Collections

Amongst our small collection of archives we hold:

• Pei te Hurinui Jones papers
• The Selwyn Collection of early Māori documents, which are a collection of 210 letters to Bishop Selwyn, dated from 23 February 1842 to August 1872. An author index has been compiled, as well as a chronological listing of the documents.
• Rosemary Seymour Collection
• Walter Whittlestone papers

Some of these items have been digitised and can be found in O Neherā. For a list of items in the collection see Archives and Manuscripts. You can request these at any service counter or fill in Archives and Manuscripts Request Form.

The Music CDs are kept in bins on Level 3 of the Hamilton Campus Library and in the Teaching Resources Library. They need to be issued at the Library Service Desk. Headphones are also available from the Library Service Desk.

A collection of DVD feature films is available on Level 3 of the Hamilton Campus Library.

Material in the Digital Collections has been digitised by the University of Waikato Library. These are available on O Neherā.

General books and journals are found on Level 3 in the Hamilton Campus Library. All E-resources can be discovered through Library Search.

The University of Waikato Law Collection supports teaching and research in the Faculty of Law. Its collections are available to the campus community and are located on Level 4 in the Hamilton Campus Library.

The Māori Land Court Minute Books are a valuable source of information on Māori land, whakapapa and iwi histories and are located on Level 4 in the Hamilton Campus Library. See Māori Land Court Minute Books.

The Map Collection is located on Level 4 in the Hamilton Campus Library. See Map Collection for further details.

Mātangireia, a collection of Māori, Pacific, Aotearoa and Indigenous resources, associated spaces and services underpinned by Kaupapa Māori values. Mātangireia is located on Level 4 in the Hamilton Campus Library.

For more information, see Mātangireia.

Microfilm and microfiche are located on Level 4 of the Hamilton Campus Library. There is a microform reader/printer available near the collection. Please Contact Us for more information.

Easy Print Guide: Instructions for using the ST ViewScan Microform Reader/Scanner.

This small collection of fiction provides some light relief from study. It is located on Level 3 of the Hamilton Campus Library.

We have a temperature controlled Rare Books Room which contains a selection of New Zealand books published up to 1900, second copies of books published 1901-1945, handprinted or handmade New Zealand poetry and some other valuable or rare books. These are discoverable through Library Search and can be requested from the Library Service Desk. These items are to be used in the Library only.

The Library has a closed-access area where we keep lesser-used material. All the items are listed in and can be requested from Library Search. Retrieval time varies, but is usually within 48 hours. Storage items include older runs of journals or sets, superseded editions of textbooks, duplicate copies of books, and material which is no longer current but may be of historical interest.

The Teaching Resources Library Collections contains books and other resources to assist in preparation and planning for teaching and for use in schools and early childhood centres during teaching practice.

See Teaching Resources Library for more information about the location, hours and available facilities.