Story: Northland region

Page 17. External links and sources

More links and websites

  • Heritage New Zealand List

    Search the 'Auckland Region' on Heritage New Zealand's online register to find information on many of Northland's historic buildings and places.

  • Kauri Coast

    The Kauri Coast is on the western side of Northland’s peninsula. This site has tourist information, history and events, and a directory.

  • Northland New Zealand

    This regional development site presents information about culture, history and tourism, as well as doing business in the North. An economic section includes current data on economic structure and performance.

  • Northland memorials

    This page on NZ History offers a clickable map so users can see images and details of major memorials in Northland.

  • Northland Regional Council

    The Northland Regional Council is responsible for the natural and physical resources of the region – air, land, water and coast.

  • 2013 census quickstats about a place: Northland

    This page on Statistics New Zealand’s site includes statistics about the Northland region, from the 2013 census.

More suggestions and sources

  • Cloher, Dorothy Urlich.The tribes of Muriwhenua: their origins and stories. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2002.
  • Hayward, B. W.Kauri and the gumdiggers. Auckland: Bush Press, 1989.
  • Keene, Florence.To the northward. Whāngārei: F. M Keene, 1977.
  • Lee, Jack.Hokianga. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, 1987.
  • Lee, Jack.‘I have named it the Bay of Islands …’. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, 1983.
  • Orange, Claudia.The Treaty of Waitangi. Wellington: Allen & Unwin, 1987.
  • Salmond, Anne.Between worlds: early exchanges between Māori and Europeans, 1773–1815. Auckland: Viking, 1997.
  • The Story of the Bay of Islands Maritime and Historic Park. Wellington: Department of Lands and Survey, 1985.

How to cite this page

Claudia Orange, Northland region, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/15545/sources (accessed 27 October 2025).

Story by Claudia Orange, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.