Here is your opportunity to be introduced to the main research facilities available to the public within the
greater Auckland area. These tours will be conducted prior to and after the Congress for researchers
wanting to become familiar with what is available and the location of these repositories. This will be
especially valuable for anyone wanting to stay in Auckland after Congress to research.
This
whole day tour departs Kings College at 9.30am on Friday 16th January 2009 and Wednesday 21st
January 2009, returning in the late afternoon. The cost will be $50, lunch not included.
The itinerary will include visits to:
Archives NZ (Auckland Branch)This repository is the official guardian of New Zealand’s public archives. It is housed in a recently opened
purpose built facility at Mangere in Auckland, and holds records for government offices north of Taupo,
including Gisborne. The holdings include the originals of government documents, maps, paintings,
photographs and film.
Access to some of these records can be made by checking
ARCHWAY, an online search facility, which
provides the reference number required to get access to the documents when researching at the facility.
This on-going project is a valuable research tool for the historian, which includes a selection of their holdings
and is continually being added to.
Auckland War Memorial Museum & LibraryOne of Auckland’s icons the Auckland War Memorial Museum houses unique and varied collections of
interest to historians. Of special interest to Congress attendees will be The Armoury and Museum Library.
The Armoury a wonderful research facility for anyone conducting military research. Prior to arriving in
Auckland you could check the
Cenotaph database for biographical and service details for over 115,000 New
Zealand service men and women from the 19th century till today and especially from World War One and
World War Two.
The Museum Library houses one of New Zealand’s largest collections of heritage material, manuscripts and
archives, photographs, paintings and drawings. It too has a
searchable database.
The
NZ National Maritime Museum explores New Zealand’s maritime story. There are over 14 exhibition halls plus on the water heritage vessels.
You can experience the feeling of shipboard life your ancestors felt when they immigrated and much more.
Lunchtime will be spent at Auckland’s Viaduct Basin where New Zealand held the America’s Cup.
Auckland City LibraryThe Auckland Research Centre is housed on the second floor of Auckland City Library. It has a large family
history focus and includes published family histories, indexes to births, deaths and marriages in New
Zealand and other parts of the world, shipping records, guides and other biographical sources. In addition
to this there is a local history collection which focuses on the greater Auckland region, but also includes
general New Zealand and Pacific history and literature. As well as published material, and several thousand
reels of microfilm, there are also unique indexes and other bibliographic resources about Auckland.
There is also a special collections room which contains materials that require special care or handling
because of their uniqueness, rarity, value or condition. This includes rare books, ephemera, manuscripts,
maps, and photographs
The New Zealand collections (books, manuscripts, maps, ephemera, music and photographs) focus on
Auckland and Northland, but not exclusively. There is a nationally significant collection of Maori manuscripts.
The International collections contain medieval manuscripts and representative examples of important books
and printing from the fifteenth to the twenty first century.
Searchable online resources available include: Auckland City Street Names, Auckland Crown Grants, Cemetery
Records, Ephemera Index, Heritage Images, Manuscripts, Maps, Armed Constabulary of New Zealand
1867-1877, Auckland Area Passenger Arrivals 1838-1886 and 1909-1921, Auckland Area Passenger
Vessels 1838-1886.
