New Zealand
The official website
Ancestry.com.au ($)
An interesting site about the "...frank and open discussion of true ancient history in New Zealand ..."
New Zealand's worst mining disaster
Life as a miner
CMT Army: The history of compulsory military service in New Zealand
Currency -
Denise & Peter's site "Our Stuff"
Early New Zealand books online
E-book of Louis E Ward's fantastic 1928 publication on early Wellington settlement
European Settlement of New Zealand
Pages from Denise & Peter's site about early pioneer settlements
FamilySearch's New Zealand links
Some passenger lists have free images
Some world-renown, others "world-famous in New Zealand"
E-book of the diary of Major Edward P Cox
Men (and women) flocked to New Zealand chasing the precious yellow gold, moving from claim to claim, town to town, country to country, forever hoping to strike it rich
New Zealand Mint
Kae Lewis's searchable database of 20,000 goldminers (does not include West Coast miners at this stage)
Helen's Page of NZ History (Has pop-ups)
Special events in any given year
Ancient and modern
Hocken Library Otago
Immigration to New Zealand -
Shipboard Diaries Passages to New Zealand
The unique (slang) language of New Zealand
National Library's digital collections
National Symbols of New Zealand
Archives New Zealand's "Making Our Mark": The national anthem, currency & ensigns
Selected for Enrolment in the New Zealand Force (Royal New Zealand Fencibles)
New Zealand Genealogy Research Made Easy
Old Porirua Road's Place in History
Series of articles by W H Secker
Immigrants past and present
Petone Settlers Museum on-line passenger database
Photo Archives (Timeframes)
Historian, researcher and author Anthony Flude's excellent website. Click on the title and you will get the full story
A guide to New Zealand postage stamps
New Zealand's economic depression of the 1930's and what it was like growing up 1925-1950
Series of articles by W H Secker
New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi
short account of the company responsible for enticing many of our ancestors "waydownunder"