NEW ZEALAND
ONLINE GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH SITES
Updated - April 2021
Please advise of any broken links or suggested sites to cmclement at gmail.com
ADOPTION - SALVATION ARMY BETHANY HOMES
The Salvation Army can assist adoptees who were born at Salvation Army Bethany Hospitals and their birth parents to find and reconnect with each other. This service will be available by contacting bethanyrecords@salvationarmy.org.nz
The Salvation Army formerly operated six maternity homes/hospitals between 1897 - 2011. The names changed over time and eventually all came to be known as Bethany. The locations were: Auckland Bethany, Napier Bethany, Gisborne ‘Bethany’ - Edward Murphy Memorial Maternity Home, Wellington Bethany, Christchurch Bethany and Dunedin ‘Bethany’ - Redroofs Hospital
The Salvation Army hold the ‘surviving’ records for each hospital and are pleased to assist relatives with records requests. They can also assist adoptees and birth parents to reconnect with each other. Unfortunately some of the records are very sparse.
ARCHIVES NEW ZEALAND
ARCHIVES NEW ZEALAND ARCHWAY - Contains references to probates, divorces, military records, government records etc.
ARCHIVES NEW ZEALAND - RESEARCH GUIDES - These Archives New Zealand Research Guides and Information Sheets contain summaries of commonly used records held at Archives New Zealand. The guides provide brief details of records held, including archives references, as well as advice about the information contained. Please note that the Research Guides are not comprehensive and can only cover a small proportion of Archives New Zealand's total holdings.
ARCHIVE, THE COMMUNITY
THE COMMUNITY ARCHIVE - National register of New Zealand archives and manuscripts
AUCKLAND
AUCKLAND COUNCIL ARCHIVES - Burgess Rolls, Cemetery and burial records, Property and rate books, Bicycle Register, Engineers Department Register of Employees, Register of Plumbers and Drain Connectors, Motor Register Database, Register of Secondhand Dealers, Licensing District Register of Applicants, Lock Hospital Register Book, Packet and Publicans, Licences, Register of Licences: (Drivers, Porters, Carriages, Carters), Wine licensing applications, Valuation rolls and lists, War Memorials, Staff war records, Volunteers from Onhehunga and Mangere districts who served in the Boer War.
AUCKLAND COUNCIL LIBRARIES - ON-LINE RESOURCES - FAMILY AND LOCAL HISTORY
DENISE AND PETER'S AUCKLAND STUFF - Genealogy Research and Lists Relating to the Auckland Region.
KURA HERITAGE COLLECTIONS ONLINE - Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
AUTOMOBILES
THE VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand’s Foremost Historic Motoring Authority
VEHICLE REGISTRATION PLATES OF NEW ZEALAND [NUMBER PLATES] - Ideal for dating photographs
NEW ZEALAND FIRST MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITIES - 1906 +
NEW ZEALAND ROAD DEATHS - HISTORICAL INFORMATION - 1921+
AVIATION
AVIATION HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND
AVIATION HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND - ARCHIVES - Click on required magazine to show article index
BIOGRAPHIES
THE CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND - 1897 - 1908
BIRTHS, BAPTISMS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES
Please Note Maori Registration was not compulsory until 1911 for marriages, and 1913 for births and deaths.
BIRTH, DEATH AND MARRIAGE HISTORICAL RECORDS - Official Government Site - for genealogical purposes order a printout which is a copy of the original entry rather than a certified copy which is more expensive.
See also: -
BOOKS - ONLINE
EARLY NEW ZEALAND BOOKS - a large online collection of early New Zealand books.
GOOGLE ONLINE BOOKS - NEW ZEALAND
NEW ZEALAND ELECTRONIC TEXT CENTRE - TE PUHIKOTUHI O AOTEAROA - contains over 1400 texts.
FAMILY SEARCH COLLECTION OF NEW ZEALAND BOOKS
CALENDAR
HISTORIC EVENTS IN NEW ZEALAND BY MONTH
TIME AND DATE CALENDAR - Includes date calculators and on line calendar for any year
CEMETERIES
NEW ZEALAND CEMETERY LINKS - ONLINE DATABASES
NEW ZEALAND CEMETERIES ONLINE
FIND A GRAVE - linked to Family Search
BILLION GRAVES - linked to Family Search
HUNTING KIWIS - Tracing Canterbury's History through Headstones.
WAIKUMETE CEMETERY RECORDS, AUCKLAND 1886 - 1948 - linked to Family Search
CENTRAL OTAGO CEMETERY GRAVESTONES 1861-2009 - linked to Family Search
TOKANUI PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL CEMETERY RESTORATION PROJECT
BLACKBRIDGE CEMETERY [BESIDE KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH] LOWER HUTT
CHRISTCHURCH
CANTERBURY PILGRIMS AND EARLY SETTLERS ASSOCIATION INC.
CHRISTCHURCH CITY LIBRARIES - FAMILY HISTORY GUIDE
CHRISTCHURCH CITY LIBRARIES - GUIDE TO 19TH CENTURY PASSENGER LISTS
CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL - CEMETERIES DATABASE
CANTERBURY MUSEUM - COLLECTIONS ONLINE
THE PRESS, CHRISTCHURCH - DEATH NOTICES - 2000 - 2010
CANTERBURY MUSEUM - MACDONALD DICTIONARY OF CANTERBURY BIOGRAPHIES
UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY - RESEARCH REPOSITORY
UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY - COLLECTIONS
CANTERBURY FEMALE REFUGE - ESSEX HOME - REGISTER OF WEEKLY RETURNS - 7 MAY 1887 - 31 MAR 1891
COMPANIES
THE FLETCHER TRUST ARCHIVE - An archive that mirrors the commercial and industrial development of a nation.
NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY LIMITED - Australian National University Archives.
NEW ZEALAND STOCK AND STATION AGENTS.
NEW ZEALAND COMPANIES OFFICE - Companies Register.
CORONERS INQUEST REPORTS
NEW ZEALAND CORONERS INQUEST REPORTS - 1888 - 1938 - These are not indexed. To find the right inquest, first search for it on ARCHIVES NEW ZEALAND ARCHWAY
note the year and file number, and then browse in the required film number on this Family Search site - use the camera icon to the right of the page to access each film.
CRIME
CRIME.CO.NZ - New Zealand Crime - includes murders, unsolved murders and other
LIST OF PEOPLE EXECUTED IN NEW ZEALAND - 1842 - 1957
NEW ZEALAND POLICE MUSEUM - EXHIBITIONS
NEW ZEALAND POLICE GAZETTES - 1878 - 1945 - ancestry.com.au - PAY TO VIEW SITE
NEW ZEALAND POLICE GAZETTE - 1877 - 1945
CANTERBURY POLICE GAZETTE - 1863 - 1877
OTAGO POLICE GAZETTE - 1861 - 1877
SENSIBLE SENTENCING TRUST
NEW SOUTH WALES GAOL PHOTGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION BOOKS - appears to contain some born in New Zealand
DISASTERS AND TRAGEDIES
NEW ZEALAND DISASTERS AND TRAGEDIES - ON LINE MEMORIALS includes drownings, inquests, ship wrecks etc
DUNEDIN
UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO LIBRARY - HOCKEN COLLECTIONS - UARE TAOKA O HAKENA
BUILT IN DUNEDIN - A CITY'S BUILDINGS AND THEIR STORIES
DUNEDIN PUBLIC LIBRARIES - HERITAGE
DUNEDIN CITY COUNCIL - CEMETERIES SEARCH
SEACLIFF ASYLUM RECORDS
SEACLIFF ASYLUM
A VISIT TO SEACLIFF ASYLUM
EDUCATION
CHRIST COLLEGE (CHRISTCHURCH) OLD BOYS
THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS OF NEW ZEALAND
NELSON COLLEGE - 1856-1924
NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY GRADUATES - 1870-1961
NEW ZEALAND SCHOOL TEACHERS - 1906
ST PATRICKS COLLEGE, WELLINGTON - 1885-1984
WANGANUI COLLEGIATE - 1865-1947
ELECTORAL ROLLS
ELECTIONS IN NEW ZEALAND - Wikipedia
NEW ZEALAND ELECTORAL ROLLS - 1853 - 1981 - ancestry.com.au - PAY TO VIEW SITE
MAORI VOTER AND ELECTORAL ROLLS - 1908 and 1919 - ancestry.com.au - PAY TO VIEW SITE
See also: -
SOOTY'S NEW ZEALAND MISCELLANEOUS GENEALOGICAL INDEXES - Scroll down to Electoral Rolls.
EMIGRATION
EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA - Information from the National Museums, Liverpool.
ENCYCLOPEDIA
AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND 1966 - This is the original 1966 copy and has not been corrected or updated.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND - Online encyclopdia of New Zealand by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage/Te Manatu Taonga.
FAMNET - THE FAMILY HISTORY NETWORK [NEW ZEALAND]
WHERE KIWIS FIND THEIR FAMILY AND TELL THEIR STORIES
FIRST FAMILIES
EARLY NZ HISTORY - GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL INDICES AND DATABASES
EARLY NEW ZEALAND HISTORY AND GENEALOGY - PRE 1846 DATABASE OF EUROPEAN CONTACTS
PRE 1839 FOREIGNERS IN NEW ZEALAND
WHALING HISTORY DATABASES - Voyages, crew lists etc
WAIRARAPA AND WELLINGTON - Early Settler Families
GENERAL GENEALOGICAL SITES
CYNDI'S LIST - NEW ZEALAND
GENI - NEW ZEALAND PORTAL - New Zealand Genealogical Projects
GENIES' JOTTINGS - AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND - Lists and lists and more lists
HELENS PAGE OF NEW ZEALAND HISTORY
MARKING TIME - with JOANNE WARBY (nee Hooper)
NEW ZEALAND FREE GENEALOGY LINKS
NEW ZEALAND GENEALOGY LINKS - GENEALOGYLINKS.NET
NEW ZEALAND HISTORY ONLINE - GENEALOGY LINKS
OUR STUFF - DENISE AND PETERS HOME PAGE
PANDORA - GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL RESEARCH DATA
PEARLS PAD
SHADOWS OF TIME
SOOTY
GOLD MINERS DATABASE
NEW ZEALAND GOLD MINERS DATABASE - 45000 goldminers from the goldrushes of New Zealand spanning the years 1861 - 1872
GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
APPENDICES TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (AJHR) - Annual government publications - includes letters, appointments,reports etc. From 1861
BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS RELATING TO NEW ZEALAND -The British Parliamentary Papers represent a significant source of important and largely untapped information about New Zealand in the mid-nineteenth century. They comprise reports, statutes, correspondence and other documentation sent between the Colony and the Government in Britain, and cover all aspects of life and events in the colony at the time. They began in the late 1830s when no local collection or publication of such material was being made. By the 1850s, the New Zealand Government had started to publish similar documents in their Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives (AJHRs). However, many reports continued to be sent directly to Britain and were not published locally. The collection currently covers the years 1837 to 1882
EARLY NEW ZEALAND STATUTES - 1841 - 1940
NEW ZEALAND STATISTICAL PUBLICATIONS AND OFFICIAL HANDBOOKS
NEW ZEALAND OFFICIAL YEARBOOK - from 1893
HANSARD REPORTS - New Zealand Parliament reports
DIRECTORY OF DECISIONS - This site aims to list the Courts, Tribunals, Statutory authorities, and other such bodies in New Zealand which make legal or quasi-legal decisions and reports
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTES - From 1939 - 1992
WORLD LEGAL INFORMATION INSTITUTE - Documents relating to New Zealand
HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND - Online encyclopdia of New Zealand by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage/Te Manatu Taonga.
