Welcome & Contact Us


Welcome to Our Archives

The Christchurch Anglican Diocesan Archives are open for researchers on the first and second Wednesdays of each month from 1.00pm-4.30pm. 

For 2025:

  • Wednesday April 2 and 9
  • Wednesday May 7 and Tuesday May 13
  • Wednesday June 4 and June 11
  • Wednesday July 2 and July 9

Access is by appointment only and only on the days listed. 

Appointments should be made by email: archivesdiochch@anglicanlife.org.nz— a fortnight in advance if possible.

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Fees and Charges

Updated February 2025

Baptism entries

  • Certified copy $20.00 + postage
  • Transcript via email $12.50 per entry, discount for 3 + entries

Marriage entry

  • Photocopy $20.00 + postage
  • Transcript via email $12.50 per entry, discount 3+ entries

Burial Entry

  • Transcript via email $10.00 per entry, discount 3 + entries

Photocopies of entries in the above Registers to be discussed

Photographs are charged at the same amount as a transcript.

Research fees

Research undertaken by the Archivist

  • $30 per hour divided into 20-minute blocks

Research undertaken on site will be discussed prior to making a booking on an advertised open day.

Photocopying

Photocopying is included in the cost of Register entries

Additional photocopying 20c per page

Student charges

Contact the Archivist

Reproduction Fees

Contact the Archivist for more details providing background about the publication

e.g. commercial

 – number of copies to be published, selling price of publication

E.g. family and or parish

  • Likely distribution numbers and whether these will be provided gratis or charged.
Plan of Bishopscourt, Mountfort and Luck, 1857 from the Church Property Trustees Plans Collection