New Zealand and Pacific Islands
Location
The New Zealand and Pacific Islands Zone (NZPI) is located on the 2nd Floor of the Central Library.
Collections and Resources
The Zone has books, magazines, newspapers, maps and atlases, statistics, and many government publications (including a full set of the New Zealand statutes and regulations), as well as online databases and CD-ROMs. There is also a range of resources available on microfiche and microfilm. Material is both reference and lending.
Online databases and CD-ROMs
Newspapers
Magazines
Local History
Unique information about the Manawatu and other local areas. Photographs of local people or places (with card index) Newspapers from the 1870's with card or online indexes
online indexes
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Genealogy
Family history resources including books, electoral rolls, Post Office directories, microfiche indexes, some shipping lists, as well as many free-to-access internet resources.
internet resources
more info
Kohikohinga Maori
Maori and Pacific history, cultures, languages and contemporary issues.
more info
Check out the following New Zealand and Pacific Islands Zone collections:
Computers
Free public access to selected websites, online reference databases, New Zealand and Pacific CD-ROMs.
Online databases and CD-ROMs
Digitised resources
Pātaka Ipurangi: Manawatu Memory Online