NEW ZEALAND HISTORY ON LINE -This site is produced by the History Group of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage/Te Manatu Taonga.
HONOURS LISTS
NEW ZEALAND HONOURS LISTS - 1996+
NEW ZEALAND STATE HONOURS
INFLATION CALCULATORS
INFLATION CALCULATOR- The Reserve Bank of New Zealand Inflation Calculator.
BANK OF ENGLAND INFLATION CALCULATOR
IMAGES - SEE ALSO LIBRARIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS
NEW ZEALAND IMAGES AND DIGITAL MEDIA - National Library
DIGITAL NEW ZEALAND/AOTEAROA
MAD ON NEW ZEALAND - MAD on New Zealand is a website for New Zealand content relating to all things both past and present.
IMMIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND - ALSO SEE SPECIAL SETTLEMENTS BELOW
CORNISH EMIGRANTS TO NEW ZEALAND - 1858 - 1884
FLOCK HOUSE, BULLS, RANGITIKEI - A post WW1 Scheme for helping children of British Seamen who died in the conflict
Index to the book THE FARTHEST PROMISED LAND - English Villagers, New Zealand Immigrants of the 1870s
ROYAL NEW ZEALAND FENCIBLES Settlers of Onehunga, Otahuhu, Panmure, Howick (Auckland) - 1847 - 1852
WAIKATO IMMIGRATION SCHEME Areas settled include Bombay, Pokeno, Clevedon, Papakura, Pukekohe and Waiuku etc - 1864 - 1865
POLISH SETTLERS TO NEW ZEALAND
NORSEWOOD CEMETERY AND SETTLERS GENEALOGIES PROJECT - Scandinavian settlers in New Zealand
AUSTRALIA - PASSENGER ARRIVALS INDEX 1898 - 1972 - Includes Incoming Passenger Card (Aircraft)
IMMIGRANT SHIPS
IMMIGRANT SHIPS TO NEW ZEALAND 1835 TO 1910 - Linked to many passenger lists. See PASSENGER LISTS below for more.
WHITE WINGS - The sailing ships that came to New Zealand.
WHITE WINGS - VOL I - Fifty Years Of Sail In The New Zealand Trade, 1850 to 1900.
WHITE WINGS - VOL II - Founding Of The Provinces And Old-Time Shipping. Passenger Ships From 1840 to 1885.
NEW ZEALAND MARITIME INDEX - Includes early ships to New Zealand
PASSENGERS IN HISTORY - AN INITIATIVE OF THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MARITIME MUSEUM - Includes early ships to New Zealand
MARINERS AND SHIPS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS - The lists on this site are being transcribed from the State Records Authority of NSW Reels of the Shipping Master's Office, Inwards Passengers Lists... are added to weekly.
NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY - 1873 to 1973
IMMIGRANTS GUIDE
THE IMMIGRANTS' GUIDE AND SETTLERS' HANDBOOK - Compiled by direction of the Hon. the Minister Of Lands, New Zealand, 1906 - downloadable copy
LAND RECORDS - ALSO SEE MAPS, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND PLACE NAMES (below)
MAORI LAND - searchable by owner interest, block or map.
MAORI LAND COURT (TE KOOTI WHENUA MAORI) - Publications can list whakapapa.
NEW ZEALAND COMPANY LAND OFFICE PAPERS - Daily Register of Notices of Transfers of Land Orders - August 1839 to 21 December 1858 - PDF file
LAND INFORMATION NZ
PROPERTYVALUE
TERRANET
QV.CO.NZ
QUICKMAP - Geographical Information System (GIS), bundled with a comprehensive New Zealand wide property database.
LDS (MORMON) CHURCH - NEW ZEALAND RECORDS
NEW ZEALAND RECORDS - Also scroll down for LDS New Zealand Catalog Material
LIBRARIES
DIRECTORY OF NEW ZEALAND LIBRARIES - Contact Details
KA KOHIKA O MACMILLAN BROWN - Macmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury
LIBRARY CATALOGUES
NEW ZEALAND BIBLIOGRAPHY - Publications New Zealand is New Zealand's national bibliography. It contains descriptions of novels, dvds, e-books, maps, magazines, and other types of publication from or about New Zealand, and links to libraries where you can find each item.
TIAKI - Alexander Turnbull Library's finding aids for their unpublished collections
LICENSING ACT 1863
LICENSING ACT 1863 - Regulating the sale of fermented and spiritous liquors in the Auckland Province.
MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS - HISTORICAL
PAPERS PAST - Papers Past contains more than one million pages of digitised New Zealand newspapers and periodicals from all regions of New Zealand.
NEW ZEALAND MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NEW ZEALAND CATALGOUE - INDEX NEW ZEALAND
LIST OF TITLES COVERED BY INDEX NEW ZEALAND. - Index to articles from a wide range of New Zealand and South Pacific magazines and newspapers
NEWSPAPERS OF NEW ZEALAND - This website is an attempt to list every newspaper ever published in New Zealand. It is a work in progress
KAI TIAKI The Journal of the Nurses of New Zealand - January 1908 - November 1929 (89 issues).
