Online Resources
Papers Past
The Papers Past website is the National Library’s online archive of New Zealand newspapers, magazines, journals, diaries, letters and parliamentary papers. It lets you search through an ever-growing collection, spanning more than a hundred years of New Zealand history.
Online Cenotaph – a record of those who served for Aotearoa New Zealand
A national initiative, Online Cenotaph is a biographical database that allows researchers, enthusiasts, and veterans and their families to explore, contribute to, and share the records and stories of those who served for Aotearoa New Zealand.
Births, Deaths & Marriages Online
Search and order historical New Zealand birth, death and marriage records, the available dates and timeframes are on the site. The historic data available is limited so that information relating to people who might still be alive can be protected.
Heritage New Zealand | Pouhere Taonga – formerly the Historic Places Trust
6,000 places – one list. The New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero (the List) is Aotearoa New Zealand’s national record of our rich and diverse place-based heritage.
Archives New Zealand | Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga - government records
Find records created by the government of Aotearoa New Zealand from 1840 to the recent past.
Land Information New Zealand | Toitū Te Whenua – New Zealand Land Records
New Zealand’s survey and land registration systems have changed several times since 1840. This page discusses the older types of land record held by Toitū Te Whenua and elsewhere and how to locate/order them.
Land Information New Zealand | Toitū Te Whenua – Māori Land Records
Find out how Māori land records fit in the overall system, how to search for them, and resources and organisations that can help.
National Library | He Tohu – Signatures that shape New Zealand
He Tohu is a permanent exhibition of three iconic constitutional documents that shape Aotearoa New Zealand and includes teaching resources.
- 1835 He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni — Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand
- 1840 Te Tiriti o Waitangi — Treaty of Waitangi
- 1893 Women’s Suffrage Petition — Te Petihana Whakamana Pōti Wa
Digital New Zealand | Ā-Tihi o Aotearoa
Search 30+million New Zealand items (images, audio, videos and more) across 300+ collections in one place.
Auckland Libraries – Heritage Collection
The Auckland Libraries heritage collections hold items relating to Hauraki, this collection includes maps, photographs, manuscripts, oral histories, passenger lists and Iwidex, an index of information on Māori tribal history, tikanga ā-iwi and whakapapa drawn from a wide range of published and unpublished material including newspapers.
