LINKS - Newspapers, Parliamentary Papers, Books, etc.

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NEWSPAPERS and PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS

AtoJs online.
http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs
Contains digitised reports from selected volumes of the Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives.

A Memory Tree.
http://www.amemorytree.co.nz/
NZ's largest and most comprehensive website holding death information published in leading newspapers. Records are updated hourly.

Australia Trove.
Digitized Australian newspapers going back to the 1800's. Quite apart from emigration to NZ via AUS there was frequent travel between the two countries. Excellent site.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home

Birth Notices extracted from The New Zealander and other newspapers 1845-1887.
http://pearlspad.net.nz/BirthNotices.Auckland.htm

Birth, Death and Marriage notices extracted from issues of the Nelson Evening Mail during the year 1870.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlnelso/nelson/evening_mail_1870.htm

British Parliamentary Papers. Colonies: New Zealand.
This collection contains digitised despatches and reports relating to New Zealand from selected volumes of the British Parliamentary Papers.
http://digital.liby.waikato.ac.nz/bppnz

Death Notices reported in the Christchurch Press from January 2000 to December 2007.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/asset/Death_Notices_2000_to_2007.pdf

Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.
Biographies of over 3000 New Zealanders. Excludes individuals who are still living.
http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/

Fairfax Media Digital Edition.
Subscription site but allows free viewing of Community, Metro, Regional and Sunday papers. On top of the page see Select Title and use the drop-down list.
http://fairfaxmedia.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

Gisborne Photo News.
This was a monthly serial published between 1954 and 1975 (complete listing available to view).
http://photonews.org.nz/gisborne/issues/index.html

Historical Directories.
Searchable library of UK local and trade directories, 1750-1919. Excellent site for finding ancestors who later emigrated.
http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/index.asp

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Nelson Photo News (issues from 1960 to December 1972)
The Nelson Photo News was a monthly magazine published between 1960 and 1974.
http://photonews.org.nz/nelson/index.html

Newspapers of New Zealand.
Created with the stated intent to list every newspaper ever published in New Zealand, this growing website lists more than 1600 titles from over 230 places, and can be searched by newspaper title, date and place. Current titles are also listed. Where a particular title has been digitised and appears on Papers Past or is available online on another website the link is provided.
http://nznewspapers.appspot.com

New Zealand Acts As Enacted, 1841-2007.
Provided by the Parliamentary Counsel Office, this database holds images of New Zealand Acts from 1841 to 2007 as originally enacted. The Acts, which are in PDF format, do not include any later amendments or show whether they have been repealed. http://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/

New Zealand Herald – Births and Deaths Look-up service. The North Shore Branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists provides this look-up service, c’1940 to the present.
NOTE: MAIL SERVICE ONLY - Please send SSAE and a donation to:
North Shore Branch Research Officer
PO Box 89045
Torbay
North Shore City 0742

New Zealand Herald anniversary and death notices, 1934-1970. [microform]. Edited by David Bonny.
Publisher: Canberra [A.C.T.] : Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra, 1995.
Description: Book. 94 microfiches.
Subject: Death notices -- New Zealand -- Auckland (Region)
Marriage records -- New Zealand -- Auckland (Region)
Where: Auckland (N.Z. : Region) -- Genealogy.
Other Contributor: Bonny, David.
Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra.
Related Title New Zealand herald.
Table of Contents: Guide to index and transcription slips 
Index 
Transcription slips. 
Held by: National Library of New Zealand (Wellington).
Held by: Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of NZ.
Held by: Dunedin Public Libraries.
Held by: Hamilton City Libraries. 
Held by: New Zealand National Bibliography.
Held by: University of Canterbury, Central Library.

Notices from New Zealand newspapers 1840's-1960's. Includes sections on clubs and societies, funeral notices, advertisements for missing persons, marriages, deaths, and WWI soldier's letters.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~funeralnotices/Funeral.html

Papers Past.
Excellent site. Many historical New Zealand newspapers available online. Frequent additions. Fully searchable.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
For tips about how to get the best results from your search, see: PapersPast - Research tip.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,567861.0.html

The British Newspaper Archive.
Features dozens of newspapers from the late 1700's onward. Provides a free search facility but articles must be purchased.
http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/

The Ryerson Index to contemporary death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers.
The Ryerson Index is an index to death, funeral and probate notices and obituaries published in current Australian newspapers with (to date) over 3 million entries from 188 newspapers. Travel between Australia and New Zealand was just as common decades ago as it is now, so this index is an excellent resource for New Zealand researchers. Lookups can be requested.
http://www.ryersonindex.org/

Transcriptions of Birth, Marriage and Death notices, obituaries, inquests and shipping lists from the Christchurch Press and Star of New Zealand daily newspapers.  
Random months from 1861–1982.
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ashleigh/

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BOOKS

Colonial CD Books.
http://www.colonialcdbooks.com/index.htm
Historical New Zealand books scanned and digitized onto compact disc for sale, in pdf format. Subjects include NZ Gazette, military, local histories, directories and biographies. Titles include:
New Zealand Nurses Register
New Zealand Register of Medical Practitioners
New Zealand Sheep Returns
New Zealand Teachers Examinations and Licenses
New Zealand Civil Service Examination Results

Digital New Zealand.
http://www.digitalnz.org/
DigitalNZ is an initiative that aims to make New Zealand digital content easy to find, share and use. This includes content from government departments, publicly funded organisations, the private sector, and community groups.

Early New Zealand Books.
http://www.enzb.auckland.ac.nz/browse.php

Free Pages Past.
Free Pages Past contains a digital collection of old books and documents relating to Australia and New Zealand, most of which contain alphabetical lists of names.
http://freepagespast.com/

Google Books NZ.
http://books.google.co.nz/
The amount of available content varies, but a great way to find books on New Zealand topics.

Index New Zealand.
http://innz.natlib.govt.nz/content/index.html
Index New Zealand (INNZ) contains abstracts and descriptions of articles from approximately 1000 publications. It covers publications from 1987 to the present day, and articles from older publications are being added retrospectively. About 3000 records are added to INNZ every month.

New Zealand Electronic Text Centre.
www.nzetc.org/index.html
The New Zealand Electronic Text Centre (NZETC) collection is part of the Victoria University of Wellington Library. You can search and browse an open digital library of New Zealand and Pacific Island documentary heritage material as well as new born-digital work and research from Victoria University. Features many early books.

New Zealand Electronic Books.
http://mebooks.co.nz/
See the 'Biography and Memoir' section.

New Zealand Yearbook Digital Collection. Since 1893 the New Zealand Official Yearbook has provided a comprehensive statistical picture of life in New Zealand life, measuring income, population, education and training, health, economic indicators, etc. Provides very useful background information.
http://www.stats.govt.nz/yearbooks

Pioneers in New Zealand. Our Early Ancestors.
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~tonyf/index.html
A series of brief anecdotes from New Zealand's early days.

Return of the Freeholders of New Zealand 1882.
The Return of the Freeholders was compiled from the assessment rolls of the Property-Tax Department (predecessor of the Inland Revenue Department). It lists the names, addresses, and occupations of owners of land in 1882.
http://freeholders.co.nz/