Our collections include popular magazines, scholarly, technical and trade journals, newspapers, series, annuals, proceedings and transactions. Magazines and journals may be available in electronic, print or microform format. You can use electronic journals when you visit our reading rooms.
Search for magazines and journals
Start your search for magazines and journals using the National Library Catalogue.
Find articles in magazines and journals
You can search for articles in New Zealand magazines and journals by using indexes and abstracts on Index New Zealand. The website does not provide full text versions of the articles but will help you locate material relevant to your research.
The General Reference Collection on the ground floor of the Library contains a large number of specialised search tools for use onsite at the Library.
More about the General Reference Collection
Te Puna Web Directory
Find links to New Zealand journals on other websites using the Te Puna Web Directory. Te Puna Web Directory also lists Pacific Island journals in its Pacific section.
Journals, magazines, and serials – Te Puna Web Directory website
Te Ao Hou (The New World) online
The Māori magazine Te Ao Hou (The New World) was published from 1952 to 1975. All 76 issues of this journal are available free online.
Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand online
The Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand (1868 to 1961) is one of New Zealand’s most important research publications, particularly for science. All of the journals are available free online.
Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand website
Papers Past – newspapers and periodicals online
Papers Past is the Library's collection of digitised New Zealand newspapers and magazines published from 1840 to 1910. It mainly contains newspapers but also includes magazines like Building Progress, New Zealand’s first architectural periodical.
General Serials Collection
The General Serials Collection includes a large number of current and historical magazine, journal, and serial titles with a focus on New Zealand and the Pacific. We also hold many overseas titles.
More about the General Serials Collection
New Zealand Serials Collection
The New Zealand Serials Collection contains periodicals and magazines from New Zealand, the Pacific, Australia, and Great Britain. It is the most comprehensive collection of historical New Zealand periodicals.
More about the New Zealand Serials Collection
National Newspaper Collection
The National Newspaper Collection includes newspapers and historical periodicals from New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific. Some items are available online in Papers Past.
More about the National Newspaper Collection
EPIC
EPIC is an initiative by New Zealand libraries to give New Zealanders access to a worldwide range of online resources, including journal articles. You can use EPIC resources in the Library, or login with your school username and password on the TKI website.
Other collections containing magazines and journals
The collections listed below also include magazines, journals, and other serials.
More about the Dorothy Neal White Collection
More about the Family History Collection
More about the General Reference Collection
More about the Māori Reference Collection
More about the Music Collection
