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Research guides
Our guides are a great place to start your research. Find out what archives we have on your topic, how to find them, and what information they contain.
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Our guides are a great place to start your research. Find out what archives we have on your topic, how to find them, and what information they contain.
Military and personnel files from home and abroad, unit diaries, Defence department archives, and maps and plans.
How to search the archives for migration and shipping information like passenger lists, naturalisation and citizenship files, and refugee and immigrant information
Te ao Māori research guides, including how to research your whakapapa and find information about land blocks
How to find information on work, trades and training, companies, patents, bankruptcy, private employment, government employment and the public service
Police, justice and court information relating to divorce, bankruptcy, civil and criminal cases, and prisoners