New Zealand Online Resources
Below are the links in New Zealand Online Resources.
- Any Questions
Online chat reference service for all NZ school aged students who can get direct, real time help forma trained librarian form the National Library and public libraries to find the information the need and to build their research and information skills. Operating hours 1pm-6pm Mon-Fri during Feb – Dec. - Big Universe: Read, Create and Share Children's Books Online
Read other picture books from around the world or create your own. - Digital NZ
DigitalNZ is an initiative that aims to make New Zealand digital content easy to find, share and use. This includes content from government departments, publicly funded organisations, the private sector, and community groups. - Discover
Over 2,500 resources to support the NZ Arts in Music and Visual Arts. - EPIC: A collection of 19 databases
Awaiting Log on and password: EPIC – an initiative by New Zealand libraries to give New Zealand schools access to a worldwide range of online resources. You need to use our school user id: hillcrest17 and password: normal39 - International Children's Digital Library
Scanned copies of children’s books from around the world including NZ picture books and non-fiction including bi-lingual and te reo Maori texts. Click on “Read Books”, click on “Books by Country” then click on arrow to turn globe and click on NZ. Note: you can click “F11” to enlarge screen. - Kiwi Conservation Club
The Kiwi Conservation Club offers children the gift of nature, encouraging them to enjoy, understand and love the natural world. - Many Answers
Hundred of previously asked questions from the website "Any Questions" are provided on many answers. - Matapihi (A Portal)
Experience a selection of pictures, sounds and objects from New Zealand’s archives, galleries, libraries and museums. - National Geographic Kids
For videos, activities, stories and games. - Papers Past
Contains one million pages from 19th Century NZ newspapers. - Suzy's World
Click on the Suzy's World icon for Science experiments, jokes and your message board. Click on the Suzy's Place logo for arts and crafts, activities and wonderful recipes. Click on "FAQs about Suzy Cato" to find the answers to all the questions that have been sent in about Suzy. - Te Ara
The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. - Timeframes
Timeframes includes selected New Zealand and Pacific images from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library, the research library within the National Library of New Zealand.