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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.
The National Library of New Zealand - Includes searchable databases and collections of articles related to New Zealand culture and history.
Museum of New Zealand / Te Papa Tongarewa - The nation's primary museum institution and its collections.
Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand - The largest New Zealand online encyclopedia, available in both English and Maori.
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.
Rongoa Maori (Maori Medicine) and other uses of native plants found in Aotea Harbour
The history of New Zealand flax
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.
Colour reels of 1940s New Zealand found in California
2007 Map of grain-growing areas in New Zealand
Wellington Tramway Museum - “Preserving Wellington's tramway heritage”.
Wellington Cable Car - The more than 110 years old funicular mass transit system in southern Wellington.
Wings Over New Zealand Aviation Forum - Discussion board about New Zealand aviation history.
TerraNature.org - Comprehensive site on New Zealand ecology.
NZ Birds Online.org.nz - “The digital encyclopedia of New Zealand birds”.
Wingspan.co.nz - Official site of the National Bird of Prey Centre of New Zealand. Lots of useful information on NZ's predatory avifauna.