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Newspapers Guide
The purpose of this guide is to provide a brief historical introduction to the main newspapers held and explain how to make use of the newspaper collection.
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Introduction
Newspapers can be accessed at Christchurch City Libraries in several formats: as paper copies, on microfilm, or on the internet. With a very few exceptions, however, back runs of newspapers are held only for Christchurch newspapers.
This guide focuses on newspapers available in the Aotearoa New Zealand Centre. The Aotearoa New Zealand Centre holds copies of Christchurch newspapers from the earliest newspaper of Canterbury (11 January 1851) down to the present day. Most of these newspapers are available on microfilm.
Community newspapers are available in hard copy only and may not be photocopied. Some community libraries hold recent copies of local community newspapers.
Newspapers from elsewhere in New Zealand which have been microfilmed can be interloaned. These newspapers are listed in the publication New Zealand newspapers on microfilm.
Newspaper resources at Christchurch City Libraries
Current Resources
- Newspapers at the Library -
current newpapers held at our libraries:
- Community newspapers - from the greater Christchurch region
- New Zealand newspapers - received at Central Library
- International newspapers - received at Central Library
- Papers - our online index of the Press (1995-) and Star (1998-) newspapers
- News and Newspapers - Internet Gateway to current news online
- Te Puna - INNZ - index compiled by the National Library to information in New Zealand magazines published since 1987 and to newspapers published since the early 1990s. You can access this database at any of our libraries
Historical Resources
- Newspapers on Microfilm in
the Aotearoa New Zealand Centre
- Christchurch Star holdings list (May 1868 - )
- Lyttelton Times - a digitised copy of the first edition
- Papers Past - full-text access to some 19th century New Zealand newspapers
- Burney Collection - This collection enables you to access the best collection of 17th and 18th century British newspapers from your home computer or in any of our libraries.
