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Ngā rauemi rangahauResearch Resources
Puke Ariki offers a variety of digital resources, including searchable databases, digitised historical newspapers and online archives. These cover a wide range of research topics such as local heritage, genealogy and New Zealand history. Additional digital collections include scanned maps, photographs and rare publications, making it easier for researchers to access primary sources remotely.
Local History
Puke Ariki Heritage Collection
Search our collection of archives, photographs, artworks and interesting objects.
Search the Heritage Collection
Te Rangi Aoao Nunui
Te Rangi Aoao Nunui is Puke Ariki’s place to tell historical and cultural stories from the Taranaki district and to explore the items in our collection.
Te Rangi Aoao Nunui includes:
Family History / Whakapapa
Ancestry Library Edition
Discover your family history with Ancestry.com. There are billions of items to search from all over the world. The Ancestry Library edition is available to use at any of our libraries.
Learn more about Ancestry Library Edition
Access Ancestry Library Edition (only available onsite in our libraries)
FamilySearch
Create a free FamilySearch account to access a huge collection of historical documents including New Zealand passenger lists and probates as well as build your own family tree online.
New Plymouth District Council Cemetery Search
Locate the cemetery records of people buried or cremated in the New Plymouth District.
Births, Deaths and Marriages Online
Search 10+ million historical New Zealand birth, death and marriage records dating from 1848.
Auckland War Memorial Museum’s Online Cenotaph
A biographical database that allows researchers, enthusiasts, veterans and their families to explore, contribute to, and share the records and stories of those who served for Aotearoa New Zealand.
Newspapers
Papers Past
Digitised New Zealand newspapers, periodicals, letters, diaries and parliamentary papers. Coverage includes
- Taranaki Daily News 1900-1945
- Taranaki Herald 1852-1920
Taranaki Daily News
Explore the Taranaki Daily News 1954-1975 in high quality scans taken from newspapers held in Puke Ariki’s archive. Note: not text-searchable but available from home
Newsbank - Access New Zealand
Explore credible, vetted news sources from across New Zealand to stay informed on events, people and issues related to business, government, economy, sports, culture, and more. Features a variety of local, regional, and national news and information, including Taranaki Daily News searchable from 1996.
PressReader
Read full-colour versions of recent national and international newspapers from your PC or device by logging on with your library card, including the Taranaki Daily News.
Learn more about using PressReader
Download the app or read PressReader online
Index New Zealand (INNZ)
Summaries and subject headings for articles from 1400+ New Zealand journals, magazines and newspapers between the 1980s and 2024.
Aotearoa New Zealand Research Resources
Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre Plus
Newspaper and magazine articles with an emphasis on New Zealand and Australian titles.
Explore Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre Plus
DigitalNZ
Search over 30 million New Zealand items across the collections of 300+ libraries, museums, galleries and government departments, including Puke Ariki.
Māori Land Court Minute Book Index (MLCMBI)
Search the index of Māori Land Court proceedings from 1865 to 1910 then contact the Taranaki Research Centre to find the minute books on microfilm or in hardcopy.
New Zealand History Collection
Over 30 years of award-winning history publishing by Bridget Williams Books combines into an authoritative resource of life on these islands, from earliest beginnings to present day.
Search the New Zealand History Collection
Te Pouhere Korero Collection
Te Pouhere Kōrero 10 focuses on the new history curricula launched across all schools in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2023. The first volume of the journal Te Pouhere Kōrero – Māori History, Māori People was published in 1999, with ten volumes in total published by 2023.
Treaty of Waitangi Collection
The new home for Treaty scholarship online, combining award-winning histories with diverse commentary.
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