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* We subscribe to these online resources. Most can be accessed both inside and outside the Library, except where indicated.

For external access you will need to enter your library barcode number (14 digits) and your PIN.

See also our list of heritage resources online.

• Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives
  Journals from 1860's and 70's currently available. More..
• Bateman New Zealand Encyclopedia *
• Births, Deaths and Marriages Historical Records
  Search across NZ BMD records from 50-100 years ago 
• Breakout *
  Search for New Zealand awards, scholarships and grants for individuals
• British Parliamentary Papers - Colonies: 1830-1870
• Citizens Advice Bureau
  Search or browse for information on a wide range of issues of relevance to NZ citizens
• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
  Biographies of over 300 New Zealanders
• Find - National Library
  Cross-collection discovery tool. Search across  National Library of New Zealand catalogue, TAPHUI, Timeframes, Publications New Zealand, Index New Zealand, Te Puna Web Directory simultneously
• Find NZ articles
  Index of articles by and about New Zealanders
• Fundview *
  Sources of funding for community groups
• Government New Zealand
• Index New Zealand *
  Index to articles published in NZ magazines and newspapers
• Matapihi
  Search digital collections of pictures, sounds and objects, held by New Zealand cultural institutions.
• New Zealand Electronic Text Centre
  Searchable archive of NZ and Pacific texts
• New Zealand History
  New Zealand history online from the Ministry of Culture & Heritage.
• New Zealand Index *
  NZ articles and research publications from newspapers, arts, sciences etc.
• New Zealand Law Access
  A catalogue of law-related information
• New Zealand Legislation
  NZ Acts, Bills and legislation freely available online. See New Zealand Statutes as Enacted or  Early New Zealand Statutes for historic legislation.
• New Zealand Libraries' catalogue
  Links to all the items in New Zealand libraries
• New Zealand Parliament
  Information about Parliament, Parliamentary business and access to publications
• Papers Past
  Digitised 19^th century NZ newspapers- many are searchable
• Parliamentary Counsel Office
  Information about legislation and how it is drafted, plus access to legislation
• Statistics New Zealand
  NZ's official statistics agency; also see Statisphere the NZ statistics portal and data.govt.nz for NZ Government datasets online.
• Te Ara
  New Zealand online encyclopaedia
• Te Puna Web Directory
  Selected NZ & Pacific websites