DigitalNZ - Search 30+ million New Zealand items across 300+ collections in one place. Easy.

Stories

Collect the items you're interested in and build a story around them. Here are a few of our recent favourites.

Tangata Ngai Tahu

Bridget Williams Books

When Hemi Pōmare met Queen Victoria

Zokoroa

Jan Nigro

Jaenine

The Raid on Parihaka

Abhilekh

Learn how to create a story

What's inside?

Here are just a few examples of the content you can find on DigitalNZ.

2,300 pieces of historical medical equipment from the Otago Medical School Alumnus Association
4,899 reviews, stories, poems, and essays from Landfall literary journal's archive
15,000 images of the RNZAF's history from the Air Force Museum of New Zealand
9,700 images of the Presbyterian church's history from the Presbyterian Research Centre

Explore it all

Create something with us

Learn More

There’s a lot to discover in DigitalNZ, so we’ve made some guides to help your search.

Become a partner

Join the 200 content partners who share their collections and metadata through us – we’ll make your material more findable.

Use our data

Use the free DigitalNZ API to make creative websites, mash-ups, apps and more. You can see we’ve got some great API user examples.

Our Story

Partnering curiosity with information, DigitalNZ began with a purpose: to bring the wealth of digital New Zealand content into one, accessible place. Our mandate was to promote open standards, formats and interoperability, and we've kept to that thinking throughout the years.