Please notify library staff if any of the links below need to be updated.
Search Engines
- DuckDuckGo - DuckDuckGo promises not to track you, either by monitoring what you’re entering into the search engine or on other websites.
- Bing - Google’s closest rival and now includes CoPilot AI features
- Google - by far and away the dominant search engine - but there are alternatives!
Email providers
- Gmail
- Outlook.com (this also works for Hotmail and Live.com email addresses)
- Yahoo mail
Funding sites
- GivMe - Funding for individuals: access to more than 4000 scholarships and awards. Sign up first to create a free account.
- PNCC Community Funding - find out what funding is available from the City Council and how to apply.
Genealogy and History Links
- 1921 Census of England and Wales - Available on the Central Library's public PCs
- Ancestry Library Edition - 'Start searching billions of records and discover your family's story'.
- Births Deaths & Marriages online -search NZ Government records for births, deaths and marriages (BDM) here.
- British Newspaper Archive - 'access hundreds of historic newspapers from all over Britain and Ireland'. Available on the Central Library's public PCs. To view pages from the archive, you'll first need to register (for free).
- Cemetery & Cremation Search - Search PNCC burial records for the Ashhurst, Kelvin Grove and Terrace End cemeteries. Records date back to 1871
- Commonwealth War Graves - records for the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the First and Second World Wars
- FamilySearch - 'the world’s largest shared family tree'.
- Find my Past - A constantly updated family history and genealogy website containing over 550 million family history records. Available on the Central Library's public PCs.
- Heritage Services and Resources at P N City Library
- NZ Genealogy Links from GenealogyLinks.net
- Society, History & Places Digital Resources from P N City Library
- Times Digital Archive - Times (UK) newspaper archive - 1785 to 1985
General NZ Links
- Any Questions - online help to assist New Zealand students with their inquiries.
- Archives NZ - a searchable collection of 'trusted government information'
- Careers NZ - 'Providing information and tools to help New Zealanders with lifelong education and career decisions'
- CV and cover letter templates - from Careers NZ
- Digital NZ - discover NZ treasures such as aerial photos, newspaper clippings, artworks, and publications.
- Fletchers Index of Maori Names - from University of Waikato
- govt.nz - 'your guide to finding and using NZ government services'
- Health Navigator - ' . . . one place for NZ'ers to find reliable and trustworthy health information and self-care resources'.
- Journal of the Polynesian Society Online - hosted by Univ. of Auckland
- Maori Land Online (Te Ipurangi Whenua Maori) - information for land within the jurisdiction of the Maori Land Court
- Maori Land Court minute book index from Univ. Of Auckland
- New Zealand History Online - from N.Z. Ministry for Culture and Heritage
- Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision - NZ’s audiovisual archive - preserving our nation’s audiovisual heritage and making it widely accessible.
- Papers Past - Newspaper digitisation project from National Library of N.Z.
- NZ Legislation - public access to New Zealand statutes
- New Zealand Road Code Online - 'a user-friendly guide to New Zealand’s traffic law and safe driving practices'
- New Zealand Road Code Theory Test - 'Learn the Road Code quickly and easily with our free quizzes and practice tests'
- Te Ao Hou : The New World - published from 1952 to 1976 by the Maori Affairs Department
- Te Ara encyclopaedia of NZ - ' . . . guide to the country’s peoples, natural environment, history, culture, economy, institutions and society'.
Languages and Literature
- Fantastic Fiction - an excellent site for finding series information.
- Languages & Literature resources from P N City Library
- Publications New Zealand - (books, films, maps, music, etc). From NZ National Library.
- Te Puna: NZ Libraries' Catalogue - lists which libraries in NZ hold various titles
News Sites
- News in your language page - news from around the world
- PressReader - access to 5000 plus newspapers and magazines, from 100 countries - subscriber edition
- Scoop - NZ Independent News Media
- Stuff.co.nz - the biggest media website in New Zealand
Palmerston North and the Manawatu
- CEDA - facilitating 'creation and growth of economic wealth in Manawatū and beyond'.
- Feilding Library Catalogue - 'the best little library in NZ'
- IPU New Zealand Tertiary Institute - supports International students coming from many corners of the world
- Manawatu District Council - protecting and maintaining the District's natural and physical resources
- manawatunz.co.nz - "Discover Manawatū through the eyes of our locals".
- Massey University - campuses in Auckland, Manawatu and Wellington plus distance learning
- Palmerston North City Council website - PNCC's vision is 'for every resident to be able to enjoy the benefits of living in a small city, with the advantages of a big city'
- Te Wananga O Aotearoa - Tertiary education provider 'Guided by Māori principles and values'
- UCOL - Universal College of Learning - an institute of technology with specialty in Applied Engineering and Trades, Health and Sciences, and Humanities and Business.
