Includes the entire Archives New Zealand historical film collection. First-time users must register: select University of Otago, use University staff or student email address only, password will be sent to email. Thereafter login requires registered email address/password.
Provides real-time resources through recorded TV programmes, live streams and on demand videos. Includes TV recordings of programmes from over 30 domestic and international television channels, the entire Archives New Zealand historical film collection along with other educational content in many subject areas, live TV channels in English and other languages. Media hosting is available where videos and related materials may be uploaded to the eTV Library for online access by staff, students, and the wider educational community.
NZ Primary Source Collections
Many of these Archival Collections include digitized Primary Sources that are freely available online.
The official 28th Māori Battalion website includes a batallion roll, photos, video and audio, and features an interactive map that follows the Battalion’s war trail from its departure from New Zealand in 1940 to its return in 1946 .
Collect words, pictures and sounds that tell us about the history and cultures of the people of New Zealand and the Pacific.
New Zealand’s national documentary heritage collections, including both published and unpublished items, are held in the Alexander Turnbull Library.
The Alexander Turnbull Library is a 'library within a library'. Established in 1920 after Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull gifted his collection to the nation in 1918, its collections and services are now housed within the National Library building.
Nearly 200 years of New Zealand government history including documents, maps, plans, films, artworks and photographs. Digital access to popular records can be found on Archway.
An authoritative source of images depicting New Zealand and Pacific culture and history with a particular emphasis on the Auckland region including photographs, prints, drawings, posters and paintings.
Digitised despatches and reports relating to New Zealand from selected volumes of the British Parliamentary Papers. Includes reports, statutes, correspondence and other documentation, beginning in the 1830s.
Aims to make New Zealand digital content easy to find, share and use. This includes content from government departments, publicly funded organisations, the private sector, and community groups.
The Hocken collects widely in relation to the history and culture of New Zealand, the Pacific and Antarctica, with a special emphasis on the Otago and Southland regions of New Zealand.
A small sample of the photographs of New Zealand people and places held at Hocken Collections. You can print or download any of these images for personal and research use.
The collection includes films, television and radio programs, videos, audio tapes, records, compact discs, phonograph cylinders and wire recordings. Many relate to NZ.
From here you can search the full collections of the National Library and the Alexander Turnbull Library. You can also access services and get started with our up-to-date research guides.
Over 25,000 cartoons (originals and copies), from the 1860s to the present. The great majority are by New Zealand cartoonists. They cover politics, social issues, economics, sport, culture, history, international issues, etc.
Information about our MPs, parties, electorates, parliament and parliamentary business (including Bills, Select Committees, Hansard, journals, papers and petitions...)
The largest cultural and heritage institution in Otago. The museum has a collection of over two million natural science specimens and human history artefacts.
The Otago Settlers Museum Archives collection has a genealogical focus, including a large collection of family histories, shipping lists, newspapers, diaries and photographs.
A collection of digitised historic New Zealand newspapers. The collection covers the years 1839 to 1945 and includes 70 publications from all regions of New Zealand.
Search for people, places and events in the collections of libraries, museums, galleries, archives, universities and other cultural agencies, in Australia and abroad. Over 400 images of Māori.
A database of images from the collections of the National Library of New Zealand. Incorporates Timeframes
Heritage images from the Alexander Turnbull Library, at the National Library of New Zealand. Currently Timeframes contains over 20,000 heritage images and is growing every day. You can gain access to the images and information about them. The Timeframes database includes items of cultural value to Māori people and other New Zealanders.
A Commission of inquiry charged with making recommendations on claims brought by Māori relating to actions or omissions of the Crown, which breach the promises made in the Treaty of Waitangi.
The National Collection of War Art has been digitised here to make images representing New Zealanders and their war experiences more widely available.
The collection includes portraits, battle scenes, landscapes and abstract works, depicting the men and women who served New Zealand in times of war, and the arenas in which they served. The collection dates from World War One, when Official War Artists were first appointed to provide a record of New Zealand’s involvement in the conflict. War Artists were again appointed during World War Two, serving in both Europe and the Pacific theatre of operations. The collection also includes works from other military deployments involving New Zealand forces.
Research Guides
The research guides available on these sites will help you find Primary Sources for a wide range of topics:
A biographical database of New Zealanders who have served in the military. Some records are very detailed (including photographs, obituaries, diary excerpts and letters) others have only minimal information.
From here you can search the full collections of the National Library and the Alexander Turnbull Library. You can also access services and get started with our up-to-date research guides.
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