George Brier's recollections of time spent serving for the 68th Durham Light Infantry in New Zealand....

Records relating to Harold Willey Hudson's experiences while employed, by Henderson and Macfarlane Ltd., to take possession of Jarvis Island....

Notes taken by Joe Killey while studying at the Waihi School of Mines and a reminiscence of his time working at the Waikino battery....

Copies of letters sent to and from the District Surveyors Office in Tauranga between 1866 and 1868....

David (Don) Barton left Auckland in 1940 as a private and returned in 1945 as a sergeant in the 7th New Zealand Anti-Tank Regiment. His memoirs are a rich resource for researchers wanting to lear...

Eleanor Combes's lived in Auckland with her husband, Walter Combes. Her father was Captain Pulham, who was an active member of the Parochial Committee formed in 1853, and was one of the earliest ...

The diaries of a Te Puna farmer who took an active part in community life. Lochhead served as: president of the Tauranga branch of the Farmers' Union; chairman of the Tauranga Co-operative Dairy ...

Two log books created by Hannibal Marks: log for the gunboat "Caroline", dated 7 June 1861-13 June 1862, and journal of the Caroline, dated between between 1862 and c. 1863, and the "Sandfly", da...

Records created by libraries in Tauranga between 1871 and 1989....

Correspondence, papers and photos, mainly relating to building and licensing Mann and Co's bonded warehouse 1882-1883, and to purchase by Guinness Brothers 1908....

Minute book of the Te Puke Road Board...

Records created by Hairini-Welcome Bay, Hairini-Tauranga South and Tauranga South Women's Institutes in Tauranga 1932-2002....

The papers of the Gellibrand and Crapp families who lived in Omokoroa during the late 19th century....

Scraps of letters: correspondence with J.C. Adams, notes from book by J. Featon, sketches (including moko designs, plan of Tauranga pā). Robley was a remarkably prolific correspondent. He sent...

Ledger of Dr Frederick William Armitage - a surgeon of Tauranga from 1882-1884....

A collection of diaries created by Arnold Henfrey Watson: a Pongakawa farmer who was drafted into the 15th New Zealand Company of the Imperial Camel Corps during the First World War. Having a kee...

Tauranga Water Supply documents including a report, recommendations to a Committee of the Tauranga Borough Council, and correspondence relating to the design, engineering and supplies for a town ...

Photographs of the State Highway 2 intersections....

Pukehina Country Women's Institute minute books from 1937 through to 1983, and hand-embroidered banner....

This set of volumes records Tauranga Borough Council rate intake between 1901 and 1970....

Soon after New Zealand went into "lockdown" on 24 March 2020, Tauranga City Libraries put a callout online asking the community to collect material relating to the pandemic and encouraging them t...

Updated version of an explanatory document submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture (Professional), Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealan...

Collection of letters (1915-1918) from Eric Lucas Goodacre, 1895-1968 (13/2324) and Leonard Garfield Goodacre, 1893-1977 (3/1605)....

A 35 page typescript document containing a list of traditional Pā sites and their brief descriptions from around the Te Arawa region specifically to Rotorua, Rotoiti, Rotoehu, Paengaroa, Maketū...

Letter written from Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Harpur Greer to his wife during the massacre of Te Ranga....

Photo albums and manuscript by Laura Dunnage...