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Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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Historic Research
Pastor Ries opened the Carnegie Library in Dannevirke on 27 May 1908. Photo: Tararua Kete
The following resources are available:
Newspapers: various issues on microfilm (at Dannevirke unless stated otherwise)
BUSH ADVOCATE |
1901 |
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WOODVILLE EXAMINER |
1883-1938 (at Woodville Library) |
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| DANNEVIRKE ADVOCATE | 1901-1912 (missing: Jul-Dec 1909 and Jan-Feb 1920) |
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DANNEVIRKE DAILY PRESS |
1904-1908 |
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DANNEVIRKE EVENING NEWS |
1908- March 2012 (missing: May-Dec 1908, Mar-Apr 1920, Sep-Oct 1933, Jan-Sep 1975, Sep-Oct 1994, Nov-Dec 1994) |
Microfilm readers
Microfilm can be viewed at Dannevirke Library and Woodville Library; print outs can be made, or saved to memory-stick. To access, please ask at front desk.
Dannevirke Library has an alphabetical listing of births, deaths and marriages 1921-1971 compiled from the Dannevirke Evening News, which indicates where to find the original article.
Papers Past
Papers Past contains more than four million pages of digitised New Zealand newspapers and periodicals. The collection covers the years 1839 to 1948 and includes 132 publications from all regions of New Zealand.
Local History Collection
We hold various jubilee and anniversary booklets from schools and other institutions. We also have extracts from various publications about the history of the area. Ancestry library online database is also freely available within our libraries or via our library wifi homepage. (See here for further information)
Registrar General's Office Index
Microfilm of Births from 1840-1940, Marriages from 1840-1930 and Deaths from 1840-1930 (reference lists only, not certificates or details ; see Births Deaths & Marriages online website).
The original Woodville Library (now site of town museum).
View Tararua District Council Records and Archives
Tararua Historical Photographs search by keyword in Digital NZ
Ancestry genealogy database for use within our libraries only due to vendor license restrictions.
Ancestry is great for genealogical and local history research with more than 1.5 billion names from over 4,000 collections. These collections include records from around the world including New Zealand.