I was researching top New Zealand sites today and came across nzhistory.net.nz in the list, which I hadn’t come across before.

It turns out this is a well-known and highly popular website of the “Official New Zealand History”.

A feature on the website which I quite liked was being able to see a calendar of important events in history within this month. On the 1st of August 1985, The Maori Language Act came into force and Te Reo was able to be used in some legal proceedings. Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Maori (the Maori Language Commission) was also established.

Hopefully as Internet research levels increase, more people will be start to use these and other wonderful online New Zealand resources.