Katherine Mansfield texts added to the collection

We've recently added to the collection The Journal of Katherine Mansfield and Volume II of The Letters of Katherine Mansfield, both edited by John Middleton Murry. When introducing the Journal, Murry suggests that Mansfield intended to publish “a kind of minute note-book” based on her journal entries. You can see why, as there are some fascinating entries inside.

Katherine Mansfield 1921

Also added recently:

The New Zealand journal, 1842-1844 of John B. Williams of Salem, Massachussett. Williams was based in the Bay of Island from 1842-44. Editor of the text, Robert W. Kenny, describes Willams as "a somewhat chauvinistic Yankee, strongly anti-British, and an ardent believer in using the United States Navy to further the commercial interests of her citizens."
Historical Records of New Zealand Vol. II. By Dr. Robert McNab. This text compiles significant records relating to early European visitors to New Zealand, including those of Tasman, Cook and De Surville.

Problems with the NZETC Works page

We are currently experiencing some difficulty with the NZETC Works page. Users trying to reach this page will get an error message. We are sorry about this and are working to fix this problem.

Users can view our works by accessing the advanced search page and then selecting the option 'show more' next to the heading 'Works' at the top of the screen. Users can continue to browse by author, projects or subject. We are happy to help you locate a text if you are having difficulty doing so, please contact us.

We will also be working to improve the functionality of the Works page in the near future.

New Texts to Celebrate Samoan Independence

The NZETC is proud to announce 8 new texts in our Tidal Pools Pacific collection. 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of Samoan Independence from New Zealand administration and this addition to the collection provides an account of important events prior to independence.

Readers interested in the Samoan language will also find a French and English Samoan dictionary and Thomas William Whitson's account of life in Tonga, Samoa and Fiji.

Reverend John Hunt's specimen book of native paper contains excellent examples of Pacific Tapa cloth and art.


  * The Samoan Massacre: December 28th, 1929
  * The Truth About Samoa by Olaf Frederick Nelson
  * Samoa at Geneva : Misleading the League of Nations : A Commentary on the Proceedings of the Permanent Mandates Commission at its Thirteenth Session held at Geneva in June, 1928 by Olaf Frederick Nelson 
  * The Revolt of the Samoans by Henry Edmund Holland
  * Samoa: A Story That Teems With Tragedy by Henry Edmund Holland
  * Dictionnaire Samoa-Francais-Anglais et Francais-Samoa-anglais : precede d'une grammaire de la langue samoa by Louis Violette
  * A Cruise In The Islands: Tonga, Samoa, Fiji by Thomas William Whitson
  * Specimens of Native Paper from Tongo [sic] and Fiji by Reverend John Hunt


The aim of the collection is to provide texts of interest to researchers investigating Pacific history, language, culture and politics.

Pacific Corpus is back online.

We are happy to announce that our collection of Pacific texts is back online. We are working to add new texts to this collection to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Samoan independence.

Please visit the collection here: Tidal Pools

Pacific Corpus is currently down

Unfortunately due to a technical fault the NZETC Pacific Corpus is currently down. Library staff are aware of the issue and working to restore service, but it may take several days.

Other NZETC corpora are available. If you need access to a particular text, email us at
Library-TechnologyServices@vuw.ac.nz and we can provide you with an epub version of the text.

We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Additions to the collection

We are happy to announce the addition of new texts to the collection.

•    SMAD Magazine. SMAD magazine was a student publication at VUW that rivalled Spike.
•    Report on the Geology and Goldfields of Otago by F.W. Hutton
•    King Country ; or, Explorations in New Zealand; a narrative of 600 miles of travel through Maoriland by J. H. Kerry-Nicholls
•    The Life and Times of Sir George Grey, KCB by William Lee Rees & Lily Rees
•    The Life and Times of D. M. Stuart by C. Stuart Ross
•    The Journal of Edward Ward
•    A Bibliography of Printed Maori to 1900 by Herbert W. Williams
•    New Zealand 1826-1827: From the French of Dumont D'Urville

We are making some changes to the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre.

The domain name for the NZETC will change from http://www.nzetc.org/ to http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. We are planning on making that change on the 28th of May.  We will be maintaining the old Domain URL as a secondary domain name and putting redirects in place so no links should be broken in the changeover.

The name of the NZETC will change from The New Zealand Electronic Text Centre to The New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. This is a small change being made to reflect that the Centre as a separate entity no longer exists.

The Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) Library continues to maintain its commitment to open access resources, to maintaining the NZETC content and to building new content.

New Zealand music month

To celebrate the first day of New Zealand music month, here are some NZETC music highlights.

The first are sections in "New Zealand Studies: A Guide to Bibliographic Resources" on Music and Māori Music respectively. These are a little dated, but good places to start for those interested in the roots of New Zealand music.

The second is the music coverage in "Spike," a Student magazine here at Victoria, which includes the founding of the Music program, the Glee Club and classic advertising material.