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 ====== Resources : New Zealand ======
+This is a page listing various resources dealing with New Zealand history, geography and related topics and subjects. Resources range from website and online article links to lists of recommended non-fiction bibliography.
+==== Archives and Documents ====
 **[[http://www.natlib.govt.nz/|The National Library of New Zealand]]** - Includes searchable databases and collections of articles related to New Zealand culture and history.
+**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=343429|Colour reels of 1940s New Zealand found in California]]**
+==== General Historiography ====
 **[[http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/pages/default.aspx|Museum of New Zealand / Te Papa Tongarewa]]** - The nation's primary museum institution and its collections.
-**[[http://publicaddress.net/speaker/selling-the-dream-the-art-of-early-new-zealand/|Selling The Dream: The Art of Early New Zealand Tourism]]** - A nice collection of ad posters promoting visits to New Zealand from the first half of the 20th century.
+**[[http://www.teara.govt.nz/en|Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand]]** - The largest New Zealand online encyclopedia, available in both English and [[http://www.teara.govt.nz/mi|Maori]].
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+==== Nature and the Environment ====
+**[[http://terranature.org/index.htm|TerraNature.org]]** - Comprehensive site on New Zealand ecology.
+**[[http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/|NZ Birds Online.org.nz]]** - "The digital encyclopedia of New Zealand birds".
+**[[http://www.wingspan.co.nz/index.html|Wingspan.co.nz]]** - Official site of the National Bird of Prey Centre of New Zealand. Lots of useful information on NZ's predatory avifauna.
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+==== Maps ====
+**[[http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/17577/map-of-grain-growing-areas-2007|2007 Map of grain-growing areas in New Zealand]]**
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+==== Maori History, Culture and Crafts ====
+**[[http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/subject-000010.html|Historical Maori and Pacific Islands resources]]** - Courtesy of the Victoria University in Wellington database.
 **[[http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/index.php|The Journal of the Polynesian Society]]** - Online historical/archeological magazine specializing on the research of various Polynesian cultures. Lots of good articles that tackle even obscure topics. 99 % of all volumes in the journal's long history (1897-2010) are now directly available on the site's archive.
 **[[http://web.archive.org/web/20101022063003/http://www.aoteamoana.co.nz/native/native.html|Rongoa Maori (Maori Medicine) and other uses of native plants found in Aotea Harbour]]**
 **[[http://www.alibrown.co.nz/history-of-new-zealand-flax.html|The history of New Zealand flax]]**
-**[[http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/17577/map-of-grain-growing-areas-2007|2007 Map of grain-growing areas in New Zealand]]**
+**[[https://web.archive.org/web/20140605015026/http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_1_1892/Volume_1,_No._1,_1892/The_Polynesian_bow,_by_E._Tregear,_p_56-59/p1|The Polynesian Bow]]** - An article by E. Tregear at the Journal of the Polynesian Society, examining the possible reasons behind the rarity of the bow among Polynesian ethnicities. Also have a look at [[http://alwestmeditates.blogspot.sk/2014/02/the-polynesian-bow-edward-tregear-1892.html|this]] and [[http://alwestmeditates.blogspot.sk/2013/09/austronesian-archery.html|this]] article.
+**[[https://glosbe.com/en/mi/|English to Maori online dictionary]]**
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+==== Culture ====
+**[[https://www.nzonscreen.com/|NZ On Screen]]** - Database of New Zealand films, TV series, TV programs and other audiovisual works.
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+==== Economy, Research and Transport ====
+**[[http://publicaddress.net/speaker/selling-the-dream-the-art-of-early-new-zealand/|Selling The Dream: The Art of Early New Zealand Tourism]]** - A nice collection of ad posters promoting visits to New Zealand from the first half of the 20th century.
+**[[http://www.wellingtontrams.org.nz/|Wellington Tramway Museum]]** - "Preserving Wellington's tramway heritage".
+**[[http://www.wellingtoncablecar.co.nz/|Wellington Cable Car]]** - The more than 110 years old funicular mass transit system in southern Wellington.
 **[[http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi|Wings Over New Zealand Aviation Forum]]** - Discussion board about New Zealand aviation history.
-**[[http://www.wingspan.co.nz/index.html|Wingspan.co.nz]]** - Official site of the National Bird of Prey Centre of New Zealand. Lots of useful information on NZ's predatory avifauna.
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+==== Military history ====
+**[[https://ww100.govt.nz/|New Zealand WWI Centennary official website]]**
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 **[[List of Resources by Country and Region]]**
-**[[resources/resources|Useful Resources Main Directory]]**
+**[[resources:resources|Useful Resources Main Directory]]**