National Library Resources

Alexander Turnbull Library - Quicklinks for Researchers

The role of the Alexander Turnbull Library is to "... collect, preserve and make accessible words, pictures and sounds that tell us about the history and cultures of the people of New Zealand and the Pacific". 

Quicklinks is summary of services, collections, access and online databases: http://www.natlib.govt.nz/atl

National Library - Quicklinks for Researchers

Trying to find your way around the many National Library resources available?

Quicklinks is summary of online resources, catalogues, collection guides, advice and services.

http://www.natlib.govt.nz/services/researchers

FIND

FIND allows you to search multiple catalogues and digital collections simultaneously at

http://find.natlib.govt.nz

No need to be registered to search.

A - Js Online

New Digital Resource!

A to Js Online contains 24 volumes from between 1862 to 1879.  http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz

All the reports in the volumes are fully searchable and can also be browsed by session, volume and section name.

For more about this new digital resource, see: http://www.natlib.govt.nz/collections/digital-collections/atojs-online

 

Matapihi

Pictures, Sounds & Objects

Matapihi is a window onto the places, events & people of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Search across digital collection of pictures, sounds and objects from many of New Zealand’s archives, galleries, libraries and museums.

Search at http://www.matapihi.org.nz

Papers Past

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 at http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

Five Hawke's Bay newspapers are available.

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

Tapuhi

Unpublished manuscripts

TAPUHI provides access to descriptions of the unpublished manuscripts and pictures collections of New Zealand and Pacific material in the Alexander Turnbull Library.

To use the original material you need to visit the National Library in Wellington, New Zealand.

Search at http://tapuhi.natlib.govt.nz

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