The South Auckland Research Centre provides access to specialist information resources and assistance. These include:
General reference materials
New Zealand resources
New Zealand family history materials
Māori information resources (Te Wāhi Rangahau)
Manukau heritage collections
Specialist advice and assistance.
General reference materials
A number of major international reference resources such as bibliographies, almanacs, dictionaries, directories, atlases, encyclopaedias, manuals and guides on a wide variety of subjects. In some cases these can be supplemented by electronic information resources (Internet access is available).
New Zealand resources
A collection of New Zealand resources, including all standard New Zealand reference works and a wide range of up-to-date books and periodicals relating to New Zealand history, society and the environment. The collection includes many major New Zealand Government publications of current and historical interest, selected New Zealand legal resources, and a wide range of New Zealand statistical publications.
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New Zealand family history materials
An extensive range of New Zealand family history resources, including the New Zealand Herald on microfilm from 1863 onwards, and births deaths and marriage indexes, electoral rolls and cemetery transcriptions on microfiche.
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Māori information resources (Te Wāhi Rangahau)
An extensive collection of Māori information resources, including a wide range of books relating to Māori archaeology, art, culture, history and society, a number of published tribal histories, the Raupatu Document Bank, a photocopied set of Auckland Library's Grey Collection manuscripts, and the Māori Land Court minute books on microfilm.
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Manukau heritage collections
A growing heritage collection of books, New Zealand Government publications, videos, compact discs, periodicals, newspapers, ephemera, maps, photographs, archives and manuscripts, and oral history materials relating to the history and development of the Counties-Manukau region.
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Specialist advice and assistance
Reference staff are available to assist with enquiries in person or via phone (09 262 5101), fax (09 262 5158) or email (jan.bishara@manukau.govt.nz).
Most general reference and family history resources are available for browsing, but due to space limitations, other material must be requested from stack (the delivery time is generally less than a minute).
Most materials, including heritage items, are available for reference purposes only, although some general interest items may be available for lending.
Items not held by Auckland Libraries can usually be obtained via interloan from other New Zealand libraries.
Internet access, microfilm reader-printers, microfiche readers, and a photocopier are available. Customers wishing to use the microfilm readers should book in advance.
Use of reference materials is free but charges are made for photocopying, faxing, etc. Eftpos is not available.
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