.
Diocese of Waiapu – to be confirmed
Diocese of Waikato – Some material (eg Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records are held at the John Kinder Theological Library) contact judith.bright@kinderlibrary.ac.nz in the first instance
Hocken Library for the Dunedin Diocesan Archives for the Otago area – Invercargill City Libraries and Archives https://ilibrary.co.nz for the Diocese of Dunedin Southland area
Diocese of Christchurch Baptism Registers
The following Registers have been transcribed and are now available online through Putake.
Two groups of volunteers continue this work, so please check back from time to time for updates.
Putake can be accessed by a subscription at https://putake.recollect.co.nz/
Addington 1865-1876, 1876-1883
Akaroa Inner Harbour 1851-1876
Amberley 1864-1870
Ashburton 1873-1879
Avonside 1856-1880
Burnham 1865-1889
ChristChurch Cathedral 1881-1945
Flaxton 1867-1931
Geraldine (including Temuka) 1863-1868, 1868-1870,1871-1875
Governor’s Bay 1852-1876
Hokitika 1866-1872
Kaiapoi 1854-1876
Latimer Square 1866-1874 (St John the Baptist)
Leeston 1873-1895
Oxford- Cust 1865-1880
Papanui 1850-1866
Ross 1867-1895
Southbridge 1865-1878
Springston 1875-1888
St Michael 1851-1857 (The Church at Christchurch, St Michael & All Angels)
Timaru 1860-1867
Tuahiwi 1872-1882
Waimate 1871-1878
Woodend 1858-1893
Diocese of Christchurch Confirmation Registers
Bishop Harper’s Register 1856-1890
Diocese 1901-1908
Lyttelton 1855-1871
Marriages (transcript only)
Hokitika 1866 -1872
Kumara 1878-1880
Ross 1867-1880
Grey River & Hokitika 1866
Burials (transcript only)
Hokitika 1866
Grey River & Hokitika 1866-67
Country Baptism Book
This is the name for a Baptism Register that covers a number of individuals and locations:
H J C Christchurch [Bishop Harper] 1857-1883 and 1889
- Includes Canterbury, and Otago and Southland
Henry William Harper 1858-1864
- When Harper was based at the Malvern Hills Station
H Stratford, Layreader
- Clyde/Dunstan 1865
Croasdaile Bowen, William Wellington Willock, Robert Simeon Jackson, James West Stack, Edward Artherton Lingard, Francis Knowles
- Various locations 1865-1883
Digitised Church Newspapers
The following newspapers contain information about the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch can be found at The John Kinder Theological Library Heritage Resources:
Pumotomoto
The Church Quarterly Paper 1861 – 1866
The Church Magazine 1876-1877
The New Zealand Church News 1870-1910
Church News 1911 – 1946
Church and People 1946-1976 (national)
Anglican Action 1980-2009
Anglican Taonga 1999-2018 (national)
Proceedings of General Synod 1850-2010
Diocesan Year Books – various years, more will be added over time
School Archives
The following schools have archives:
- Christ’s College
- Craighead Diocesan School
- Cathedral Grammar School, held at the Christchurch Anglican Diocesan Archives, access must be agreed to by the school.
- St Michael’s Church Day School, some records are held at the Christchurch Anglican Diocesan Archives, access to some material must be agreed by the school.
- Victory Memorial School, some material is held by the Christchurch Anglican Diocesan Archives.
Digitised Parish Registers
Church Registers from throughout New Zealand are gradually being added to Putake which can be found on the John Kinder Theological Library website: https://kinderlibrary.recollect.co.nz
This is a subscription-based website, and once subscripted there is access to digitised Registers with transcriptions and, transcriptions alone and indexes. The Anglican Diocese of Christchurch has contributed twelve Baptism Registers to date with another fourteen in various stages of preparation.
Known Churches in the Diocese of Christchurch from 1856
Ever wondered if there was a list of different churches with the same name in our Diocese? You can now download one here.