Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand is ranked #24 of 31 in online encyclopedias on The Geeks Club. It runs on Web.

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Free plan: Yes
Citation tools: Yes
Educator resources: Yes
Content formats: multimedia
Update frequency: not stated

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Coverage: Te Ara covers all aspects of New Zealand life.
Stories and resources: The site has almost 1,000 stories and around 25,000 images and other resources.
Search: Te Ara search covers its entries and the 1966 Encyclopaedia, and results are divided into categories including text, images and media, biographies, and the 1966 Encyclopaedia.
Search limit: The search engine does not search the Further Sources pages.
Biographies: Te Ara includes the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, with life stories of over 3,000 people.
Historical reference: The 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand is available online as part of Te Ara.
Audience: Te Ara’s history page says many users were New Zealand school students, with visitors from almost every country on Earth.
Social media: Te Ara’s history page says the site used Flickr, Twitter and Facebook to interact with users.
Feedback: Te Ara welcomes feedback by email and asks people reporting a page issue to provide its URL or title.
Text reuse: Unless otherwise stated, text is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 New Zealand; commercial use may be requested.
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.
Publisher: Te Ara is managed and updated by Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
Māori content: The Māori perspective appears throughout the sections, and stories with substantial Māori content are available in te reo Māori.
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.

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teara.govt.nz/en/te-ara-a-history· checked 4 Oct 2026
teara.govt.nz/en/whats-new· checked 4 Oct 2026
teara.govt.nz/en/searching-teara· checked 4 Oct 2026
teara.govt.nz/en· checked 4 Oct 2026
teara.govt.nz/en/te-ara-glance· checked 4 Oct 2026
teara.govt.nz/en/contact-us· checked 4 Oct 2026
teara.govt.nz/en/who-te-ara· checked 4 Oct 2026
teara.govt.nz/en/about-site· checked 5 Oct 2026
teara.govt.nz· checked 28 Sept 2026