Other Resources on Microfiche at the Taonga Tuku Iho Heritage Centre New Zealand Māori Voter’s Roll, 1908 This is a microfiche reproduction of bound volumes held in the Parliamentary Library, Wellington, and contains lists of Māori voters who voted at the General Election of 1908 in the Northern, Eastern and Western Maori electorates (the Southern Maori roll has not been found). Arranged alphabetically by name, with details of tribe, hapu, address, gender. Because it was not compulsory for Māori to register before the 1908 election, this roll is a list of those who voted rather than those who registered as electors. Also available via Ancestry online (in-library use only), along with the 1919 roll: Ancestry - New Zealand, Maori Voter and Electoral Rolls, 1908 & 1919
Niupepa, 1842-1933: Maori Newspapers Niupepa are newspapers published in Maori or for a Maori readership. Between 1842 and 1933 there were three types of niupepa published: government sponsored, iwi based and religious. By the twentieth century most niupepa were religious publications. These approximately 370 microfiches were made available by the Alexander Turnbull Library in the mid-nineties to enable access to this collection more widely by New Zealand libraries. Today, these publications are also available online via PapersPast (filter by ‘Ngā Tānga Reo Māori’ to view a list of what is available) and the University of Waikato’s NZDL Niupepa project: • •
PapersPast Niupepa: Māori Newspaper Collection
Turton's Land Deeds of the North Island This microfiche edition issued by the Alexander Turnbull Library is a complete re-publication of the original volumes compiled by Henry Hanson Turton as Commissioner to investigate Maori land claims and titles on behalf of the New Zealand Government, from 1877-1883. A number of North Island purchase deeds were reproduced in Turton’s Deeds: • • • •
Part 1, Epitome of official documents Part 2, Maori deeds of land purchases North Island : Auckland Part 3, Maori deeds of land purchases North Island : Taranaki, Wgtn, Hawke's Bay Part 4, Maori deeds of old private purchases in NZ 1815-1840