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Full text articles from journals, magazines and newspapers covering most academic disciplines, dating as far back as 1985. You will need your library card and PIN to access this database outside the library.
Trace your family history across billions of records, including census, vital, military and immigration records from the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Please note that access available within the library only.
Provides a range of perspectives on different issues relevant to New Zealand and Australia. You will need your library card and PIN to access this database outside the library.
The Archaeology Digital Library contains reports of work carried out under an archaeological authority, and its contribution to our understanding of the history of Aotearoa, as well as reports from site surveys, excavations and research programmes from the 1950s to the present day.
Information from magazines, reference books and newspapers focussing on New Zealand and Australian content. You will need your library card and PIN to access this database outside the library.
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A collection of full text biographies on well-known personalities and thousands of unique narrative biographies.
You will need your library card and PIN to access this database outside the library.
An online and interactive version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, with levels of content suitable for children, teens, and adults. You will need your library card and PIN to access this database outside the library.
Full text coverage of scholarly and general business, management, and economics journals. Covers topics such as accounting, banking, finance, international business, and marketing. You will need your library card and PIN to access this database outside the library.
Tools and advice from the government aimed mainly at small and mid-sized businesses.
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Comprehensive resource with information on planning your career, study options, job hunting tips and sites, resources on preparing a CV and preparing for an interview.
Evidence-based healthcare databases that can help clinicians and consumers make decisions about appropriate and effective health care.
Comprehensive and accessible guide to New Zealand law. The manual deals with many areas of community and personal life and provides answers and solutions to common legal questions regarding tenancy law, family law and enduring powers of attorney.
Provides health and medical information from a range of medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles.
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A searchable resource for New Zealand aerial photos, posters, newspapers, artwork, research papers, and more from the digital stores of libraries, museums, archives, communities, and government.
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Search through billions of family history records from across the globe, including birth, marriage and death records, census records, military records, historical newspapers, and lots more. Access is only available within the library.
Allows searching across a number of indexes to New Zealand newspapers and journals.
Resources for finding out what scholarships, grants and awards are available for students in New Zealand.
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An unprecedented collection of full text documents that presents the bilingual nature of New Zealand’s legal history. All these documents are what may be termed legal Māori documents.
The Ministry of Health has sponsored these health and disability and fertility services standards to be available to view online at no charge. Hospitals, rest homes, and some providers of residential disability care need to meet the health and disability services standards. Providers of fertility services are required to meet the fertility services standard.
New Zealand consumer health information resource, covering a wide range of health topics, and details on support and services available.
A comprehensive resource for researchers, students and those interested in world history, including content from New Zealand, Australian and Pacific publications. You will need your library card and PIN to access this database outside the library.
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Access to abstracts and descriptions of articles from a range of New Zealand journals and newspapers since the 1950s. Some full text content is available.
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The Law Commission publishes many different publications. Each type has its own series with its own purpose. For example, issues papers identify law reform issues and call for submissions from the public. Reports are the final result of a project and contain recommendations for law reform.
Access to full text articles on authors and their works, across literary disciplines and timeframes. Includes biographies, critical essays and more from a range of periods and genres. You will need your library card and PIN to access this database outside the library.
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The MLCMBI provides quick and easy access to the location of over 1100 handwritten minute book records which were made between 1865 and 1910, from the Taitokerau, Waikato-Maniapoto, Tairawhiti, Waiariki, Aotea, Takitimu, and Waipounamu Māori Land Court Districts. The database was created by the University of Auckland Library. Our research collections at Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga Library have bound photocopies of most of the Tauranga minute books, but does not have it on microfilm. The link above takes you to the Knowledge Basket’s presentation of the Index.
The link below takes you to the University of Auckland’s presentation of the Index:
University of Auckland’s Māori Land Court Minute Books Index
More information about University of Auckland’s Māori Land Court Minute Books Index
Provides a snapshot of current ownership, trustee, memorial, and block information for land that falls within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 and other legislation.
Offers a large collection of full text magazines, reference books and other highly regarded sources covering topics such as health, finance, and other general interest areas. You will need your library card and PIN to access this database outside the library.
Health information covering healthy lifestyle, symptoms, conditions, tests and procedures.
New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority. Provides information on medicines and medical devices including updates on staying safe and healthy.
Trusted and up-to-date health information produced by the National Institute of Medicine. Provides information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues, as well as extensive information on prescription and non-prescription drugs.
The MyHeritage database includes birth, death, and marriage records from 48 countries, the complete U.S. and U.K. censuses, immigration, military, and tombstone records and more than three billion family tree profiles. You will need your library card and PIN to access this database outside the library.
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An extensive selection of English to Māori words, illustrating their use in sentences and phrases drawn from a wide range of contemporary and traditional contexts.
Comprises significant New Zealand and Pacific Island texts and materials held by Victoria University of Wellington Library. Encompasses both digitised heritage material and born-digital resources.
The official Government newspaper and authoritative journal of constitutional record, published since 1841.
Guide for finding and using New Zealand Government services.
Explore the history of New Zealand's culture and society, politics and government and the impact of war.
Series of guides on a range of issues from the New Zealand Law Society.
Offers free access to New Zealand legal information including case law, legislation, and law review articles.
An authoritative source of Acts, Bills and Legislative Instruments, Supplementary Order Papers, and links to other instruments.
The official website of the New Zealand Government. Under the ‘Parliamentary business’ section you can access: Legislation, select committee details and documents, Hansard and journals, Order paper and questions, Papers and petitions presented and Rules of the House.
A collection of historic newspapers published primarily for a Māori audience between 1842 and 1932. The niupepa collection consists of over 17,000 pages taken from 34 separate periodicals.
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Discover the diverse and unique stories of Tauranga Moana with this extensive archive collection.
Digitised historical New Zealand and Pacific newspapers, magazines and journals, letters, diaries, and parliamentary papers.
A comprehensive resource for poems, short stories, poets, author, poetic forms, themes, techniques, and analyses. You will need your library card and PIN to access this database outside the library.
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Prepare for the globally recognised IELTS exam. Testing English proficiency at the academic level, it is organised into four skill areas: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Note: does not work in Internet Explorer. Please open in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, or Microsoft Edge. You will need your library card and PIN to access this database outside the library.
Prepare and practice for the globally recognised IELTS exam. Tests English proficiency at the General level, it is organised into four skill areas: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Note: does not work in Internet Explorer. Please open in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, or Microsoft Edge. You will need your library card and PIN to access this database outside the library.
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Full text articles from a range of scientific disciplines, such as life and earth sciences, space sciences and astrology. You will need your library card and PIN to access this database outside the library.
Free access to over 120 standards used for Building Code compliance, funded by The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment.
Access statistics collected and reported by Stats NZ on New Zealand’s environment, economy, and society. Includes information on the census; the official count of how many people and dwellings there are in New Zealand.
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A comprehensive guide to our people, natural environment, history, culture, economy, and society.
A directory of Iwi and Māori organisations. It is designed to provide information on iwi (tribes) in New Zealand, including their rohe, hapu, marae, and representative organisations.
Search for material held in New Zealand libraries and worldwide.
An independent resource providing healthcare professionals with clinically validated medicines information and guidance on best practice, enabling healthcare professionals to select safe and effective medicines for individual patients.
A searchable digital collection of books about the Treaty of Waitangi from Bridget Williams Books, combining award-winning histories with diverse commentary.
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Access published reports of the Waitangi Tribunal, as well as information about the Tribunal and what it does, and the claims process.
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