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Stories

Stories is a collection of found items from DigitalNZ that users can curate into a story. You can document your research project, or upload your own images to tell your story or simply you can use stories to save inspirational finds on the website.

Document your research

Save reference material in one place, then add notes for a research project or published article.

Share your family history

Research your family history, add your own text and photos, and share it with your wider whānau.

Collect your favourite items

Gather together the things that interest you to curate a visual collection or tell a story.

How to create your story

Here are some of our recent favourite stories

New collections on DigitalNZ

A blue police vest displayed on a white mannequin. The vest has four front pockets, a black and white checkered pattern on the shoulders and a patch on the right chest with the word 'POLICE' in white letters.

Wellington Museum

7,195 items including the Officer O'Leary costume from ‘Wellington Paranormal’.

A kauri seat with a high back, ornate carved arms, and elaborate painted panels, depicting scenes of rural New Zealand life across the seasons.

Kauri Museum

3,741 items including this kauri hall settle with painted panels of rural New Zealand.

A group of one man and 12 women wearing blouses, ties, and long skirts, and holding c.1900 hockey sticks.

Otautau Museum

56 items including this photograph of the Otautau Ladies Hockey team in 1911.

Cover of the journal 'Ascent' showing a photo of Frances Hodgkins.

Robert and Barbara Stewart Library and Archives

1,317 items including the December 1969 issue of the journal ‘Ascent’.

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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.

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