Pathfinders
New Zealand
These research suggestions and websites might help you with your research on your speech topics
Subject headings, keywords
New Zealand history, famous New Zealanders, Kiwiana, birds, plants, animals, pests, possums, rabbits
You can search for individuals e.g. Sir Edmund Hillary or John Britten, or individual birds, e.g. Kiwi or Kakapo
Dewey Numbers
993 - 993.8 New Zealand history, 920 Famous people, 796 Sports and sportspeople
590-599 Birds and animals, 799 Fishing and hunting
Information File
Famous New Zealanders, netball and rugby players, athletes, skiers
Reference:
New Zealand heritage, New Zealand encyclopedias,
On-line databases and websites
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~sarah/content/kiwiana.html
http://www.fourcorners.co.nz/new-zealand/kiwiana/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_New_Zealand
http://www.virtualoceania.net/newzealand/culture/kiwiana/
http://www.tourism.net.nz/new-zealand/about-new-zealand/kiwiana.html
http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Kids/FamousNewZealanders/
http://www.nz.com/new-zealand/guide-book/history/notablenzrs.aspx http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Kids/NZBirdsAnimals
http://www.nzedge.com/
http://www.teara.govt.nz/