This page links to resources about history - including world history, New Zealand history, local history, and family history.
Find in our collection
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Ancient history
- World history
- New Zealand history
- Christchurch history
- History magazines
- Historical newspapers
- History documentaries
Browse new and recommended history titles from our collection.
History eResources
History Reference Center
Access to information on world history for researchers. Includes video, photos, maps and full-text books and magazines. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
World History in Context
Access to five thousand years of world history from antiquity to the present for students and researchers. Use at a library or enter your library card & password / PIN.
RBdigital Magazines includes history eMagazines like Inside History and BBC History Magazine.
Historic events
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Te Tiriti o Waitangi - The Treaty of Waitangi
- Kids' Treaty Zone
- New Zealand disasters
- First World War
- 1918 Influenza pandemic
- Parihaka
- The assassination of John F. Kennedy
Local history
- Local history research
- Kete Christchurch Online repository for community-sourced local history, images, and stories.
- Christchurch music timeline
- Christchurch: a chronology
- Heritage images of Christchurch
- Tī Kōuka Whenua Māori local history: stories of Christchurch and Banks Peninsula told with audio interviews and pictures.
- Te Kerēme Ngāi Tahu Waitangi Tribunal Claim database.
- A brief history of Christchurch City Libraries
- Local historical societies in CINCH