NEW ZEALAND ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE - Auckland from 1899 to 1905.
PHOTO NEWS was a monthly magazine published by Logan Publishing of Gisborne between 1954 and 1975. At its height, Logan Publishing was printing Photo News editions for nine regions around New Zealand - a total of 60,000 copies a month, or nearly three-quarters of a million every year. The regions covered were: - Whangarei, Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Plymouth (Taranaki), Waikato, Thames-Paeroa-Matamata, Franklin, Wanganui and Nelson. Over time, with the assistance of the communities in the various regions served by the Photo News, we hope to make more editions available.
POLYNESIAN SOCIETY - Journal of the Polynesian Society - a quarterly publication which begun in 1892.
RIP IT UP - The New Zealand Music Scene 1977 - 1985. Though not technically historial carrys much about the NZ music scene.
ROMAN CATHOLIC - NEW ZEALAND TABLET - 1873-1925. Contain births, deaths, marriages and obituaries from all over New Zealand.
TE AO HOU - Te Ao Hou magazine was published from 1952 to 1976 by the Maori Affairs Department - the entire collection is digitised and includes obituaries, interviews etc.
WAIPU (DIOCESE) CHURCH GAZETTE - Hawke's Bay, 1910-1945)
WHITE RIBBON - New Zealand Women’s Christian Temperance Movement (NZWCTU) - 1895 - 1960
INDEX TO THE [NZ] LADIES MIRROR - JULY 1922 - MAY 1928
TROVE - AUSTRALIAN ONLINE RESOURCES - Books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives and more, many of which carry New Zealand news.
MAORI
1908 and 1919 MAORI VOTER AND ELECTORAL ROLLS - ancestry.com.au - PAY TO VIEW SITE
EASTERN MAORI ELECTORAL ROLL - 1908 - TE ARAWA - Te Arawa Tribe Members living in the Eastern Maori Electorate.
EASTERN MAORI ELECTORAL ROLL - 1919 - TE ARAWA - Te Arawa Tribe Members living in the Eastern Maori Electorate.
MAORI BATTALION TIMELINE - World War One.
28TH (MAORI) BATTALION ROLL - World War Two.
ARCHIVES NEW ZEALAND ARCHWAY - Contains references to probates, divorces, military records, government records etc.
FLETCHER INDEX OF MAORI NAMES - An index of Maori Names compiled by Rev. Henry James Fletcher about 1925. Contains a vast index of Maori names referred to in books and journals etc.
IWI AND HAPU (TRIBE AND SUB-TRIBE) READING LISTS - Books to read for whakapapa research.
MAORI RESEARCH - LDS (Mormon) Information on Maori Research.
MAORI CULTURE AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND - LDS (Mormon) Information on Maori Culture and Historical Background.
MAORI LAND COURT (TE KOOTI WHENUA MAORI) - Publications can list whakapapa.
MAORI LAND - searchable by owner interest, block or map.
MAORI MAPS - tribal marae of Aotearoa New Zealand – through maps, information and photographs
MAORI/PAKEHA TRANSLITERATIONS - Names with European or Maori transliterations.
NEW ZEALAND ELECTRONIC TEXT CENTRE - TE PUHIKOTUHI O AOTEAROA - contains over 1400 texts.
NGA TANGATA TAUMATA RAU/DICTIONARY OF NEW ZEALAND BIOGRAPHY
NZSG MAORI INTEREST GROUP
POLYNESIAN SOCIETY - Journal of the Polynesian Society - a quarterly publication which begun in 1892.
TE AO HOU - Te Ao Hou magazine was published from 1952 to 1976 by the Maori Affairs Department - the entire collection is digitised and includes obituaries, interviews etc.
PAPERS PAST - has numerous Niupepa Maori dating from the 1850s.
VARCOES MARRIAGE INDEX TO MAORI MARRIAGES - There are 23821 Maori marriages listed on this site taken from the Registrar General's Records.
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL REPORTS - Reports can list whakapapa.
WHAKAPAPA (GENEALOGY) CLUB - Message board
WHAKAPAPA GUIDE- Archives New Zealand.
WHAKAPAPA RESEARCH GUIDE - Auckland Council Libraries.
WHAKAPAPA GUIDE - Christchurch Library.
WHAKAPAPA GUIDE - HE TOHUTOHU MO TE RANGAHAU WHAKAPAPA - National Library.
MAPS, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND PLACE NAMES
THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND GEOSPATIAL DATA REPOSITORY - Browse, access and download cartographic and geospatial resources.
NEW ZEALAND PLACENAMES - CHANGES AND ALSO KNOWN AS (AKAs)
NEW ZEALAND MAPS
AUCKLAND COUNCIL LIBRARIES HERITAGE MAPS
QUICKMAP - Geographical Information System (GIS), bundled with a comprehensive New Zealand wide property database.
RETROLENS - HISTORICAL IMAGE RESOURCE - Retrolens NZ is a LINZ and regional council collaboration that now allows public on-line access to aerial survey photos taken from around 1937 by RNZAF and NZ Aerial Mapping. It is presently incomplete but is progressing. The scans are taken from photo prints, not the original large negatives, so some resolution is lost. You may be able to view original prints at your local council; visit them. Alternatively, many excellent oblique aerial views can found and purchased at Natlib and some displayed on DigitalNZ of almost every town in NZ.
