Updates from DigitalNZ
New content partners and collections — December 2024
Posted on 13 December 2024 by Kelly
We have recently added three new content partners to DigitalNZ - Warkworth Museum, Auckland Fire Brigades Museum and Historical Society, and Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities.
We’ve also added two new collections to DigitalNZ — the University of Canterbury Heritage Collection and the University of Otago Open Journal Systems, which includes the journals Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, Focus on Health... Read more
New content partners and collections — October 2024
Posted on 08 October 2024 by Kelly
We'd like to welcome new content partners — Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Pantograph Punch, and The Sapling. We also have two new collections — Pakiaka Rotorua Heritage Online from Rotorua Library - Te Aka Mauri, and Te Rangi Aoao Nunui from Puke Ariki.
It's wonderful to point to your collections from digitalnz.org.
New content partners and collections
Christchurch Art Gallery Te... Read more
Updates to our copyright pages on DigitalNZ
Posted on 08 October 2024 by Kelly
We are excited to announce important updates to our copyright pages DigitalNZ.org for both website visitors and for content partners.
Reusing items on DigitalNZ
For our visitors, the Reusing Items on DigitalNZ and Copyright page has been updated to clarify what you can and cannot do with the content you find through our website. This ensures that everyone can enjoy and share digital content responsibly and... Read more
New ways of exploring DigitalNZ
Posted on 23 February 2024 by Kelly
Telescope, binoculars, or the naked eye? We all have our own preferences when it comes to seeing the world. Acknowledging the many ways to explore DigitalNZ, we've revamped the Explore page.
A redesigned Explore page
You can still use keywords to search DigitalNZ, and we've added links to popular searches and highlighted our newest partner organisations.
A new feature is a slider to explore by date range. Or scroll... Read more
New content partners and collections — February 2024
Posted on 23 February 2024 by Kelly
In our first newsletter for 2024, we take a look at our new Explore page, welcome new content partners, and pause the DigitalNZ Twitter / X account.
New content partners and collections
We'd like to welcome new content partners — Brain Watkins House Museum, Hastings District Libraries, Our Health Journeys, and Tagata Pasifika. We have also added Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington's... Read more
Designing search results on DigitalNZ
Posted on 17 November 2023 by Kelly
We've been busy behind the scenes making a few front-end design changes to DigitalNZ in response to recent user testing. The changes are focused on the design and presentation of search results.
One key changes is that user stories are now easily identifiable in search results.
And users can now choose to view search results as the traditional tile view, or as a list view which shows more of the description text... Read more
New content partners and collections — November 2023
Posted on 17 November 2023 by Kelly
We'd like to welcome two new content partners Lincoln and Districts Historical Society and the Our Stories Project.
We're also thrilled to add more than 17,000 images to Hocken Digital Collections – Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago after updates to their cloud-based collection management platform.
Our Stories Project
Image: Grass sliding on the Lyttelton Hills. Photo from Our Stories... Read more
New stories from our content partners
Posted on 17 November 2023 by Kelly
We'd like to highlight three new stories from our content partners that promote items in their own and other DigitalNZ collections.
If you're feeling inspired to create your own story but don't know where to start, email info@digitalnz.org for more information. We're available to give an online talk about creating DigitalNZ stories if this is something that your team or a community group may be... Read more
Welcome to NZ Research
Posted on 17 November 2023 by Kelly
You may have noticed we have a new link in our top level navigation - NZ Research. This is the new home for theses and research papers migrated from the website NZresearch.org, which was retired in September 2023.
The research items will appear in general DigitalNZ searches, or users can choose to only search NZ Research content. Use the search box or browse by type. You can then filter your search results by... Read more
New content partners — July 2023
Posted on 17 July 2023 by Kelly
Nau mai, haere mai to our new content partner Timaru District Libraries. And a new collection from Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington — Tapuaka Heritage and Archive Collections.
Timaru District Libraries
Image: A young boy with a satchel stands at the issues desk in the Timaru Children's Library. 18 August 1959. Timaru District Libraries.
Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington —... Read more
Accessing the DigitalNZ API
Posted on 13 December 2021 by James Robertson
We have recently made two changes to the way people authenticate with the DigitalNZ API.
