Local History

NZ Wars, NZ Disasters, NZ People Places and Identity

An interactive map showing the history of how land moved out of Maori control

Pasifika

Yearbooks 1976-2022

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The online version of Britannica

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Signatures that shape New Zealand
A declaration.
A treaty.
A petition
Haere mai.

E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā iwi o te ao.
Nei rā te mihi ki a koutou, nau mai, haere mai ki te whakāturanga hou nei a He Tohu.
E kore ngā taonga nei e rangatira, ki te noho wahangu
Nō reira, haere mai koe, piki mai koutou ki He Tohu.

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Stories of Aotearoa New Zealands history 1800s to 2020s

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National Army Museum Te Mata Toa

Newspapers, Magazines and Journals, Letters and Diaries.
Just some of the content available online from National Library of New Zealand

Kei roto i ‘He Meka! He Meka!’ ētahi kāri, he pātai, he pikitia, he meka hoki kei runga, hei toha ki te whānau me ngā hoa, hei whakakōrero hoki i te tangata mō ngā tatai kōrero o mua, mō te tuakiri, me te āmua.

‘He Meka! He Meka!’ is a set of questions, images, and facts to share with family and friends to prompt conversations about history, identity, and the future.

Stories, videos and more

New Zealand Digital Content

Classic and curious collections of NZ Television, Film, Music Video and Web Series

Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand is the
complete guide to our peoples, environment, history, culture and society

The Bridget Williams Collection

Facts about animals, science, history and geography