The Library provides access to a large amount of material via online databases and electronic journals available for free self-service use for Victoria staff and students. Many of these resources contain access to the full text of material as well as image and video content.
Collection of scholarly articles covering all areas of law. The collection includes over 120 Australian, New Zealand and Pacific law journals, plus selected articles from law journals from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
The national inventory of archaeological sites in New Zealand, covering over 60,000 sites. Contains information relevant to research, site management and protection.
A username and password is required for access. Please contact us to obtain login details.
A searchable collection of contact information for educational institutions and related organisations in New Zealand and Australia
Information with an Australasian focus from Australian and New Zealand magazines, newspapers and newswires, reference books, and company information.
Provides information about Australian and New Zealand books, series of books, imprints and publishers.
New Zealand legal commentaries and case law on topics including business law, company law, employment, insurance, property law and taxation and GST. Some Australian insurance law coverage.
A collection of census data from Statistic New Zealand's 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings. Data is presented in the form of excel tables and includes indicators such as ethnic group, language spoken, Maori descent indicator, religious affiliation, occupation, income level and martial status.
Data at the meshblock (detailed) level for selected variables from the 1996, 2001 and 2006 NZ Census of Population and Dwellings, rebased to 2006 census boundaries. There are also counts for area units, wards, territorial authorities and regional council areas.
This is unit record data produced by Statistics New Zealand which has been modified to protect the confidentiality of respondents while maintaining the integrity of the data. Only selected sets of data are available in this format. CURFs can only be accessed through a formal application to Statistics New Zealand.
Directory of publically available New Zealand government data sets.
Over 3,000 biographies of notable New Zealanders. Note that it does not include people who are alive.
Indexes articles from about 1000 publications on and about New Zealand and the South Pacific. New Zealand material covered includes popular, professional, and trade journals, scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, and New Zealand newspapers.
This database provides topical and historical issues within Indigenous studies. The multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary framework encompasses anthropology, community development, cultural studies, economics, education, health, history, human geography, law and land rights, literature, politics and policy making, (post)colonial studies, psychology, race studies, sociology and visual and performing arts.
This provides access to a wide range of time series data collected by Statistics New Zealand. You can access, view and download official NZ statistics in the areas of economic indicators, population, tourism, exports and imports, government finance, businesses, industry, work, income and spending.
Comprehensive collection of legislation, court cases, commentary, codes and standards relating to insurance in Australia and New Zealand.
One concurrent user only. Please use considerately.
Recent New Zealand unreported judgments freely available from the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, and High Court. Note: this free database does not indicate if a judgment has become reported in a law report series - see the Brookers Online - Briefcase database.
Searchable open-access research documents from research institutions throughout New Zealand.
The Knowledge Basket South Pacific Niustext database contains the full text of newspapers, magazines and other resources from the South Pacific
An early database created for NZ legislative materials which has useful resources for researching legislative histories during the 1990's and early 2000's. Searchable Hansard (Parliamentary Debates) from 1987 onwards. Full text searchable NZ Bills. Also includes Shattering Statutes (digitised versions of Acts from 1888-1894). Use official government websites for legislation or Brookers Online for recent parliamentary materials.
New Zealand legislation, New Zealand Law Reports, case law and article index (LINXPlus), legal commentaries, journals and bulletin articles. Access to Laws of New Zealand legal encyclopaedia, and other commentaries on legal subjects. Also includes some Australian legal materials and the Halsbury's encyclopaedias for England, Australia and Canada.
An independent weekly newsletter covering snippets and highlights of New Zealand and international news relating to the broad business sector. It also includes practical hints and advice for those running a business.
An independent weekly newsletter of information and commentary on the farming and agricultural industry sectors in New Zealand, with international commentary as appropriate. Includes data on product prices and weekly stockyard sales.
Complete topographic maps of New Zealand.
This resource is only available on campus and is not available through the University wireless network. It requires Internet Explorer. When prompted, please select Run.
Matapihi is a window onto the online collections of a number of New Zealand cultural organisations.
The Australasian Military History source is a searchable index of published material on Australian, New Zealand and Papua-New Guinean military history and related topics.
This resource contains 9000 Doctoral, Masters and Diploma theses in education topics about New Zealand and by New Zealanders at a wide range of overseas tertiary institutions.
New Zealand Gazette Online comprises PDF (portable document format) copies of issues of the New Zealand Gazette and related publications from 1841 to the present. The website displays all Gazette editions published since 1 January 2000. Gazette notices published between 1993 and 1999 are available on the searchable data base; Gazettes prior to 1993 can be requested via the website.
