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Sources

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This is a necessarily incomplete list of sources for New Zealand topics.

Source link Kinds of documents Best for Good for Bad for Count
(2011-10-02)
Parliament of New Zealand [1] Official policy, Ministerial Speeches, etc Contemporary local issues Criminal proceedings 695
Law of New Zealand [2] Current legislation Current Acts and Bills, Regulations Stale Acts and Bills, Regulations Old Acts and Bills, Regulations (focus is on current law) 612
Scoop [3] Press releases government, politicians, activists, pressure groups, businesses points of view Balanced coverage (almost all content is press releases) 1956
Papers Past [4] Old newspapers (English) Historical news coverage, around New Zealand Advertisements Te reo Māori newspapers (see below); little content 1940-2011 digitised 2724
Māori Niupepa [5] Old newspapers (Māori and bi-lingual) Contemporary coverage of early Māori issues Historical news coverage, around New Zealand Balanced coverage, much content blatantly biased as most news papers essentially partisan mouth pieces for the crown, the chiefs or the church. All sources use old orthography and may need to be adjusted for quoting. 11
NZETC [6] Misc Early New Zealand out of copyright sources; WWII official histories; The Cyclopedia of New Zealand 1897-1908'Contemporary New Zealand literature especially poetry 2207
National Library [7] Copyright deposit library catalog Authorship details, ISBNs of NZ books (including pre-amazon books) Full text of works 54
Te Papa Collections online [8] National Museum catalog Images of Māori cultural objects; correct names of Māori items in modern orthography Images of New Zealand art and artists High res images usually not available. 731
Stuff.co.nz [9] National Newspapers online News from c. August 2007 onwards 5773
The New Zealand Herald [10] Auckland Newspaper News from c.2000 onwards 9948
Television New Zealand [11] Nationwide television broadcaster News 2908
3 News [12] Nationwide television broadcaster News 609 + 202
Radio New Zealand/
Radio New Zealand International
[13] [14] Nationwide/International radio broadcaster News 382 / 1679
New Zealand Listener [15] Weekly magazaine Current affairs 335
Otago Daily Times [16] Daily newspaper Dunedin/Otago news 642
National Business Review [17] Weekly business news Business news Some content paywalled 306
Te Ara [18] Encyclopedia of New Zealand 3208 incl DNZB
New Zealand Historic Places Trust [19] Historic places register Detailed place descriptions 1443
Audit Bureau of Circulations [20] Newspaper/magazine circulation data 21
Statistics New Zealand [21] New Zealand statistics 1315
BDM/Council cemetery records [22]/various biography details
Land Information New Zealand [23] Geographic 1362
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography [24] Biographies of people who have died 525
TKI [25] School records 3960
Parole Board Decisions of Public Interest [26] Information on convicted criminals recently up for parole Warning: history of periodically removing content. 8
New Zealand Legal Information Institute [27] Old legislation; case law; appeals details; Broadcasting Standards Authority rulings; etc; etc Criminals; victims of crime; biographies of lawyers Warning: all content is WP:ROUTINE and cannot be used for notability.