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Research trip

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Research trip

Members of the Te Puke branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists set off for a week's work in Wellington’s archives in September 1996. Genealogy gives people knowledge of their own family, but it also provides them, especially the older generation, with a community and a circle of friends.

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David Swain, Genealogy and family history – Growing interest in genealogy, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/27078/research-trip (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Swain, published 7 April 2011.