Keyless entry
The first, and hopefully the most impactful change, was to remove the requirement for an API key (secret ID) to access public data. This means that anyone can query our API and retrieve structured, open data for individual records or a collection of records (search).
We hope that this change will further lower the barrier to... Read more
New content partners — September 2021
Posted on 24 September 2021 by Kelly
Nau mai, haere mai! We're thrilled to welcome four new content partners to DigitalNZ — The Coconet TV, New Zealand Outdoor Art, Tairāwhiti Museum Te Whare Taonga o Tairāwhiti , and Te Awamutu Museum.
It's wonderful to point to your collections from digitalnz.org and welcome you to the DigitalNZ whānau.
The Coconet TV
Image: Mango Otai. Video from The CoconetTV.
Te Awamutu Museum
Image: Te Hokioi... Read more
Updated API documentation
Posted on 10 February 2021 by Dan
One of the strongest pieces of feedback from last year’s API survey was that we needed to improve our API documentation and support. This didn’t come as a surprise and was already on our backlog of work — but it was good motivation to finally get it done.
New OpenAPI specification on SwaggerHub
This is the most comprehensive set of API docs we’ve ever had! It includes fields, tips, and tricks that never made it into the original... Read more
Upload your own images to DigitalNZ
Posted on 10 November 2020 by Admin
We're excited to let you know that you can now upload your personal whakaahua/images to stories, where they will appear alongside items available on DigitalNZ.
What whakaahua/images should I upload?
You can upload any image that helps tell your story. For example, you could upload an image of your whānau, an image of your rohe, or an image of an interesting historical event. Maybe you’d like to compare a contemporary... Read more
Findings from our API survey
Posted on 29 October 2020 by Dan
What was the API Survey?
Seeking to better understand the needs of people using DigitalNZ’s API, we sent out a brief survey on 30 June to a few hundred DigitalNZ accounts that had activity on their API keys. We were hoping to hear directly from people using the API service so that we could identify and prioritise changes to help people achieve their goals.
How did it go?
We received 20 responses, mostly positive or satisfied,... Read more
Printing stories and other site changes
Posted on 14 July 2020 by Admin
We’ve recently made a small change to DigitalNZ stories that will make it easier for teachers and other users to turn a digital resource into a physical one.
How to print a DigitalNZ story
Stories are the way in which people bring together interesting items on DigitalNZ and keep them in one useful place. Now, when you make a story you can print it out and it will keep its tidy formatting and look the same as it does... Read more
June 2020 newsletter
Posted on 09 June 2020 by Thomasin
Four times a year we send out a newsletter where we share any updates on www.digitalnz.org, research we're working on, staff comings and goings, new content partners, and other tidbits of interest.
The newsletter currently goes out to all our wonderful content partners, but if you're interested in our work, you're most welcome to have a read here:
The June 2020 edition features:
An update on DigitalNZ... Read more
DigitalNZ for our new visitors
Posted on 06 May 2020 by Thomasin
Our analytics show us that we’re receiving a lot of first-time visitors at the moment, so if you’re new to DigitalNZ, this blog post is for you, to briefly explain what DigitalNZ is and how it can be used.
Accessing online resources from home
While many people across the world are working, learning, and teaching at home, we’re hoping DigitalNZ will be a useful website to find relevant digital material — images, videos, audio,... Read more
March 2020 newsletter
Posted on 12 March 2020 by Admin
Each quarter we send out a newsletter where we share any updates on www.digitalnz.org, research projects we're working on, staff comings and goings, and other tidbits of interest.
The newsletter currently goes out to all our wonderful content partners, but if you're interested in our work, you're most welcome to have a read here:
March 2020 newsletter.
The March 2020 edition features:
Reminder about our metadata... Read more
New te ao and te reo Māori collections
Posted on 09 January 2020 by Admin
In our December Newsletterto our content partners, we announced a range of new partners and collections to DigitalNZ. In amongst these, we particularly wanted to highlight three exciting new collections full of material in te reo Māori and related to te ao Māori.
Bishop Selwyn Collection of Early Māori Documents (University of Waikato)
Written between 1842 and 1872, this collection of letters between New... Read more