We hold a large collection on both Chinese settlement history and Chinese genealogy.
Ngā Hainamana o Aotearoa New Zealand Chinese
Useful resources for Chinese genealogy
- New Zealand Chinese Journals - now in the Journals collection in Kura Heritage Collections Online
- Chinese immigration records at Archives New Zealand
- Index Auckland - now in the Auckland People and Events collection in Kura Heritage Collections Online
- 1881 Electoral Rolls - now in Kura Heritage Collections Online
- Auckland Area Passenger Arrivals 1838-1886 - now in the Passengers and Vessels collection in Kura Heritage Collections Online
- Cemetery Records - Hillsborough - Onetangi, Waiheke Island - Ōtahuhu Public - Waikaraka - now in the Cemetery Records collection in Kura Heritage Collections Online
Recommended reading
- Windows on a Chinese past by James Ng
- Unfolding history, evolving identity: the Chinese in New Zealand by Manying Ipi