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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand
On the record
- Audience
- Te Ara’s history page says many users were New Zealand school students, with visitors from almost every country on Earth.teara.govt.nz · read 4 Oct 2026
- Biographies
- The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography is part of Te Ara and includes online biographies and te reo Māori versions of biographies about Māori subjects.teara.govt.nz · read 5 Oct 2026
- Commercial reuse
- Commercial reuse of material licensed under the non-commercial licence may require specific permission from Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage.teara.govt.nz · read 5 Oct 2026
- Contact support
- Te Ara welcomes feedback by email and lists a Wellington postal address, telephone number and Video Relay Service option for contact.teara.govt.nz · read 5 Oct 2026
- Content currency
- Te Ara says it is not currently commissioning new stories, though existing stories may be updated or revised.teara.govt.nz · read 5 Oct 2026
- Coverage
- Te Ara is a comprehensive guide to New Zealand’s peoples, natural environment, history, culture, economy, institutions and society.teara.govt.nz · read 5 Oct 2026
- Feedback
- Te Ara welcomes feedback by email and asks people reporting a page issue to provide its URL or title.teara.govt.nz · read 4 Oct 2026
- Historical reference
- The 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand is available online as part of Te Ara.teara.govt.nz · read 4 Oct 2026
- Historic encyclopedia
- Te Ara includes the full text of the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, which the site says has not been updated or corrected.teara.govt.nz · read 5 Oct 2026
- Image reuse
- Te Ara and the Ministry do not hold copyright for all images and other non-text items, so users should check the item-specific reuse information.teara.govt.nz · read 4 Oct 2026
- Media rights
- Te Ara does not hold copyright to all images and other non-text materials, so reuse permissions depend on the item’s rights information.teara.govt.nz · read 5 Oct 2026
- Māori content
- The Māori perspective appears throughout the sections, and stories with substantial Māori content are available in te reo Māori.teara.govt.nz · read 5 Oct 2026
- Operator
- Te Ara is managed and updated by Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage in Wellington, New Zealand.teara.govt.nz · read 5 Oct 2026
- Publisher
- Te Ara is managed and updated by Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage.teara.govt.nz · read 4 Oct 2026
- RSS
- RSS feeds may be reused without further permission if reproduced accurately, attributed to TeAra.govt.nz and not used misleadingly.teara.govt.nz · read 5 Oct 2026
- Search
- The site provides search for stories, images and other resources.teara.govt.nz · read 5 Oct 2026
- Search limit
- The search engine does not search the Further Sources pages.teara.govt.nz · read 4 Oct 2026
- Social media
- Te Ara’s history page says the site used Flickr, Twitter and Facebook to interact with users.teara.govt.nz · read 4 Oct 2026