MARITIME
MARITIME HISTORY ARCHIVE - Based in Newfoundland - holds worldwide crew lists and logbooks, vessel registers, shipping lists, ship captains, voyages, shipwrecks etc
NEW ZEALAND MARITIME INDEX - vessels, persons etc
NEW ZEALAND SHIPWRECKS
WHALING HISTORY DATABASES - Voyages, crew lists etc
MEDICAL AND NURSING
MEDICAL OBITUARIES 1887 - 2012 - An Index of Obituaries in the New Zealand Medical Journal, 1887 - 2012
[Though not on line Rex Earl Wright-Sinclair published a book called Historia Nunc Vivat - Medical Practitioners in New Zealand 1840–1930 in 2003]
KAI TIAKI The Journal of the Nurses of New Zealand - January 1908 - November 1929 (89 issues).
NEW ZEALAND MILITARY NURSING - New Zealand Army Nursing Service - Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.
REGISTERS OF NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND NURSES - 1873, 1882-1933 - ANCESTRY - PAY TO VIEW SITE.
NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL REGISTER - 1968
NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL REGISTER AND REGISTER OF SPECIALISTS - 1992
MESSAGE BOARDS AND MAILING LISTS
NEW ZEALAND - GEN FORUM
NEW ZEALAND - ROOTSWEB
NEW ZEALAND - ROOTSCHAT
WHAKAPAPA (GENEALOGY) CLUB
FAMILY TREE CIRCLES - Includes New Zealand Queries
MILITARIA
MILITARIANZ - NZ based Militaria collecting community resource forum
MILITARY - CONFLICT ORDER
NEW ZEALAND WATERLOO VETERANS - 1815
ROYAL NEW ZEALAND FENCIBLES - 1847 - 1852
NEW ZEALAND CRIMEAN WAR VETERANS - 1853 - 1856
RECIPIENTS OF THE NEW ZEALAND MEDAL - around 4600 were awarded for service in the Maori/Land Wars of from 1845-47 and 1860-66.
MEN OF THE BRITISH IMPERIAL REGIMENTS AND ROYAL NAVY WHO FOUGHT IN THE NEW ZEALAND WARS C1860 -1870
NEW ZEALAND MEDAL - Issued 1872 and 1873
WAIKATO MILITIA - THIRD REGIMENT
ARMED CONSTABULARY - 1867 - 1877
SOUTH AFRICAN ANGLO/BOER WAR
SOOTY'S SOUTH AFRICAN ANGLO/BOER WAR - 1899 - 1902
SOUTH AFRICAN ANGLO/BOER WAR EMBARKATION DATABASE - Embarkation rolls from New Zealand to the South African Anglo/Boer War.
WORLD WAR ONE
SOOTY'S WORLD WAR ONE
NEW ZEALAND ARMY WWI NOMINAL ROLLS 1914-1918 - ancestry.com.au - PAY TO VIEW SITE
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NEW ZEALAND - THE FIRST WORLD WAR
NEW ZEALAND AND WORLD WAR ONE - REGIMENTAL AND CAMPAIGN HISTORIES - online books.
MAORI BATTALION TIMELINE - World War One.
WORLD WAR ONE SOLDIERS PHOTOS - AUCKLAND - Search using name or under Herman Schmidt or Auckland Weekly News
WORLD WAR SOLDIERS PHOTOS - WELLINGTON - by Wellington photographers Berry and Co.
NATIONAL ANZAC CENTRE - In late 1914, over 41,000 Australians and New Zealanders left Albany, Western Australia bound for the First World War. This is their story.
WORLD WAR TWO
NEW ZEALAND ARMY WWII NOMINAL ROLLS 1939-1948 - ancestry.com.au - PAY TO VIEW SITE
75TH NEW ZEALAND SQUADRON RAF
22ND BATTALION 2NZEF
28TH MAORI BATTALION
NEW ZEALAND BOMBER COMMAND ASSOCIATION
LIST OF 2NZEF PRISONERS OF WAR
NEW ZEALAND - PRISONER OF WAR - ESCAPES
NEW ZEALAND - PRISONERS OF JAPAN - Background
NEW ZEALAND - PRISONERS OF GERMANY - Background
NEW ZEALAND - PRISONERS OF ITALY - Background
NEW ZEALAND - WOMEN AT WAR - Background
NEW ZEALAND - COASTWATCHERS - Background
NEW ZEALAND AND WORLD WAR TWO - EPISODES AND STUDIES - VOLUME 1
NEW ZEALAND AND WORLD WAR TWO - WAR HISTORY PUBLICATIONS
MILITARY - GENERAL
DEFENCE OF NEW ZEALAND STUDY GROUP
NEW ZEALAND MILITARY - LINKS
NEW ZEALAND MILITARY PERSONNEL ARCHIVES AND MEDALS
NEW ZEALAND AND OTHER MILITARY WEB SITES
NEW ZEALAND MILITARY HISTORY SOCIETY
NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM TE MATA TOA
NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM TE MATA TOA - NEWSLETTERS
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY
WESTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION - NEW ZEALAND BRANCH
PASSCHENDAELE SOCIETY - New Zealand's Darkest Day
NEW ZEALAND RETURNED AND SERVICES ASSOCIATION [RSA]
MEDALS AWARDED TO NEW ZEALAND MILITARY PERSONNEL
MEDALS REUNITED NEW ZEALAND
MILITARY - ROLLS OF HONOUR AND WAR MEMORIALS
NEW ZEALAND ROLL OF HONOUR - Auckland Museum Cenotaph
NEW ZEALAND ROLL OF HONOUR - New Zealand personnel who have died on operational service since 3 September 1945
NEW ZEALAND WAR GRAVES PROJECT
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION
NEW ZEALAND ROLLS OF HONOUR - Location
