We produce a range of websites bringing New Zealand's culture and heritage online. Visit connect with us online to see our list of Ministry social media channels.
NZHistory
NZHistory has a strong focus on our military and social history. NZHistory features three major databases: the South African War embarkation roll, the Memorials register and the 1893 Women’s Suffrage Petition as well as smaller databases of Treaty of Waitangi and He Whakaputanga - Declaration of Independence signatories.
Visit NZHistory website.
Te Ara — The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Te Ara — The Encyclopedia of New Zealand provides website resources about New Zealand's people, land, culture and society including New Zealand in brief.
Visit Te Ara — The Encyclopedia of New Zealand website.
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography is the foremost reference work on the lives of people who shaped this country’s history and culture from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries.
Visit the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.
28th Māori Battalion
The 28th Māori Battalion website is a place to record, remember, honour and maintain information and knowledge of the Māori Battalion and its outstanding contribution to Aotearoa New Zealand.
Visit 28th Māori Battalion website.
QuakeStories
QuakeStories was a place where you told us your stories about the Canterbury earthquakes of September 2010, February 2011 and other New Zealand quakes (Seddon, 2013; Kaikōura, 2016). In 2021, the stories from the QuakeStories site were transferred to the University of Canterbury QuakeStudies website for long-term archiving.
Te Tai - Treaty Settlement Stories
The Ministry has embarked on a national project aimed at increasing awareness and deepening understanding of Treaty settlements and their impact. Te Taiwhakaea Treaty Settlement Stories (Te Tai) is a rich and comprehensive source of new information and provide a platform for expressing the diverse range of these significant events.
Visit Te Tai website
Tuia - Encounters 250 (Tuia 250)
In 2019, Aotearoa New Zealand acknowledged 250 years since the first onshore meetings between Māori and Europeans. Tuia – Encounters 250 (Tuia 250) was the national commemoration that recognised this milestone in our history.
Visit Tuia 250 website
Vietnam War Oral History Project
The Vietnam War Oral History Project contains resources relating to the New Zealand’s involvement in the Vietnam War. The website features extracts from oral history interviews, images and a nominal roll of New Zealand’s Vietnam veterans.
Visit the Vietnam War Oral History Project website.
WW100
The centenary of the First World War was marked over several years through a variety of commemorative projects. The centenary programme included a wide range of activities and events for New Zealanders to participate in – both at home and overseas. The centenary programme finished in July 2019 but an archived version of the WW100 website is still online.
Visit the archived WW100 website.
Updated on 9th March 2023