Getting Started The volunteers in the Heritage Rooms at Te Takeretanga o Kura-hau-pō are here to assist you in your starting and continuing your research. We can get you started with helping to compile your family tree.
Heritage Resources A list of Libraries Horowhenua databases which you can use to access heritage resources such as newspapers and microfiche readers etc. Read more about our heritage resources here.
Cemetery Records An online cemetery search is available to locate burial records of people buried in cemeteries within the Horowhenua District. Information for this search function is retrieved and managed by Council.
DigitalNZ DigitialNZ is designed to help make New Zealand digital content easy to find, share, and use. Search across more than 25 million digital items of data for your research projects.
Kete Horowhenua Kete Horowhenua is a knowledge basket of images, audio, video and documents regarding Horowhenua, New Zealand. The medias are collected and catalogued by the community. Access Kete Horowhenua here!
Ancestry Library Edition Ancestry Library Edition is free to use within Te Takeretanga o Kura-hau-pō, Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom and Shannon Library and requires a login and password.