NEW ZEALAND ROLLS OF HONOUR - Conflict
NEW ZEALAND ROLLS OF HONOUR - Military Nurses
SOUTH CANTERBURY WWI ROLL [SCROLL]
NEW ZEALAND MEMORIALS REGISTER MAP
AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIALS AND HONOUR BOARDS
MILITARY - AUCKLAND MUSEUM CENOTAPH SPECIAL MILITARY COLLECTIONS
The following are special collections completed by the AUCKLAND MUSEUM ONLINE CENOTAPH
WORLD WAR I
Bank of New Zealand officers
Conscientious Objectors in World War One
Cook Islands Service Personnel
First World War pension rolls
Gilbert Island WWI Service
King Edward's Horse
Maori Pioneer Battalion Tunnellers
Medical Practitioners of the First World War
Netley (Military) Hospital Roll of Remembrance
Prisoners of War
Roll of Honour Auckland Province 1914-1918
Tuvalu / Ellice Islands Service Personnel
WORLD WAR II
21st Battalion Association
41 Squadron
Battle of Britain
Coastwatchers in World War II
Goldfish Club
Long Range Desert Group
National Broadcasting Service Mobile Units
Prisoners of War
Roll of Honour Auckland Province 1939-1945
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service
OTHER
Indian Service Personnel
Niuean Service Personnel
NZIPP Veteran Portrait Project - 1,500 images of New Zealand military veterans. These portraits were taken between 2013-2017
MISCELLANEOUS GENEALOGICAL INDEXES - NEW ZEALAND
AUCKLAND POLICE CENSUS - 1842-1846
BURGESS ROLLS FOR THE CITY OF AUCKLAND - 1872 - 1892
MISCELLANEOUS GENEALOGICAL INDEXES - Allsorts
NEW ZEALAND JURY LISTS - 1842 - 1862 - Ancestry.com.au - PAY TO VIEW SITE
MISSING PERSONS
NEW ZEALAND MISSING PERSONS
MUSEUMS - ALSO SEE REGIONS
NATIONAL
NEW ZEALAND MUSEUMS
NEW ZEALAND MARITIME MUSEUM
NEW ZEALAND POLICE MUSEUM
REGIONAL
AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM
GISBORNE - TAIRAWHITI MUSEUM
HAWKES BAY - MUSEUM, THEATRE, GALLERY
SOUTH TARANAKI - AOTEA UTANGANUI - MUSEUM OF SOUTH TARANAKI
TARANAKI - PUKE ARIKI
WANGANUI - REGIONAL MUSEUM
WELLINGTON MUSEUM
CHRISTCHURCH - CANTERBURY MUSEUM
DUNEDIN - TOITU OTAGO SETTLERS MUSEUM
NELSON
NELSON EARLY SETTERS
BIRTH, BURIAL AND MARRIAGE NOTICES FROM THE NELSON EVENING MAIL - 1866-1900
NELSON COLLEGE - 1856-1924
NELSON MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHS
NELSON PASSENGER ARRIVALS - 1841 - 1883
BRIG 'SPRAY' - MELBOURNE - NELSON 1855
NELSON, MARLBOROUGH AND WESTLAND PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS (Printed 1906) - Indices - General Index
NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS
NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS
NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS - GENEALOGICAL COMPUTING GROUP
NEWSPAPERS - See MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS - HISTORICAL
PASSENGER LISTS
NEW ZEALAND PASSENGER LISTS - LINKS TO
NEW ZEALAND - NEW ZEALAND BOUND - Dedicated to identifying genealogical resources to assist in locating which New Zealand bound ship an immigrant ancestor was aboard.
NEW ZEALAND - NEW ZEALAND IMMIGRATION PASSENGER LISTS 1839 - 1973 - linked to Family Search
NEW ZEALAND - NEW ZEALAND YESTERDAYS - 19th Century History Resources for Genealogists for the whole of New Zealand from 1819 to 1900, over 1500 passenger lists, more than 500 ships (many with photographs/paintings), shipboard diaries, and much much more...
NEW ZEALAND - DENISE AND PETERS PASSENGER LISTS
NEW ZEALAND - SOOTY'S PASSENGER LISTS AND SOURCES
AUCKLAND - Auckland Area Passenger Arrivals 1838-1889, 1909-1921
AUCKLAND COUNCIL LIBRARIES PASSENGERS AND VESSELS DATABASE
AUCKLAND - ROYAL NEW ZEALAND FENCIBLES - 1847 - 1852
AUCKLAND, MANAKAU AND KAIPARA HARBOURS
WAIKATO IMMIGRATION SCHEME - 1864 - 1865
NAPIER (HAWKES BAY) PASSENGER ARRIVALS - 1853 - 1879
WELLINGTON PASSENGER ARRIVALS [PETONE SETTLERS DATABASE] - 1839 - 1897
NELSON PASSENGER ARRIVALS - 1841 - 1883
BRIG 'SPRAY' - MELBOURNE - NELSON 1855
LYTTELTON (CHRISTCHURCH) PASSENGER ARRIVALS
PORT CHALMERS (DUNEDIN) PASSENGER ARRIVALS
NELSON, TASMAN AND MARLBOROUGH - The Prow - a website featuring historical and cultural stories from Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough. Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka a Maui is the MAORI name for the top of the South Island. Legend tells us that Te Tau Ihu was the prow of Maui's waka, or canoe, from which he fished up the North Island.
NELSON EARLY SETTLERS DATABASE - 1841 - 1850
POLISH HISTORY NEW ZEALAND - THE FRITZ REUTER
PHOTOGRAPHERS
NEW ZEALAND PHOTOGRAPHERS DATABSE - The Photographers Database is an index to photographers who have worked in New Zealand from the 1840s to the present day.
NEW ZEALAND PHOTOGRAPHERS - WIKIPEDIA - both historic and modern.
EARLY NEW ZEALAND PHOTOGRAPHERS
PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTIONS
STRANGERS IN A BOX - Dawn Scotting's Blog on connecting orphaned New Zealand photographs with families.
ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY - NZ Heritage Library - many on-line resources including 60,000 photographs.
AUCKLAND CITY LIBRARIES HERITAGE IMAGES - over 100,000 images from the photograph and map collections of Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries. The database covers a wide range of topics including family history, portraits, architecture, advertising, photographers, maritime history, fashion, sports and the history of Auckland and New Zealand.
PICTURE WAIRARAPA - Wairarapa Archives Collection.
NELSON MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHS
PHOTO NEWS was a monthly magazine published by Logan Publishing of Gisborne between 1954 and 1975. At its height, Logan Publishing was printing Photo News editions for nine regions around New Zealand - a total of 60,000 copies a month, or nearly three-quarters of a million every year. The regions covered were: - Whangarei, Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Plymouth (Taranaki), Waikato, Thames-Paeroa-Matamata, Franklin, Wanganui and Nelson. Over time, with the assistance of the communities in the various regions served by the Photo News, we hope to make more editions available.
PLACE NAMES
NEW ZEALAND PLACENAMES - CHANGES AND ALSO KNOWN AS (AKAs)
POLICE - Also see CRIME
NEW ZEALAND POLICE MUSEUM
NEW ZEALAND POLICE GAZETTE - 1877 - 1945
CANTERBURY POLICE GAZETTE - 1863 - 1877
OTAGO POLICE GAZETTE - 1861 - 1877
PROBATE RECORDS - See WILLS AND PROBATES
RAIL
RAIL HERITAGE TRUST OF NEW ZEALAND - beside mileage, station opening and closings also includes NZR Bulletin Index which includes staff appointments, etc
NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS MAGAZINE - the official publicity outlet of the New Zealand Government Railways Department. Published between May 1926 and June 1940
REGIONS
AUCKLAND COUNCIL ARCHIVES - Family History and Council Archives
BAY OF PLENTY - TAURANGA KETE
BAY OF PLENTY - TAURANGA PAE KOROKI
BAY OF PLENTY - WESTERN - Te Puke, Tauranga, Katikati etc
BAY OF PLENTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Journal articles
CANTERBURY - ASHBURTON
CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL - HERITAGE ASSESMENT - BANKS PENINSULA
CANTERBURY - SOUTH - Fairlie, Geraldine, Hakataramea, Temuka, Timaru, Twizel, Washdyke etc
CANTERBURY MUSEUM - COLLECTIONS
COROMANDEL - THAMES TREASURY
COROMANDEL - THAMES
EAST COAST - TOLAGA BAY
FEILDING AND DISTRICTS COMMUNITY
HAURAKI - WAIHI - Waihi Arts Centre and Museum
HAWKE'S BAY, EAST COAST & WAIRARAPA GENWEB PROJECT
CENTRAL HAWKES BAY KETE
HOKIANGA
HOROWHENUA - Levin, Foxton etc
HOROWHENUA/MANAWATU/RANGITIKEI/TARARUA/WANGANUI - Archives Central is a database for the archives of most of the local authorities in the Horizons region - Wanganui District Council, Rangitikei District Council, Manawatu District Council. Palmerston North City Council, Tararua District Council, Horowhenua District Council and Horizons Regional Council
MARLBOROUGH - PICTON HERITAGE AND WHALING MUSEUM
NELSON, TASMAN AND MARLBOROUGH - The Prow - a website featuring historical and cultural stories from Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough. Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka a Maui is the MAORI name for the top of the South Island. Legend tells us that Te Tau Ihu was the prow of Maui's waka, or canoe, from which he fished up the North Island.
NELSON EARLY SETTLERS DATABASE - 1841 - 1850
OTAGO - BALCLUTHA
OTAGO - CAVERSHAM, DUNEDIN - Otago University's Caversham project databases
OTAGO - DUNEDIN FAMILY HISTORY GROUP - covers Otago and Southland
OTAGO - INDEX OF EARLY RESIDENTS
OTAGO - QUEENSTOWN AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Index to the Courier articles.
TARANAKI - WAITARA
WAIRARAPA AND WELLINGTON - Early Settler Families
HERITAGE WAIKATO
WAIKATO - CAMBRIDGE
WAIKATO - CAMBRIDGE - ERIS PARKER'S CAMBRIDGE HERITAGE BLOG
WAIKATO - HAMILTON HERITAGE
WAIKATO - MANGATANGI - Mangatangi History Group
WAIKATO - TE AROHA
WAIKATO - HISTORIC OVERVIEW - TUAKAU AND DISTRICT
WAIRARAPA - ARCHIVE KETE
WELLINGTON - ARCHIVES
WELLINGTON CITY RECOLLECT
WELLINGTON - HUTT VALLEY GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL RESEARCH DATA
WHANGANUI DISTRICT LIBRARY - TE WHARE PUKAPUKA O WHANGANUI
WEST COAST HISTORY
RELIGION
ANGLICAN - The Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican Clergy in the Pacific up to 1930.
