Useful Links

You may find some of these links helpful for finding out more about New Zealand's heritage.  Please note that where such links are provided throughout this site, Heritage New Zealand does not necessarily endorse or authorise the content of any such sites, nor can we ensure connection.  Please let us know if any of these links do not work.


Central and local government

Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga

Eventfinda (NZ Culture On-line)

Cultural Funding Guide (Online Search Engine)

New Zealand Government On-Line

Local Government On-Line

Wellington City Archives

Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai

Te Puni Kokiri Ministry of Maori Development

Legislation On-line (to view Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014, and other NZ legislation)


New Zealand history and heritage

Museums Aotearoa

Te Papa

NZ History

Te Ara: the Encyclopaedia of New Zealand

Dictionary of New Zealand Biography

Tourism New Zealand

Historic Places Aotearoa

Antarctic Heritage Trust

NZ Goldfields Heritage Trail

Wellington Museum of City and Sea

Public History Research Unit, University of Waikato

QuakeStudies: Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Commissioned Photographs collection, post-earthquakes.

Landmarks - explore the heritage of the Waimakariri District


Overseas heritage organisations

National Trust of England, Wales and Northern Ireland

National Trust of Scotland

National Trust for Jersey

National Trust of Australia

Australian Heritage Places Inventory

English Heritage

National Trust for Historic Preservation (USA)

Fondation du Patrimoine, France

Heritage New South Wales (Australia)

Heritage Victoria (Australia)

UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation)

ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property)

ICOMOS New Zealand (International Council on Monuments and Sites NZ National Committee).


Professional associations

New Zealand Archaeology Association

Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology

Professional Historians Association of New Zealand (PHANZA)

Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ)

New Zealand Institute of Architects

New Zealand Planning Institute

Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand.