New Zealand Literature
This page provides information about resources and guides that are specific to the study of New Zealand literature. They supplement the resources provided on the English portal.
Subject Contacts
If you need assistance in this subject area, the New Zealand Literature Subject Librarian is Jenny McGhee the New Zealand Collection Librarian is Kathryn Parsons.
Useful Search Terms
A list of subject headings that you may find useful when locating resources in the Library Catalogue. Type the subject heading in the search box and select Subject begins with from the menu.
- new zealand literature
- new zealand poetry
- new zealand prose literature
- new zealand literature women authors
- short stories new zealand
- new zealand fiction 20th century
- commonwealth literature
- decolonization in literature
- culture conflict in literature
Resources
Databases | Books | Dictionaries | Encyclopedias | Journals | New Zealand Databases | Websites |
Databases
New Zealand Electronic Text Centre (NZETC)
Growing archive of New Zealand and Pacific Islands texts and heritage materials, including images and full-text books, manuscripts and journals. All resources are fully searchable. Produced by Victoria University of Wellington.
Growing archive of New Zealand and Pacific Islands texts and heritage materials, including images and full-text books, manuscripts and journals. All resources are fully searchable. Produced by Victoria University of Wellington.
Books
New Zealand literature & literary criticism
The following texts may be useful for exploring new Zealand literature and literary criticism. Clicking on the links below will take you to the catalogue record which will help you locate the item in the Library.
The following texts may be useful for exploring new Zealand literature and literary criticism. Clicking on the links below will take you to the catalogue record which will help you locate the item in the Library.
- Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in English
- Contemporary Novelists
- Oxford Anthology of New Zealand Writing Since 1945
- Oxford History of New Zealand Literature in English
- Penguin Book of New Zealand Verse
- Post-Colonial Literatures in English: Southeast Asia, New Zealand, and the Pacific, 1970-1992
- Reference Guide to Short Fiction
Dictionaries
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English
This encyclopedia explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.
This encyclopedia explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.
Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature
A comprehensive record of New Zealand writing, containing more than 1,500 entries on writers, novels, plays, poetry, journals, periodicals, anthologies, literary movements, and professional organisations.
A comprehensive record of New Zealand writing, containing more than 1,500 entries on writers, novels, plays, poetry, journals, periodicals, anthologies, literary movements, and professional organisations.
Journals
Ka Mate Ka Ora: A New Zealand Journal of Poetry and Poetics
Published by the New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre (NZEPC) at the University of Auckland, Ka Mate Ka Ora provides a site for discourse and debate about New Zealand poetry. All issues available in full-text.
Published by the New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre (NZEPC) at the University of Auckland, Ka Mate Ka Ora provides a site for discourse and debate about New Zealand poetry. All issues available in full-text.
Kotare
Kotare provides brief, primarily factual articles on New Zealand history, literature, language, bibliography and lexicography. Issues are available in full-text.
Kotare provides brief, primarily factual articles on New Zealand history, literature, language, bibliography and lexicography. Issues are available in full-text.
Southern Ocean Review
Online International Literary Magazine containing short stories, poetry and illustrations by local and foreign contributors.
Online International Literary Magazine containing short stories, poetry and illustrations by local and foreign contributors.
Sport
The New Zealand literary journal, Sport, contains poetry, short stories, novel extracts, essays and art. Sport has published contributions from many of New Zealand's leading and up-and-coming writers since its inception in 1988.
The New Zealand literary journal, Sport, contains poetry, short stories, novel extracts, essays and art. Sport has published contributions from many of New Zealand's leading and up-and-coming writers since its inception in 1988.
New Zealand Databases
Index New Zealand (INNZ)
Coverage: 1987 to present (Index)
Contains abstracts of selected New Zealand serials, including newspapers, about New Zealand and the South Pacific. Subjects covered include general interest material, social research, current affairs, the arts and humanities.
Coverage: 1987 to present (Index)
Contains abstracts of selected New Zealand serials, including newspapers, about New Zealand and the South Pacific. Subjects covered include general interest material, social research, current affairs, the arts and humanities.
New Zealand National Union Catalogue (via Te Puna)
Coverage: Index
Contains bibliographic records for books and journals published worldwide, and indicates which New Zealand libraries may have copies.
Coverage: Index
Contains bibliographic records for books and journals published worldwide, and indicates which New Zealand libraries may have copies.
Websites
Best New Zealand Poems
The International Institute of Modern Letters publishes 25 New Zealand poems annually from recent literary magazines and poetry collections.
The International Institute of Modern Letters publishes 25 New Zealand poems annually from recent literary magazines and poetry collections.
New Zealand Book Council
A resource site rich with ideas and information all promoting reading in general, but particularly to represent and promote New Zealand writing and writers.
A resource site rich with ideas and information all promoting reading in general, but particularly to represent and promote New Zealand writing and writers.
New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre (NZEPC)
Project based at the University of Auckland to set up an electronic gateway to poetry resources in Aotearoa/New Zealand and the Pacific region. It aims to coordinate existing archival and publishing information, and to present some full-text electronic publication of poetry and commentary in consultation with authors and their publishers.
Project based at the University of Auckland to set up an electronic gateway to poetry resources in Aotearoa/New Zealand and the Pacific region. It aims to coordinate existing archival and publishing information, and to present some full-text electronic publication of poetry and commentary in consultation with authors and their publishers.
New Zealand Literature File
A selective list of New Zealand and Pacific authors’ work with references to biographical and critical material. Provided by the University of Auckland.
A selective list of New Zealand and Pacific authors’ work with references to biographical and critical material. Provided by the University of Auckland.
New Zealand Society of Authors
Established in 1934 as the New Zealand P.E.N Centre, the New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) is a membership based arts organisation representing approximately 1,300 writers nationally.
Established in 1934 as the New Zealand P.E.N Centre, the New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) is a membership based arts organisation representing approximately 1,300 writers nationally.
New Zealand Writer Files
New Zealand Book Council’s collection of information about New Zealand writers. Includes 150 entries from the Oxford companion to New Zealand literature edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie published in 1998.
New Zealand Book Council’s collection of information about New Zealand writers. Includes 150 entries from the Oxford companion to New Zealand literature edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie published in 1998.
Office of Film and Literature Classification
This is the government body responsible for classifying publications that may need to be restricted or banned in New Zealand.
This is the government body responsible for classifying publications that may need to be restricted or banned in New Zealand.
