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NZHistory, New Zealand history online. Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand – Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand is a comprehensive guide to our peoples, natural environment, history, culture, economy and society. Papers Past. The National Library of New Zealand. New Zealand protests. Image: Hikoi arrives at Parliament on 22nd March 2011 by Lance Andrewes on Flickr We have selected these online resources to support you when you need information relating to New Zealand protests.

New Zealand protests

These range from Parihaka, Māori land march,and seabed and foreshore protests to anti Vietnam, Springbok tour 1981, anti-nuclear and Rainbow Warrior protests. SCIS 1697983 See also: New Zealand History Digital NZ This site provides access to thousands of pictures, video, sounds and objects from New Zealand museums, libraries, galleries, archives and private institutions. To discover a set and items use the search term for the specific protest required: Māori land march; nuclear free protests; Parihaka incident; Rainbow Warrior protests; seabed and foreshore; and Springbok tour 1981 protests. Suggested level: intermediate, secondarywww.digitalnz.org/ ManyAnswers Suggested level: intermediate, NZ History Suggested level: secondarywww.nzhistory.net.nz/ NZ on Screen Papers Past Suggested level: Books Video.

DigitalNZ. Wellington City Library. Welcome!

Wellington City Library

Welcome to our History Popular Topic -- your guide to the depth and breadth of what's on offer on this subject at your library. We've written this page both as a guide to finding history material at the library and online (especially check out the New Zealand and world history websites we've highlighted below!) , and also to offer you opportunities for browsing our history collection online. Enjoy! History Featured Topic: If you're seeing this message for an extended period, javascript is not enabled in your browser. History Features Archive For history features earlier than May 2012, visit our History features archive Online databases & articles Magazines in print Reference Collection The Central Library has an excellent reference collection (for in-library reference only) containing Atlases, Yearbooks and Fact books, great for statistical information and the history of countries.

New Zealand Reference Material: Searching the catalogue Shelf help Tip: Our picks of the new books   NZ On Screen. New Zealand Geographic. Epic / Homepage - Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI) Kia ora and welcome to EPIC.

epic / Homepage - Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI)

EPIC is a venture between New Zealand libraries and the Ministry of Education, giving schools free access to a worldwide range of electronic resources. EPIC resources are purchased annually through the EPIC consortium on a subscription basis by the Ministry of Education for access by all New Zealand schools. What is available? Through EPIC schools can access databases containing curriculum related content from thousands of up-to-date, full text international and New Zealand magazines, newspapers, biographies, substantial reference works, images, e-books, multi-media resources and much more.

Visit the Databases page for descriptions of the resources, and to filter by learning area and school level. How do I access EPIC? Use the links below (and from the Databases page) to access the EPIC resource that you are interested in searching. For EPIC school login queries email: epic@epic.org.nz Who can use EPIC? Where can I find more information?