Colonial Life in Aotearoa NZ
A DigitalNZ Story by National Library of New Zealand Topics
Colonial New Zealand covers the years 1769-1914. The resources include European discovery of New Zealand, contact with Māori, New Zealand wars, Pākehā colonisation, social life, economy, politics and major events of the time. SCIS no: 1838439
social_sciences, arts, health, science, history, Māori, technology
Kawhia school pupils
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New Zealand’s first mission school opens
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Te Kura Tuatahi: New Zealand’s First School
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Makowhai School
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Foxton State School
National Library of New Zealand
Early settlers (New Zealand)
National Library of New Zealand
Pakeha and Maori couple
Portrait photography was very popular in the late 19th Century. Studio portraits like this one tended to use the same props and poses for each customer, although this Whanganui photographer William Harding was known for his less formal approach. Intermarriage between Māori and Pākehā had been common from the start of European settlement in New Zealand. There were far more marriages between Māori women and Pākehā men than between Pākehā women and Māori men.
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The sailing ship ‘Maori’
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Woman from Hawkes Bay district
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Railways: building the rail network
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
The quality of immigrants
Victoria University of Wellington
Letter from an English immigrant
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Chinese gold miners
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Boys of the Southern Cross
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Acclimatisation
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The merino
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Family life in the colonies
National Library of New Zealand
Settler's dwelling
Alexander Turnbull Library
Howick historical village
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
One Hundred Crowded Years
Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Health of colonial youth
National Library of New Zealand
Pictorial map of the Middle Island of New Zealand
National Library of New Zealand
Exploring party in the Wairarapa
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Robert Wilkin & Co.'s New Zealand farmers' almanac
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In the shearing shed
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Scene in the bush showing a thatched hut
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New Zealand frozen meat trade
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New Plymouth, Taranaki.
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Three canned food labels
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Pioneers
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Te Aro and Wellington Harbour
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Views of Eltham and Stratford
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Railway, postal and telegraph map of the North Island
National Library of New Zealand
Palmerston North
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Tomoana Freezing Works
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New Zealand’s first weather diaries
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The Garden Party
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Did this change the course of history?
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Clothing and footwear manufacturing: Māori and colonial clothing
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Te Papa brings colonial masterpiece home to New Zealand
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Around the world in 121 days
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Enormous volcanic eruption at Tarawera
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Dunedin heritage buildings
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Puhoi's 150 years
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Celebration of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee
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Panoramic views of Epsom and Remuera, Auckland
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Proclamation for civil evacuation
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Grand inter-provincial bicycle races poster
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Mauku – Church and military camp
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Horse drawn bus, leaving Karori for Wellington
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Nelson Anniversary Day
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Brydone & Davidson
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New Zealand's Governor-General
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The impact of new settlers
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Interactive timeline
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Commencement of colonisation, 1839 to 1842
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Surrender of the Ngaiterangi at Te Papa
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A fresh war in New Zealand
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A settler's home
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Mt Egmont
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Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898 :Picnic near Ratanui. December 1851.
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Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Burning the bush, Taranaki. 1856
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History of Te Papa from 1865
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Colonial Chiefs, 1840-1889
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The definition of a woman in 1893
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New Zealand dairy farming – timeline
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Treaty of Waitangi
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New Zealand History
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First NZ recorded marriage between a Croatian and Māori
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The story of Edward Gibbon Wakefield
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First Encounters
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He Whakaputanga, English
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Ten reasons why women should vote
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Colonisation, hauora and whenua in Aotearoa
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The new National Anthem
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8: Colonists & Courts
Radio New Zealand
Season 2 Ep 6: Native Land Court
Radio New Zealand
Rural clothing: Womenswear
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Freight and warehousing: Road and rail to the early 20th century
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Women's Suffrage
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Letters from settlers and labouring emigrants
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John Logan Campbell
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Political and constitutional timeline
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Parliament's first sitting in Auckland
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Dominion status - Dominion status
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George Grey
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