Military and personnel files from home and abroad, unit diaries, Defence department archives, and maps and plans.

Personal identity information including marriages, probates and coroners’ inquests

How to search the archives for migration and shipping information like passenger lists, naturalisation and citizenship files, and refugee and immigrant information

Te ao Māori research guides, including how to research your whakapapa and find information about land blocks

Deeds and crown grants, maps and plans, Māori Land Court Minute Books and Sāmoan land and titles

How to find information on work, trades and training, companies, patents, bankruptcy, private employment, government employment and the public service

Access and order film from our extensive collections.

Student and teacher records from education boards, schools, universities and more

Health and mental health patient files, admission registers and other hospital and asylum archives

Police, justice and court information relating to divorce, bankruptcy, civil and criminal cases, and prisoners

Child and adult welfare information, adoptions, maintenance, pensions, benefits and charitable aid

Information about the major collections of photographs and artworks that we hold