The library website contains unique content about Christchurch and Canterbury. This page offers a brief guide to what you will find there.
You can use the main headings on our homepage to browse your way around the site, or use the search box at the top of the page.
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Our collection
Content on our website includes:
- Ballantynes’ Fire
- Parker–Hulme murder case
- The Burke manuscript
- Tī Kōuka Whenua Māori history in Ōtautahi
- Christchurch people and places
- Early Christchurch images
- Christchurch street and place names
- Historical maps
- Christchurch music posters from the 1980s
Discover more digitised resources.
Visit our Discovery Wall website and explore historic images of Christchurch.
Research online
Visit our eResources for fun games and animated stories for children, study guides for teens, encyclopædias and dictionaries, resources for family research, online newspapers, music, video, and audiobooks available to library members.
The catalogue
Our library holdings include eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines. Search our catalogue to find books, images, music, magazines, DVDs and more. Use a catalogue app on your mobile.
You can make booklists, rate books, write reviews, and share your opinions on our social catalogue.
Our websites and social media
- Christchurchcitylibraries.com
- Canterbury Stories
- CINCH community directory for greater Christchurch
- Discovery Wall
- Flickr photostream
Need help?
For more help, contact our helpful librarians.
