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Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids
Discover the world in a way you’ve never seen before — National Geographic Kids will take you on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. National Geographic Kids includes the complete run of the magazine from 2009 to the present, as well as books, videos, and images.
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Gale Presents: National Geographic Virtual Library
Search articles and legendary photos from this historical archive, covering more than a hundred years of National Geographic magazine. Includes coverage of global events, nature, science, technology, and the environment.
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Naxos Jazz Library
Streaming music — over 210,500 tracks of jazz from more than 17,930 CDs. Includes over 32,000 jazz artists.
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Naxos Music Library
Streaming music — over 276,000 tracks from 19,000 CDs. Classical, jazz, blues, world music & more.
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Naxos Video Library
Naxos Video Library is an extensive streaming video library of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts and documentaries. Watch the world’s greatest opera houses, ballet companies, orchestras and artists perform on demand! Naxos Video Library can not currently be accessed from the public computers in the library – logon from home or ask a staff member for help.
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New York Times
Offers our members the opportunity to login each day with your library card details and claim a “group pass” which gives 24 hours’ access to their websites & smartphone app. (Please note: the expiry time for your 24 hours access is given in US Eastern Time, and an initial nytimes.com email/password registration is required.) Provides access to the searchable archive from 1851-1922 and 1981-present
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New Zealand Artists Database
A searchable index of what Wellington City Libraries holds on New Zealand artists. At present that means mainly painters, photographers, sculptors, and mixed media and installation artists, but as the database is expanded craft artists, jewelers, potters and architects will gradually be included.
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New Zealand Government
This site is a portal to all central and local government bodies and the services they provide. Provides background information on New Zealand’s history, constitution and government, as well as links to Ministries and Departments.
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NZHistory
Information and resources from Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Three broad categories showcase themes in New Zealand history: culture and society, politics and government and New Zealand at war. Includes information about political milestones, protest and reform, the Treaty of Waitangi, Māori leadership, Heads of State, Parliament and the people and the work of government.
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New Zealand Legislation
This website provides free public access to New Zealand statutes (Public, Local, and Private Acts) and Statutory Regulations. Legislation on the website has amendments incorporated to provide a snapshot of the law as it currently stands.
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New Zealand Legislation
This website provides free public access to New Zealand statutes (Public, Local, and Private Acts) and Statutory Regulations. Legislation on the website has amendments incorporated to provide a snapshot of the law as it currently stands.
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New Zealand Sign Language
Information about New Zealand sign language, which is an official language in New Zealand.
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Niupepa: Māori Newspapers Digital Collection
The Niupepa: Māori Newspapers Digital Collection is an electronic collection of over 17,000 pages taken from 34 separate periodicals. Most of the titles originally available through this project are now available through Papers Past – to find all the Niupepa titles available, scroll down to the ‘Māori Newspapers’ section of About Papers Past.
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Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale)
Perspectives on major contentious social, political, and technological issues.
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Oxford Art Online
Encyclopaedia-style articles on the visual arts, including more than 21,000 biographies of artists and craftsmen, and over 5,000 searchable art images, drawings and maps. Content covers painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, photography and more.
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Oxford English Dictionary
The OED is the definitive record of the English language, featuring 600000 words, 3 million quotations, and over 1000 years of English.
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Oxford Music Online
A music reference and research tool that charts the history and culture of music and musicians from around the world, from pre-history to the present day.
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Papers Past
Digitised New Zealand newspapers, periodicals, letters, diaries and parliamentary papers from 1839 to 1945. Coverage includes The Evening Post from 1865 to 1945, and The Dominion from 1907 to 1920, plus many other early Wellington region publications.
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PressReader
Same day access to full-page replicas of newspapers & magazines from NZ and around the world in 60+ languages.
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PressReader - Car and bike magazines
Gives same day, unlimited access to thousands of newspapers and magazines from NZ and around the world. Browse by country, language or title. Includes over 100 car and bike magazine titles, including – New Zealand Classic Car, Top Gear, 4×4 Australia, Wheels, Practical Classics, and Classic Bike.
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PressReader New Zealand publications
Gives same day, unlimited access to full-page replicas of New Zealand newspapers and magazines, with titles going back 90 days. You can access PressReader through your browser or with the PressReader app.
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PressReader NZ Newspapers
Gives same day, unlimited access to full-page replicas of many New Zealand newspapers and magazines, with titles going back 90 days.