A newsletter focussing on taking charge of one's personal lifestyle.
A collection of New Zealand related databases where publications are indexed providing a record of source, dates, bibliographic information and sometimes, a short abstract.
Requires Internet Explorer; available from on-campus only. Use wired network for preference or select 'secure connection' when logging in on the wireless network. Collection of images of each issue of the New Zealand Law Journal, which includes scholarly articles on all areas of law.
This resource can only be accessed on campus.
New Zealand parliamentary publications and legislation, including the Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), Bills, Supplementary Order Papers, Statutes and Regulations.
New Zealand Refugee Law contains a range of material on refugee law, including Refugee Status Appeal Authority Decisions, High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court cases on refugee issues. The database is created as a public service by Rodger Haines QC who owns copyright.
The New Zealand Lost Cases project includes a Source database showing where court records can be found, and a Cases database reproducing cases found from 1840 to 1883. These cases are not published, and were located in manuscript collections, archives and judges' notebooks and libraries.
New Zealand magazines with a business, trade or industry orientation. Includes NZ Doctor and Pharmacy today along with the weekly business papers The Independent and the National Business Review (NBR).
New Zealand daily metropolitan and provincial newspapers published by Fairfax, plus the NZ Herald from the mid-1990s to present. Also includes Radio New Zealand Newswire. Useful for all subject areas when seeking reporting or commentary on contemporary events.
All-in-one searching of the key news and business content of Newztext Magazines, Newztext Newspapers, Index New Zealand, local newswires and TNS regional and industry sector reports.
A centralised register for archives held in many New Zealand repositories, for example, letters, diaries, photographs, oral history recordings, wills, birth, death and marriage certificates, immigration records, financial records. It also includes links to many of the individual repositories.
Practical guide to New Zealand business law topics including legislation, court cases, and legal commentary. Useful for industry compliance research.
A database of three historical newspapers: the Man Sing Times (1921-1922), the New Zealand Chinese Weekly News (1937-1946), and the New Zealand Chinese Growers (1949-1972) - searchable in English or Chinese.
Comprehensive guide to the principles and practice of company and securities law in New Zealand, including legislation, court cases, legal commentary and news.
Comprehensive collection of legislation, court cases, legal commentary and news on property law in New Zealand.
E-Commerce law provides practical commentary about the e-commerce legal and regulatory environment. The commentary also has related legislation, news bulletins and case digests.
Comprehensive collection of legislation, court cases, legal commentary and news on employment law and human resource management in New Zealand.
An independent weekly newsletter of news and commentary on all aspects of energy and the environment as it affects business and central and local government.
Comprehensive collection of legislation, court cases, legal commentary, rulings and news about sales tax law in New Zealand.
Comprehensive guide to New Zealand tax law, including legislation, court cases, bulletins, reports, newsletters and Inland Revenue (IRD) publications. Selected Australian, British and Canadian tax court cases are included.
An independent weekly newsletter providing news and commentary on all aspects of road, rail, air and sea transport.
Publications produced by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research. These are Quarterly Predictions and Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion (both from 1999 to present), plus their CPI Forecasts and Economic Indicators.
Access to this resource is available for staff only. Students do not have access.
Almost 90 newspapers and newswires from New Zealand and Australia covering local, regional and international topics.
Collection of images of the Acts of Parliament passed between 1888 and 1894, in their original form. A subset of the LegislationNZ collection.
Access to wide ranging official statistics, including census data for the 1996-2006 censuses, Confidentialised Unit Record Files (CURFs); census meshblock data, StreetLink and Digital Boundaries (for establishing geographic locations and boundaries); Treasury Long Term Data Series (1840-2004), and Access to MicroData (AtoM) service.
Provides access to descriptions of the unpublished manuscripts and pictures collections of New Zealand and Pacific material in the Alexander Turnbull Library.
Te Ara: the Encyclopedia of New Zealand aims to build a comprehensive guide to New Zealand's peoples, natural environment, history, culture, economy, institutions and society. Browse different subject categories or search across the entire resource. Te Reo Māori interface available.
Selected New Zealand and Pacific images from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library, the research library within the National Library of New Zealand.
An independent weekly newsletter of news and commentary on politics, the economy, legislation and business from Wellington and Canberra. Claims to include reporting on many issues not covered by mainstream media.
A general reference source of information on demographic, social and economic trends in New Zealand.
