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New Zealand History: Books

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Finding books for New Zealand History

New Zealand History books are mostly found in the Central Library and Macmillan Brown Library. We use the Library of Congress classification system for arrangement (see below).  Every item in the Library has a unique call number which can be found by using the Library Catalogue.

Books which are in high demand for particular courses are held on high demand. To see the list for your course, type the course code into the Course code search in the Library Catalogue (e.g. HIST129). 

 

Guide to call numbers

Library of Congress Classifications for New Zealand History

DU 400 - 441

NZ History

400 Periodicals
401 Sources and documents. Collections. Early statistics
402 Biography, collective. Individual with period or subject
403 Topography. Gazeteers. Handbooks. Description and travel.
405 General
406 To 1840 (discovery and exploration)
407 1840 - 1900
408 1900 - 1980
408.5 1981 -
409 Transport and communications (political aspects)
410 Social life and customs
412 Ethnography. Races. Maori
412.5 Special Topics A-Z. See Maori guide
412.7 Individual tribes, A-Z
413 Other elements in the population A-Z

DU 417 - 422

NZ History - General

417 Comprehensive
418 General, to 1840
418.1 NZ company
418.2 Treaty of Waitangi
420 General, 1840 - 1900
421 Maori wars

DU 435 - 441

Local NZ history

DU 436 .A8 Auckland
DU 436 .A81 Northland
DU 436 .A82 South Auckland
DU 436 .A83 Gisbourne
DU 436 .C3 Canterbury
DU 436 H3 Hawkes Bay
DU 436 .M3 Marlborough
DU 436 .N4 Nelson
DU 436 .O8 Otago
DU 436 .S7 Southland
DU 436 .T2 Taranaki
DU 436 .W4 Wellington
DU 436 .W5 Westland

DU 441

Cities and towns, A-Z

DU 441 .A5 Alexandra
DU 441 .A7 Ashburton
DU 441 .A8 Auckland
DU 441 .B2 Balclutha
DU 441 .C2 Cambridge
DU 441 .C5 Christchurch urban area
DU 441 .C6 Clyde
DU 441 .C8 Coromandel
DU 441 .C87 Cromwell
DU 441 .D9 Dunedin
DU 441 .F4 Fielding
DU 441 .G3 Geraldine
DU 441 .G5 Gisbourne
DU 441 .G8 Greymouth
DU 441 . H2 Hamilton
DU 441 .H4 Hawera
DU 441 .H7 Hokitika
DU 441 .H9 Hutt
DU 441 .I6 Invercargill
DU 441 .K2 Kaikoura
DU 441 .L9 Lyttelton
DU 441 .M3 Manukau
DU 441 .M4 Masterton
DU 441 .N2 Napier
DU 441 .N4 Nelson
DU 441 .N5 New Plymouth
DU 441 .O1 Oamaru
DU 441 .P2 Palmerston North
DU 441 .P6 Picton
DU 441 .P8 Port Chalmers
DU 441 .Q3 Queenstown
DU 441 .R9 Russell
DU 441 .S8 Stewart Island
DU 441 .T2 Tauranga
DU 441 .T3 Thames
DU 441 .T5 Timaru
DU 441 .W2 Wanganui
DU 441 .W4 Wellington urban area
DU 441 .W45 Westport
DU 441 .W5 Whangarei
DU 441 .W55 Whakatane

DU 445

Outlying Island Dependencies

.C4 Chatham Islands
.R2 Raoul Islands
.S92 Subantarctic Island

Books online

Bridget Williams Books New Zealand History Collection

Early New Zealand Books
Full-text New Zealand books published in the ninetenth century.

New Zealand Electronic Text Centre
Full-text of significant New Zealand and Pacific Islands books.