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Primary Sources (Gale)
Simultaneously search or browse through all our Gale historical newspaper databases from the 1600s to the 21st century. Search includes archives for: Daily Mail 1896-2004, The Independent 1986-2012, International Herald Tribune 1887-2013, The Sunday Times 1822-2006, The Telegraph 1855-2000 and The Times (of London) 1785-2013, as well as some special collections.
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ProQuest Research Library
Access to a wide range of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers on popular academic subjects. The database includes more than 6,600 titles – over 5,000 in full text – from 1971 forward.
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ProQuest Research Library: Science & Technology
This database provides a collection of scientific journals in full text and image formats. Publications include a wide range of topics from both the physical and life science disciplines.
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Road to IELTS - Academic
Road to IELTS is a preparation and practice resource for IELTS, the International English Language Testing System. IELTS is designed to assess the language ability of candidates who want to study or work where English is the language of communication. The Academic module is for candidates wishing to study at undergraduate or postgraduate levels and for those seeking professional registration.
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Road to IELTS - General
Road to IELTS is a preparation and practice resource for IELTS, the International English Language Testing System. IELTS is designed to assess the language ability of candidates who want to study or work where English is the language of communication. The General Training module is for candidates wishing to migrate and for those wishing to train or study at below degree level.
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Rongo app
Tai Tokerau’s Te Hiku Media has launched an app called ‘Rongo’ to support te reo learners with their pronunciation. The app has been designed to get more people to speak te reo Māori without feeling whakamā about working on the pronunciation. Although the app is currently only available for iOS, an Android version is also planned.
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Science in Context (Gale)
Contextual information on many significant science topics and showcases scientific disciplines that relate to real-world issues.
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Smithsonian Collections Online (Gale)
Gale and the Smithsonian have partnered to give students and researchers a look behind the glass of the Smithsonian Museum’s exhibits and collections. The digitized materials within Smithsonian Collections Online span multidisciplinary topics for both research and education, including: Evolution of Flight 1784-1991 and Trade Literature and the Merchandizing of Industry World’s Fairs.
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Story Box Library
Streaming storytimes — preschool & primary school age stories read aloud on video by amazing authors & storytellers.
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Te Aka - Māori Dictionary Project
Search the Māori dictionary with the online version of Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index. A comprehensive, online bilingual dictionary that includes encyclopaedic entries, idioms and grammatical explanations.
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Te Ao Hou
A magazine published by the Department of Māori Affairs between 1951 and 1976 which aimed to “provide interesting and informative reading for Māori homes”. Its strength is in its treatment of ‘social’ conditions and issues of the day.
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Te Ara: the Encyclopedia of New Zealand
In Māori, Te Ara means ‘the pathway’. Through interlinking text and image trails, the Encyclopedia takes you on a journey of discovery. The site also includes New Zealand’s last official encyclopedia from 1966. It is published here in full, with all the original drawings, maps and photographs.
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Te Puna Search
The National Library of New Zealand’s New Zealand Union Catalogue — detailing the holdings of all New Zealand libraries across the country. Once you find the particular item you require you can go directly to the online catalogues of the holding libraries to see if it is available. If you wish to borrow an item from another NZ library, please read the Interloans information.
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Teens' eReading Room
OverDrive’s Teen eReading Room — the main website filtered just for material for teens. This is Overdrive’s website, which is great for browsing — for app use, we recommend Libby.
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The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War
Published by the Department of Internal Affairs in the decades after the end of the war, this fifty volume series covers all areas of New Zealand’s involvement, from detailed accounts of particular battalions, to the political and economic background and consequences, to full accounts of particular episodes and campaigns.
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The Times Digital Archive, 1785-2013 (Gale)
First published in 1785, The Times of London is widely considered to be the world’s ‘newspaper of record’. The Times Digital Archive allows users to search over 200 years of this invaluable historical source. Note: Due to industrial action, The Times was not printed between the 1st of December 1978 and the 12th of November 1979
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Trove
From the National Library of Australia, Trove provides access to over 20 million pages from over 1000 Australian newspapers from each state and territory and from the earliest published newspaper in 1803, to the mid-20th century.
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Waitangi Tribunal Reports
This site includes the published reports of the Waitangi Tribunal, as well as information about the Tribunal and its duties.
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Wellington Local History Index
Primarily based around a collection of newspaper articles, dating back to the 1940s when the clipping and indexing of local newspapers first began at the Libraries. It covers a vast number of topics relating to the history and development of Wellington City and the surrounding region. Contact staff to see a microfilmed copy of the original. newspaper.
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Wellington Recollect
Interested in our city’s history? Wellington City Recollect draws upon the library’s collections of photographs, postcards, vintage pamphlets, theatre programmes and more. Discover Wellington through time.