Wikipedia:GLAM/Auckland Museum/HistoryGuide

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Museums and cultural centres in the Auckland Region

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Milk, Honey, and Grain Museum

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Te Hana Te Ao Marama

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Warkworth & District Museum

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Helensville Museum

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Birkenhead Historical Society Museum

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Devonport Museum

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Torpedo Bay Navy Museum

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Huia Settlers Museum

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Arataki Visitor Centre

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Te Toi Uku - Crown Lynn & Clayworks Museum

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Museum of Transport and Technology

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New Zealand Maritime Museum

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Auckland War Memorial Museum

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Museum of Waiheke

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Panmure Historical Society & Stone Cottage Museum

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Howick Historical Village

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Māngere Mountain Education Centre

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McNicol Homestead & Museum

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Papakura Museum

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Waiuku Museum

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Puhoi Heritage Museum

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Highwic

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Couldrey House

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Dalmatian Archive and Museum

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Papatoetoe Historical Society Museum

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Oratia Folk Museum

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Karaka Museum

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Pukekohe's Pioneer Cottage

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Charlotte Museum

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Alberton

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Albertland Heritage Museum

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Kinder House

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Ewelme Cottage

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Glenbrook Vintage Railway

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Mansion House

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Onehunga Community House

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Polish Heritage Trust Museum

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Silverdale Pioneer Village

• Arataki Visitor Centre
• Auckland War Memorial Museum: Tāmaki Herenga Waka Stories of Auckland exhibit
• Howick Historical Village
• Huia Settlers Museum
• Māngere Mountain Education Centre
• McNicol Homestead & Museum
• Museum of Transport and Technology
• New Zealand Maritime Museum
• Papakura Museum
• Te Hana Te Ao Marama
• Torpedo Bay Navy Museum
• Waiuku Museum
• Warkworth & District Museum

Best print resources

• Hayward, Bruce (7 November 2019). Volcanoes of Auckland: A Field Guide. Auckland University Press. ISBN 978-1-86940-901-2. Wikidata Q118324106.
• Mackintosh, Lucy (15 November 2021). Shifting Grounds: Deep Histories of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Bridget Williams Books. doi:10.7810/9781988587332. ISBN 978-1-988587-33-2. OCLC 1290439618. Wikidata Q111908934.
• Stone, R. C. J. (2001). From Tamaki-Makau-Rau to Auckland. Auckland: Auckland University Press. ISBN 1-86940-259-6. OCLC 865330258. Wikidata Q118324088.

Best regional print resources

• Dunsford, Deborah (2016). Mt Albert Then and Now: a History of Mt Albert, Morningside, Kingsland, St Lukes, Sandringham and Owairaka. Auckland: Mount Albert Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-473-36016-0. OCLC 964695277. Wikidata Q117189974.
• Ruth Kerr; Finlay Macdonald, eds. (16 June 2009). West: The History of Waitakere. Random House. ISBN 978-1-86979-008-0. Wikidata Q112259413.
• La Roche, Alan (2011). Grey's Folly: A History of Howick, Pakuranga, Bucklands-Eastern Beaches, East Tamaki, Whitford, Beachlands and Maraetai. Auckland: Tui Vale Productions. ISBN 978-0-473-18547-3. OCLC 1135039710. Wikidata Q118286377.
• Reidy, Jade (2013). Not Just Passing Through: the Making of Mt Roskill (2nd ed.). Auckland: Puketāpapa Local Board. ISBN 978-1-927216-97-2. OCLC 889931177. Wikidata Q116775081.
• Wichman, Gwen (2001). Soaring Bird: a History of Manurewa to 1965. Manurewa: Manurewa Historical Society. ISBN 0-473-07114-2. Wikidata Q117421984.

Online resourses

• Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand (e.g. Tāmaki tribes by Rāwiri Taonui, Auckland Places by Margaret McClure)
• Tūpuna Maunga Authority

Research tools

• Auckland Council website, especially heritage reports
• Manukau's Journey - Ngā Tapuwae o Manukau at Auckland Libraries
• Papers Past
• Treaty of Waitangi Settlements
  • Central Auckland: Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Te Ākitai Waiohua, Ngāti Pāoa
  • Clevedon: Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki
  • East Auckland: Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Marutūāhu, Ngāti Pāoa
  • Great Barrier Island: Ngātiwai (settlement not reached)
  • Helensville: Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara
  • Hibiscus Coast: Marutūāhu, Ngāti Manuhiri
  • Matakana Coast: Ngāti Manuhiri Ngāti Maru (Hauraki), Ngātiwai (settlement not reached)
  • North Shore: Marutūāhu, Te Kawerau ā Maki
  • Pukekohe: Ngāti Tamaoho, Ngāti Te Ata (settlement not reached)
  • South Auckland: Ngāti Tamaoho, Ngāti Te Ata (settlement not reached), Te Ahiwaru Waiohua (no settlement process started), Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Te Ākitai Waiohua
  • Waiheke Island: Marutūāhu, Ngāti Pāoa, Ngāti Maru (Hauraki), Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Te Patukirikiri
  • Waiuku: Ngāti Tamaoho
  • Wellsford: Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara
  • West Auckland: Te Kawerau ā Maki, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei