3.1 Internal Research
Useful Resources for History Research
Websites Specialising in things New Zealand:
• Te Ara Encyclopaedia of New Zealand http://www.teara.govt.nz/
• New Zealand History Online http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/
Digital NZ - fantastic online library, organised by topics: http://digitalnz.org
• Radio New Zealand Sound Archives http://www.soundarchives.co.nz/
RNZ Eyewitness programme is interviews with people who have lived through significant events: https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/eyewitness
• The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/
• The National Library http://www.natlib.govt.nz/
• Te Puna (A guide to NZ and Pacific websites) http://webdirectory.natlib.govt.nz
• Timeframes (a database of pictures from National Library Collection) http://www.natlib.govt.nz/collections/digital-collections/timeframes
Databases Online
• Epic http://www.tki.org.nz/epic2
Video Sites (check on the relevant SMC Live pages for more):
• You Tube http://www.youtube.com/
• Te Pataka Matihiko Digistore
Newspapers and Cartoons:
• Time Magazine's Fantastic Archive: http://www.time.com/time/archive
• Index New Zealand http://www.natlib.govt.nz/catalogues/innz (The index lists information about articles published in over 400 New Zealand newspapers, magazines, and journals)
• New Zealand Cartoon Archive http://www.cartoons.org.nz/
Oral History:
• National Oral History Association of New Zealand http://www.oralhistory.org.nz/resources.htm
• Oral History Centre http://www.natlib.govt.nz/collections/a-z-of-all- collections/oral-history-centre
Other Ideas:
• Secondary texts, biographies and periodicals
• Local museums and history societies
• Local archives (e.g. council, library, museum, photographic, film)
• Newspapers and magazines
• Artefacts • Historical sites
• Key people (e.g. local specialists, local residents)
• Records of community organisations (e.g. church archives)
• Cartoons
• Local history books
• Films or TV documentaries
• Public and school libraries.