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
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.
West Coast Marriages
How to access copies of these Marriages is included in this file which can be downloaded here.
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.