New Zealand Studies
Archives
Official repository of New Zealand public archives. Holds documents, maps, plans, films, artworks, photographs and the archives of the New Zealand government.
Databases
An online directory of academic, peer-reviewed, open access books. Search by keyword or browse by subject.
Coverage: 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.
Indexes Maori topics appearing in books, conference proceedings and journals which cannot otherwise easily be found in regular sources.
The New Zealand Electronic Text Collection comprises significant New Zealand and Pacific Island texts and materials held by Victoria University of Wellington Library. This encompasses both digitised heritage material and born-digital resources.
The New Zealand Index is a unique aggregation of data sources including NZ Science, Newzindex, Index New Zealand, INZART, Index Auckland, the Newspaper Index, the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly Index, bibliographies, regional news indexes, Manukau’s Journey and more.
Collections Online has information on almost 800,000 artworks, objects and specimens from Te Papa’s collections, covering Taonga Māori, Pacific Cultures, History, Photography, Art, Botany and Zoology. These items are complemented by over 190,000 images, with over 60,000 available for high resolution download.
Coverage: 1785 - 2014
The complete digital edition of the Times (London) is a primary source for researchers of world history, politics, and literature. Contains articles and letters to the editor from famous writers. The entire newspaper has been captured and is searchable, including all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photographs.
Journals
First published in 1976, this quarterly Art New Zealand is the major visual arts journal in Aotearoa New Zealand. It has consistently surveyed Aotearoa New Zealand's contemporary art with rigour and professionalism and is essential reading for those interested in this space.
Coverage: 1997 - 2000
Published by Te Ara Poutama - Faculty of Maori Development Auckland Institute of Technology
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.
Started in 2012 as New Zealand's only Māori literary journal, including prose, poetry, art, and photography from Māori and Aboriginal writers, and writers from Asia and Europe. Available in print and online (2012 only). Contributors include Alice Te Punga-Somerville, Hinemoana Baker, and Taika Waititi.
Also available in print.
Coverage: Vol. 1 (1999) - Vol. 4 (2003)
Te Ūkaipō brings together a collection of writing by various female authors, mostly from the ART Confederation : Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toarangatira, who have generously shared their stories.
Websites
A national organisation that encourages participation in the arts especially by disabled people, disconnected youth, elderly people, mental health service users and disadvantaged migrants and refugees.
As the national agency for the development of the arts in New Zealand, Creative New Zealand’s role is to help make New Zealand culture visible and accessible.
The Ministry's role is to help make New Zealand culture visible and accessible.
Links to New Zealand arts websites.
This site features New Zealand museums and their collections. It is also a directory of museum locations, opening hours and events.