Research Assistance
Articles & Websites
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paperspast@natlib.govt.nz for early NZ newspapers
Maori Newspapers for early NZ newspapers in Te Reo Maori
http://www.natlib.govt.nz/catalogues/innz for articles and reviews in NZ publications
webdirectory.natlib.govt.nz for NZ websites
www.jps.auckland.ac.nz Journal of the Polynesian Society 1892-1991
Heritage Texts
teaohou.natlib.govt.nz for Maori Affairs magazine. 1952-1978
www.nzetc.org for full-text books, manuscripts and journals
www.enzb.auckland.ac.nz/browse.php for significant early NZ books
http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/?l=en for digitised papers of Sir Donald McLean and New Zealand and Pacific images
Research Papers
nzresearch.org.nz for recent research from NZ institutions
rsnz.natlib.govt.nz for papers of historical scientific research
Images and Multimedia
http://www.matapihi.org for NZ images and multimedia
timeframes.natlib.govt.nz for NZ images
www.digitalnz.org for easy to find digital content from government departments, publicly funded organisations, the private sector and community groups
http://ketechb.peoplesnetworknz.info/ for local Central Hawke's Bay historical photos etc
Reference
www.teara.govt.nz for the Encyclopaedia of NZ
http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/ for the Dictionary of NZ Biography
Hansard via tinyurl.com/5qep5d for NZ Parliamentary Debates
NZ Library Catalogues
www.worldcat.org to search all library holdings in NZ
Maps
AA Guide Maps Comprehensive AA maps of New Zealand as well as other travel and tourism information.
Google Maps Search, scroll and zoom your way around the world. Simple, clear instructions. Click between views of maps or satellite photos.
World War II Military Situation Maps Beginning with the D-Day Invasion, the maps provide information about troop positions throughout Western Europe, along with important graphical representations of various landmarks within the military landscape. From the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress.
National Maritime Museum Charts & Maps The National Maritime Museum collections contain more than 100,000 sea charts and maps dating from the medieval period to the present day.
Maps of the Gallipoli Campaign WWI Online exhibit of a small portion of the Australian War Memorial's Gallipoli map collection. The collection includes maps used at the landing of Australian and New Zealand forces at ANZAC Cove on 25 April 1915, Turkish maps made during and immediately after the campaign, trench maps, operational maps, artillery maps, and ANZAC cemetery plans.
