New Zealand Web Archive

The Web Archive forms part of the Alexander Turnbull Library collections.

The Library began selecting websites in 1999 and the collection has continued to grow with active development since 2005, reflecting New Zealand’s growing online cultural and historical presence. The selected websites in the collection cover a diverse range of subjects including significant events, and is strong in the following areas:

government
politics, including blogs, and general and local body elections
Māori, including iwi and Treaty of Waitangi
community and ethnic groups
music, including labels, organisations, artists and directories
sport
the arts
the environment.

The collection also provides a visual history of how websites change over time and most of the websites in the Archive are collected at regular intervals to ensure new content is captured. This content includes web pages, images, multi-media, and publications, such as journals, that are made publicly available.

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Nominate a site

If you know of a New Zealand or Pacific website you feel should be in the collection do let us know. If you’re the copyright owner of a Pacific Island website or a New Zealander publishing a website overseas, you are most welcome to nominate your own site. This will assist us in the permissions process, as overseas websites are not covered by New Zealand legal deposit legislation.

Nominate a site to be added to the New Zealand Web Archive

Access items in this collection

Search for descriptions of items in the Web Archive using National Library Beta or the National Library Catalogue. You can view the archived website by clicking on the appropriate link in the online record.

National Library Beta

National Library Catalogue