New resource: NewsBank
Read local newspapers, including the Otago Daily Times, for free from your own device!
Author: Dunedin Public Libraries | Kā Kete Wānaka o Ōtepoti
Date: 2 July 2026
Designed especially for libraries in New Zealand, NewsBank - Access New Zealand is the largest online collection of national, regional, rural, and local news sources from across the North and South Islands. With 140+ New Zealand titles – many of which are only available from NewsBank – Access New Zealand includes content from popular daily and weekly newspapers, as well as from hard-to-find community and regional titles. Each title has its own focus, and researchers can select news sources closest to the issues and events for authoritative, staff-written coverage. Thus, Access New Zealand provides local, regional, and national perspectives on current issues and events.
- Includes 140+ national, regional, and local newspapers
- Offers text-based access to newspaper articles from as early as 1994 to the present-day covering issues, events, business, government, economics, sports and more
- Specifically developed for libraries in and around New Zealand
- Includes PDF image from many popular titles full colour
- Contains content from around 70 local newspapers unavailable from any other resource
- Available with your library card