Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

An extraordinary site if you are interested in New Zealand history..

It is an Encyclopdea of many, many stories and photos and general information on:
- the settlers, the clearing, the crops and rural life,
- the Máori traditions, (I love the story of how Te Rauparaha used an image of his moko (facial tattoo) to sign a deed of sale,
- the land, plants and animals,
- the enviromnent and economy
- the 1966 Encyclopedia of New Zealand
- the arts and culture
- the weather and climate
- the disasters
- Te Reo Máori

Also Te Ara Blog and Flickr - you can also contirbute a story or subject

See for yourself at
TE ARA ENCYCLOPEDIA of NEW ZEALAND