eNewspapers & eMagazines
Press Reader
Read today's newspapers & magazines online in full-colour, full-page format. Over 7000 publications, from 80 countries in 40 languages, available from New Zealand and around the world.
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Papers Past
Papers Past contains more than two million pages of digitised New Zealand newspapers, periodicals, journals and parliamentary papers. The collection covers the years 1839 to 1945 and includes over 68 ...
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Ancestry Library Edition
Trace your family history, includes records from United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Ancestry is a comprehensive source of information for conducting genealogical and lo...
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Matamata-Piako District Cemetery Records
Matamata-Piako burial records are now available online. They allow you to find someone by first and last name to see the location of their burial/memorial in our cemeteries.
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Read MorePapers Past
Papers Past contains more than two million pages of digitised New Zealand newspapers, periodicals, journals and parliamentary papers. The collection covers the years 1839 to 1945 and includes over 68 ...
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The New Zealand Electronic Text Collection
The New Zealand Electronic Text Collection comprises significant New Zealand and Pacific Island texts and materials held by Victoria University of Wellington Library. This encompasses both digiti...
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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives
The Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives (AJHR), sometimes known as "the A to Js", is a collection of government-related reports published every year from 1858. The reports cover m...
Read MoreMāori Collection
Kauwhata Reo
With the continued growth of te reo Māori learners there is a need to make it easier to find te reo Māori resources. This site aims to develop a repository to support those teaching and learning te re...
Read MoreThe Journal of the Polynesian Society
The Polynesian Society is a non-profit organization based at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Founded in 1892, the Society's aim was the scholarly study of past and present New Zealand Māori a...
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Māori Land Online
Provides a snapshot of current ownership, trustee, memorial and block information for land that falls within the jurisdiction of the Māori Land Court under Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 and other legi...
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Dictionary New Zealand Biography
The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography forms part of Te Ara. It includes the definitive texts of all the biographies previously published in print, and additional biographies which are available only...
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Standards New Zealand (Building Standards)
The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (Building System Performance) has funded the following building standards, used for Building Code compliance, for free download.
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Read MoreScholarships & Grants
Matamata-Piako District Council Grants and Funding
List of grants that Council administers to support groups and individuals in our community.
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Community Group Funding
Just some of the potential funding available for community groups in the Waikato region.
The Community Organisation Grants Scheme (COGS)
Provides grants to non-profit organisations delivering comm...
Read MoreIndividual Scholarships
Just some of the scholarships available to individuals in the Waikato
Waikato Tainui Scolarships
This Scholarship is available to registered tribal members, residing in NZ and studying at a NZ Ter...
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