Early Settlers

NZ History   (www.zealand.org.nz/history.htm)  

Early history of New Zealand divided into categories of Moriori, Whakapapa and European.

Albertland Museum   (www.albertland.co.nz)  

Albertland and Port Albert history and genealogy.

Christ Church - Taita   (www.christ-church.org.nz/)  

The oldest church in the Wellington region and one of the oldest in its original condition in New Zealand. It is also thought to be the oldest complete building in Wellington.

Polish Heritage of Otago and Southland   (www.pohos.eu.org)  

Formed in 1998, the Trust nine board members and 150 members from different parts of Otago and Southland. Visit the site for information on the history of Polish settlement in New Zealand, a photographic collection, news, articles and events.

History House Museum   (www.history-house.co.nz)  

A museum located in Greymouth, with an amazing collection of photographs and information about Greymouth and the surrounding area from the 1860's.

Going Abroad   (www.ngaiopress.com/goabroad.htm)  

John MacGibbon's illustrated social history about early migrants to the Free Church of Scotland settlement in Otago, NZ, in the mid 19th century.

New Zealand Yesteryears   (www.yesteryears.co.nz)  

New Zealand 19th century history resources for genealogists.

A Kiwi Adams finding his Roots! (freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kiwiadams/)  

Dedicated to my ancestors who emigrated to New Zealand from England, Ireland and Denmark.

Southland Rural Heritage Trust   (www.ruralheritagesouthland.co.nz)  

Southland Rural Heritage Trust features local history, traditional arts, crafts and services, information on museums, pioneers, maori history.

Pioneers in New Zealand and the South Pacific   (homepages.ihug.co.nz/~tonyf/)  

Under full sail, her decks heaving in the swell, the British immigrant ship, London, began her long voyage on the 10th August, 1840, to the little known colony of New Zealand.

Petone Settlers Museum   (www.petonesettlers.org.nz)  

A great little museum and memorial to the landing of the first organised European immigrants in New Zealand.

Trail of Waitangi   (www.waitangi.com)  

A site conveying a personal interpretation of New Zealand's colonial history and the Treaty of Waitangi.

Libeau Descendants Society   (www.libeau-family.org)  

The society of the descendants that arrived on Banks Peninsula, on the first ship from France in 1840.