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Early New Zealand Books website

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Early New Zealand Books website

A historian reads an early New Zealand book from the computer at his desk. Early New Zealand Books was established by the University of Auckland Library, and by 2013 had over 275 books available online. The majority of these were 19th-century publications about New Zealand.

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Elizabeth Caffin, Publishing – Towards the ebook, since 2000, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/42280/early-new-zealand-books-website (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Elizabeth Caffin, published 2 August 2013.