New Zealand Directories

Stones Dunedin and Invercargill Directory for 1886

Stones Dunedin & Invercargill, Commercial, Municipal, & General Directory. Otago and Southland Gazetteer. Almanac and Companion for 1886

Contains a Streets and Postal Guide, lists every place in the Province, and Business Directory.

This interesting old telephone directory lists all of the names and addresses of the householders that had the telephone on in 1950 in the Wairarapa. Area includes: Masterton, Carterton, Eketahuna, Featherston, Greytown, Hinakura, Martinborough, Pahiatua, Pirinoa, Pongaroa, Tiraumea, Woodville..

This is a very interesting old phone book from during the WWII years. Area's included in this directory are: Napier, Hastings, Dannevirke, Mohaka, Norsewood, Nuhaka, Ormandville, Otane, Porangahau, Takapau, Taradale, Waipawa, Waipukurau, Wairoa, Weber

1260 pages containing a Streets Directory for Christchurch & Suburbs, Ashburton & Suburbs, Blenheim & Suburbs, Greymouth & Suburbs, Nelson & Suburbs, Timaru & Suburbs and a Country Directory for the smaller areas. An Alphabetical Directory, Professions and Trades, Municipal and County, Hospital, Institutions ect. Official and Judicial, Justices of the Peace, Education and Ecclesiastical, Societies, Commercial Chambers, Postal and Telegraph, A Short description of New Zealand, A New Zealand Official Directory, the Impounding and Fencing Act, Information the Registrations of Births, Marriages and Deaths, Wills and Intestate Estates, Law Courts, New Zealand Statistics and the Customs Tariff. and is searchable.

Price $25

Stones Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland Directory for 1926

NZ$15

HawkesBay Telephone Directory for 1942

NZ$15

Wairarapa Telephone Directory for 1950

NZ$10 plus P&P

Auckland Almanac 1936

The Wise's Post Office Directories were published by Henry Wise with the first edition published about 1873.

These large volumes were the first national postal directories. The 1926 volume consists of 2670 pp, and contain a New Zealand towns directory, which lists all of the householders, the streets they lived on, and in most cases the occupations of the head of the household.

The volume we have scanned was an ex-library copy and is in two volumes. The first volume the text is faded in places, and the second volume, the pages are browned, both factors making it hard to get quality images. And in the government section of the second volume a few pages have been replaced with very faded photocopies. This volume is searchable

NZ$25 plus P&P

Wises Post Office Directory for 1926

Contains all the streets in and around Dunedin and Invercargill, with full names and occupations of the inhabitants, whether in business or not. The names of boarders and junior male members of a household above twenty-one years of age are also indicated. Alphabetical Directory, Trades Directory, Municipal Directory, Educational and Ecclesiastical, An Otago and Southland Gazetteer, A Run Holders Directory, Companion and Advertising Directory

Price NZD $25

Wise's Index to Every Place in New Zealand, 1912

Wise's New Zealand Index to Every Place in New Zealand is a great resource for finding those small out of the way places that are mentioned on BMD Certificates and old documents. This version of the index was published in 1912 and also gives the size of the areas and also the modes of transport used to get to the locations mentioned.

Price NZD$25

The work bristles with information. It tells of the old days of early settlement, of the events of the Maori wars and of the days of peace, and the rising into being of each locality. Interesting articles on Education and Flora of New Zealand, and the latest population of all cities, boroughs, and rural districts has been given where available. In short this directory is very useful to find those places mentioned on old records such as BDM's. It is also Excellent as an index to places when you are not sure which volume of the Cyclopedia of New Zealand you need. This cd is searchable.

NZ$20

Wise's Index to Every Place on New Zealand, 1945

Three old Telephone Directories on one CD, these old directories are a great way to track the movements of people over the years. Places covered: Palmerston North, Apiti, Ashurst, Bulls, Foxton, Glen Oroua, Halcombe, Kimbolton, Levin, Marton, Rangiotu, Rangiwahia, Sanson, Shannon, Tokomaru, Waituna West, Woodville, Feilding.

Price NZD$25

Manawatu Telephone Directory's for the Years, 1959, 1962 & 1967