First -- there is a good database collection of links to online cemetery information already: Kiwi Celts NZ Cemetery Database. There are some broken links, but hey, these councils keep changing and amalgamating, so no surprises there.
There is a collective site for territorial authorities in NZ: Local Councils. Handy links, divided by region, lead you to your local council website, and what goodies they can provide to the nomadic researcher.
Here are some of the excellent map sites. where you can zero in on specific properties and get legal descriptions to further the research.
North Island
North Island
Far North Maps
Whangarei District Council GIS Maps
Auckland Council GIS Viewer
Environment Waikato Maps:
Go to Districts tab, select, and it will take you there.
Bay of Plenty Regional Council Maps
Gisborne District Council Map TV
Taranaki Regional Xplorer
Palmerston North Geo Guide
Wanganui District Council Exponare
Porirua City Council
Wellington City Council maps
Kapiti Coast District Council Map Images
South Island
Tasman District: Top of the South Maps
Marlborough District Council: Dekho Maps
Environment Canterbury (Canterbury Regional Council)
Dunedin City Council webmaps
Queenstown Lakes District Council maps
Invercargill City Council Xplorer
That's awesome. I just noticed you've changed your blog format around looks great! The other one did as well.
ReplyDeleteLove the new blog look :)
ReplyDeleteYes, these newly available online maps are fab!
On a side note - I was told almost all the old council rates book for Dunolly were pulped for the war effort and this was quite common here. Did this kind of thing happen in NZ, too?
Thanks Liz -- yes, I liked the old version, but the cell size was finite, and I really did want something with a bit more elbow room. Apologies for those viewing this at less than 900 res and have to scroll ...
ReplyDeleteCheers, Jayne. I've still got a bit to go -- need to wrangle the header a bit -- but it's good so far. :-)
As for the wartime rates book pulping: I haven't come across again here specifically saying "We destroyed the old rates books 'cause we needed the paper to fight Tojo with." But lots of other things happen to paper records. If rates are collected at private homes, you can pretty much kiss those records bye bye. Then there's floods, earthquakes, fires, pests ... It's actually miraculous we have anything left at all. Auckland City is great, though. Their rates books go back almost as far as 1871.
The Auckland Council GIS Viewer link is broken
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