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Government website, 1996

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Government website, 1996

This is the homepage of the first New Zealand government website, which was launched by the Department of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce in 1996.

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Russell Brown, Digital media and the internet – The early days of the internet, 1990s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/43411/government-website-1996 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Russell Brown, published 26 November 2013.