New Zealand Databases

DigitalNZ - Year 9 to Year 13, all subject areas

Try searching DigitalNZ's 30 million digital items to find primary sources from New Zealand's past and present.

Create a free account to make full use of the site's features. See this video for more information about how to use DigitalNZ.

Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand- Year 9 to Year 13, all subject areas

Te Ara is the complete guide to our peoples, environment, history, culture and society and is searchable in English and Māori.

Enter your topic in the website's search box, OR browse Stories A-Z, Te Reo Māori, Biographies, etc. from the toolbar OR scroll down to browse sections .

New Zealand History - Year 9 to Year 13, Social Studies, History

New Zealand History contains comprehensive information about the history of Aotearoa.

Enter your topic in the website's search box at top right, OR browse Topics, Events, People or Places from the toolbar, OR scroll down to browse sections.

Papers Past - Year 9 to Year 13, Social Studies, History

Papers Past gives access to millions of pages of digitised New Zealand content from 1839 to 1950.

Select from Newspapers; Magazines and Journals; Letters and Diaries or Parliamentary Papers.

INNZ: Index New Zealand - Year 9 to Year 13, all subject areas

Contains abstracts to articles from New Zealand periodicals from the 1950s until today. Full text not available online but TGS Library staff can order from the National Library, or you can email indexnz@dia.govt.nz

Any Questions and Many Answers - Year 9 to Year 13, all subject areas

Many Answers is a fantastic starting point for research on global topics and will direct you to reliable websites and resources.

Click here for Any Questions, the online research service allowing you to chat online with a National Library librarian from 1.00pm to 6.00pm, Monday to Friday.