Hastings District Libraries

Digitised historic newspapers

Papers Past contains more than one million pages of digitised New Zealand newspapers and periodicals.

The collection covers the years 1839 to 1945 and includes 68 publications from all regions of New Zealand.

Search full text: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

Five Hawke's Bay newspapers are available:

• Bush Advocate (Hawke's Bay, 1888-1909)
• Hawke's Bay Herald (Hawke's Bay, 1857-1900)
• Hawke's Bay Weekly Times (Hawke's Bay, 1867-1868)
• Waiapu Church Gazette (Hawke’s Bay, 1910-1945)
• Waiapu Church Times (Hawke’s Bay, 1907-1908)

A useful tool for family history research or for anyone keen on our history.  Even the advertisements are interesting.