George Brier's recollections of time spent serving for the 68th Durham Light Infantry in New Zealand. Brier left England as part of a reinforcement draft in 1864 and returned home with the regime...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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

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

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...