ANGLICAN ARCHIVES - AUCKLAND - The Anglican Diocese of Auckland Archives.
JOHN KINDER THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY - TE PUNA ATUATANGA - ARCHIVE CATALOGUE - Archives are held in the John Kinder Theological Library for the Anglican Church, the Melanesian Mission Trust Board, the St John's College Trust Board, St John's College, Methodist mission and theological collection collections, and the Library's own collection of papers and records of individuals and organisations.
JEWISH ARCHIVE (incorporating Wellington Jewish Archives)
METHODIST ARCHIVES
PRESBYTERIAN ARCHIVES
PRESBYTERIAN MINISTERS, DEACONESSES AND MISSIONARIES - 1840 - 2015
ROMAN CATHOLIC - See The New Zealand Tablet at PAPERS PAST
ROMAN CATHOLIC - Past Sisters of St Joseph, Whanganui
ROMAN CATHOLIC - Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart - use the Search for New Zealand nuns, convents etc
ROMAN CATHOLIC - Archives - Catholic Diocese of Auckland [Established 1848]
ROMAN CATHOLIC - Catholic Diocese of Christchurch [Established 1877]
ROMAN CATHOLIC - Catholic Diocese of Dunedin [Established 1869]
ROMAN CATHOLIC - Catholic Diocese of Hamilton [Established 1980]
ROMAN CATHOLIC - Catholic Diocese of Palmerston North [Established 1980]
ROMAN CATHOLIC - Catholic Diocese of Wellington [Established 1848]
SALVATION ARMY - Archives Office
RESEARCH
NZRESEARCH.ORG.NZ - Discover and access New Zealand's most comprehensive selection of research papers and related resources. This site include peer-reviewed and other research from universities, polytechnics, and research organisations throughout New Zealand.
SOUND AND VISION
NEW ZEALAND ARCHIVE OF FILM, TELEVISION AND SOUND - NGA TAONGA WHITIAHUA ME NGA TAONGA KARERO - This archive was formed by the amalgamation of the New Zealand Film Archive, Sound Archives Nga Taonga and the Television New Zealand Archive.
SPECIAL SETTLEMENTS
ALBERTLAND SETTLEMENT - WELLSFORD
ALBERTLAND INDEX 1862-1962 - linked to Family Search.
BALL PARTY - MANGONUI, NORTHLAND (Background only)
BIRMINGHAM SMALL FARM ASSOCIATION - KIMBOLTON (Background only)
PUHOI HISTORICAL SOCIETY
JACKSON'S BAY, WESTLAND - Lists payments made to settlers - 1879
POLLOK - (AWHITU PENINSULA) - Background.
PURUA, WHANGAREI - Northland
SCANDANAVIAN SETTLEMENT OF THE 70 MILE BUSH - Southern Hawkes Bay/Northern Wairarapa
ULSTER PLANTATION - KATIKATI - George Vesey Stewart's First Party - 1875
ULSTER PLANTATION - KATIKATI - George Vesey Stewart's Second Party - 1878
WAIPU, NORTHLAND
WHANGAE SETTLEMENT - KAWAKAWA - 1866
SPORT
ALL BLACKS - PAST AND PRESENT - Biographical details on past and present All Blacks.
NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS - PAST AND PRESENT - Biographical details on past and present New Zealand cricketers.
NEW ZEALAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME - New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame Inductees.
TELEPHONE BOOKS AND NUMBERS
NEW ZEALAND ON-LINE TELEPHONE BOOK
TELEPHONE NUMBERS IN NEW ZEALAND - showing districts etc
WELLINGTON AND HUTT VALLEY
WELLINGTON - ARCHIVES
WELLINGTON CITY RECOLLECTThis database of heritage photos, books, maps and related ephemera is administered by Wellington City Libraries.
WELLINGTON CITY LIBRARIES - GENEALOGY
WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL - CEMETERY RECORDS
WELLINGTON - HUTT VALLEY GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL RESEARCH DATA
BLACKBRIDGE CEMETERY [BESIDE KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH] LOWER HUTT
WILLS AND PROBATE RECORDS
ARCHIVES NEW ZEALAND ARCHWAY - Check first as many probate records are being digitalised.
PROBATE RECORDS - 1843 - 1998 - linked to Family Search. You can also browse records here that have not been indexed as yet.
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE PETITION - 1893
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE PETITION - 1893
FAMILIES I AM RESEARCHING | MISCELLANEOUS GENEALOGICAL STUFF | NEW ZEALAND — ON LINE GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY RESOURCES | NEW ZEALAND — YOUNG BOY IMMIGRANT SCHEME 1911 — 1914 | NEW ZEALAND DISASTERS AND TRAGEDIES | NEW ZEALAND MISCELLANEOUS GENEALOGICAL INDEXES | NEW ZEALAND LAND WARS — MISCELLANEOUS GENEALOGICAL INDEXES | NEW ZEALAND AND WORLD WAR ONE | NEW ZEALAND AND WORLD WAR TWO | NEW ZEALAND ROLLS OF HONOUR AND WAR MEMORIALS — BY LOCATION | NEW ZEALAND ROLLS OF HONOUR AND WAR MEMORIALS — BY CONFLICT | NEW ZEALAND ROLLS OF HONOUR — MILITARY NURSES | PAKEHA/MAORI TRANSLITERATIONS | PASSENGER LISTS TO NEW ZEALAND | SHAND — FAMILY HISTORY | SOUTH TARANAKI, NEW ZEALAND — GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES | SPONDON, DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND — GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES | WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL 1865 — 1947 | WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY, NEW ZEALAND — GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES