New Zealand libraries online, a directory of websites
NZ university, museum, history and arts libraries: databases, digital archives, image and manuscript archives
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Archives, New Zealand online digital library and manuscript collections
Alexander Turnbull Library
New Zealand’s documentary research collections. It also has the largest collection of early printed books in New Zealand.
Archives New Zealand. Te Whare Tohu Tuhituhinga o Aotearoa
The National Archives, the agency responsible for collecting, preserving and providing access to the records of the New Zealand government.
Archives and Records Association of New Zealand
ARANZ is an incorporated society, established in 1976, with the aim of promoting the understanding and importance of records and archives in New Zealand.
Auckland City Art Gallery Research Library Archives
The E. H. McCormick Research Library collects archives with a particular emphasis on artists and arts organisations active in, or important to, the Auckland region. The Library welcomes gifts, bequests and long-term loans from artists and their families, galleries, and arts organisations and societies.
Auckland Museum Library Manuscripts and Photography Collections
ELAM Archive
The Elam School of Fine Arts Archive from 1880 to the present, with content including artworks, photographs, office documents, correspondence and ephemera.
Film Archives : The New Zealand Film Archive
The New Zealand Film Archive has three principal functions: to collect, protect and project New Zealand’s moving image heritage.
LAGANZ : Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand
Matapihi
Matahapihi is a window onto the online collections of a number of New Zealand cultural organisations. Matapihi lets you search across the digital collections of different New Zealand organisations from one website. On launch, the service contained around 60,000 records. Geography, history, the natural environment, people and events are featured. The collection includes photographs, drawings, paintings, sculpture and some 3-d virtual museum objects, as well as a small number of sound files, textual items and moving images.
The National Digital Forum (NDF)
is a coalition of museums archives, art galleries, libraries and government departments working together to enhance electronic access to New Zealand’s culture and heritage.
National Register of Archives and Manuscripts
The Community Archive, New Zealand’s hub for archival collections. Here you will find treasures of New Zealand’s past and present. Contributors range from individuals and small local organisations through to large institutions with nationally-significant collections.
New Zealand Digital Library
The New Zealand Digital Library project is a research programme at The University of Waikato whose aim is to develop the underlying technology for digital libraries.
New Zealand Electronic Text Centre
The New Zealand Electronic Text Centre (NZETC) is generating a searchable online archive of New Zealand texts and images drawn from New Zealand archives and institutions.
New Zealand Index (University of Auckland)
A composite of five separate indexes of New Zealand newspapers, magazines and journals.
New Zealand Society of Archivists
New Zealand Television Archive
Profiles the collections and services of the NZ Television Archive which has the largest collection of sound and images relating to New Zealand in the world.
Oceania Digital Library
The Oceania Digital Library is a collaborative project begun in late 2007 to digitise, preserve and provide searchable access to a range of cultural & heritage resources from research collections of partner institutions. The geographic scope of the resources includes the subregions of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
Presbyterian Church Archives of Aotearoa New Zealand
A large collection of photographs, cine film, slides, audio/video tapes & plans. This site describes the archives held, and gives contact details for the Archive. A list of selected genealogy and archive links is provided.
Sound Archives
The Sound Archives exists to manage, collect, preserve and provide access to the nation’s recorded radio heritage.
Tapuhi. Catalogue of unpublished material.
Photos, drawings & prints, maps, manuscripts and archival material from the Alexander Turnbull Library collections.
Timeframes. The Database of Heritage New Zealand
Pacific and Antarctica images from the Alexander Turnbull Library, at the National Library of New Zealand.
Auckland
Auckland Art Gallery Research Library
The E. H. McCormick Research Library.
Auckland Museum Library Manuscripts and Photography Collections.
Auckland Museum Library Catalogue
Manuscripts, photographs, images.
AUT Library. The Auckland University of Technology Library
The site has a detailed home page that provides ready access to general information and services. ScholarlyCommons@AUT is the central archive and repository for the long term preservation of AUT University research and scholarly output.
Auckland University Fine Arts Library
North Shore Libraries. Catalogue and other resources.
Book reviews; renewal, request and loan information; online book sale. Special page for children, recommended websites.
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Bill Robertson Library. University of Otago Library
The Robertson Library is the joint library of the Dunedin College of Education and the Otago Polytechnic.
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Christchurch
Christchurch City Libraries
Information on local history, genealogy, reviews and publications is available; also an Internet gateway.
Christchurch College of Education Henry Field Library
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology Library
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Directories
Directory of New Zealand Libraries (National Library of New Zealand)
Search by region or town.
Dunedin
Dunedin Public LibrariesHocken Library, University of Otago.
Gisborne
HB Williams Memorial Library
A public library serving the Gisborne & East Coast district.
Hamilton
Hamilton City Libraries/Te Whare Pukapuka o Kirikiriroa
Waikato Institute of Technology Library
Waikato University Library/Te Whare Pukapuka
Hastings
HB Williams Memorial Library
A public library serving the Gisborne & East Coast district.
Hocken Library
The Hocken Library is one of the foremost historical research libraries in New Zealand.
Horowhenua Library Trust
Libraries in Levin, Foxton, Shannon and Tokomaru.
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Invercargill
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Jobs in libraries
Library postings in Australia and New Zealand.
LEARN : Library Electronic Academic Resource Network
Manukau Institute of Technology Library
Manuscripts, New Zealand manuscript collections
Auckland City Libraries Manuscript collection.
Auckland Museum Manuscript Collections
National Register of Archives and Manuscripts
The Community Archive, New Zealand’s hub for archival collections. Here you will find treasures of New Zealand’s past and present. Contributors range from individuals and small local organisations through to large institutions with nationally-significant collections.
Te Raarangi Puuranga, Tuhinga Ake o te Motu
Masterton
Masterton District Library and Wairarapa Archive
Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa) Library
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National Digital Forum
The National Digital Forum (NDF) is a coalition of museums, archives, art galleries, libraries and government departments working together to enhance electronic access to New Zealand’s culture and heritage.
Napier
National Library of New Zealand
National Library of New Zealand
Collections and databases, including the Alexander Turnbull Library, the New Zealand National Bibiliography, Index NZ.
Nelson
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology Library Learning Centre
The New Zealand Digital Library Project
is a research programme at The University of Waikato. The Project’s aim is to develop the underlying technology for digital libraries and make it available publicly so that others can use it to create their own collections.
New Zealand Public Libraries
Access to all the public libraries in New Zealand on the web.
North Shore
North Shore Libraries. Catalogue and other resources.
Book reviews; renewal, request and loan information; online book sale. Special page for children, recommended websites.
Organisations, library discussion groups
LIANZA
The New Zealand Library Association Inc. (operating as LIANZA) is the professional organisation for the New Zealand library and information management profession. It aims to be a vital, professional voice for those engaged in librarianship and information management.
New Zealand library email discussion lists. (LIANZA)
This page lists email discussion for library management in New Zealand.
Listserv database
The “listserv” database is provided as a complementary service by The Knowledge Basket. It is an archive of messages sent to participating listservs.
Groups Indexed:
ITSIG
NZ-Libs
Law-Lib
SLIS-NZ
LIB-FL
NZRecords
The National Library of New Zealand
National Digital Forum
The National Digital Forum (NDF) is a coalition of museums, archives, art galleries, libraries and government departments working together to enhance electronic access to New Zealand’s culture and heritage.
Public Libraries of New Zealand
An organization that promotes and supports public libraries in New Zealand so they can continue to provide a vital service, improve community well-being,
SLANZA
School Library Association of NZ Aotearoa – Te Puna Whare Matauranga a Kura
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Palmerston North
Public libraries
LIANZ. New Zealand Public Libraries
Find your local library. Select location from menu.
New Zealand Public Libraries
Access to all the public libraries in New Zealand on the web.
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Regional libraries, directories
Directory of New Zealand Libraries (National Library of New Zealand)
Search by region or town.
Rodney Libraries
Helensville, Kumeu, Warkworth, Mahurangi East, Orewa, Wellsford and Whangaparaoa.
Rotorua
Rotorua Public Library : te Whare o te Maatauranga
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South Taranaki District Council Library
Hawera, Eltham, Kaponga, Manaia, Opunake, Patea and Waverley.
Sylvia Ashton-Warner Library, Auckland College of Education.
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Taranaki
Tararua District Library
Tararua District Library has historical resources on books, old photographs and family genealogy.
Tasman District Libraries
Motueka, Takaka and Murchison and a School/Community library in Tapawera.
Tauranga
Tauranga
Thames
Tourism New Zealand Image Library
A gallery listed on theme with the purpose to promote tourism.
University libraries
Auckland University Library. LEARN:
The Library Electronic Academic Resource Network : the University of Auckland Library. Te Tumu Herenga
Victoria University Library. Te Pataka Korero
Waikato University Lbrary. Te Whare Pukapuka
Lists the University of Waikato Library services, facilities and staff, teaching and learning links include such things as: guide to finding information and finding and writing theses. Online catalogue searchable in either English or M?ori. Internet search tools and searchable databases available.
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Waikato
Waikato University Library. Te Whare Pukapuka
Waikato Institute of Technology Library
Waimakariri District Libraries
Wairarapa
Picture Wairarapa
Search for manuscripts, archives and photographs from The Wairarapa.
Wanganui
Wellington
Hocken Library
The Hocken Library is one of the foremost historical research libraries in New Zealand.
Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa) Library
Tapuhi. Catalogue of unpublished material,
photos, drawings & prints, maps, manuscripts and archival material – from the Alexander Turnbull Library collections.
Timeframes
Database of heritage New Zealand, Pacific and Antarctica images from the Alexander Turnbull Library, at the National Library of New Zealand.
Victoria University Library. Te Pataka Korero
Wellington College of Education
WJ Scott Library, Victoria University