Arguably the most important single source of information for anyone studying New Zealand history. Also contain lots of fantastic information for genealogists and Maori researchers.
If doing the whole lot is too hard it would be possible to cherry pick the things that people are most likely to find useful.
Update: The AJHRs Digitisation Project has begun, visit http://www.natlib.govt.nz/about-us/current-initiatives/appendices-journals-house-representatives for more information. Fiona – DigitalNZ
Update (19 Aug 2010): The first selection of historical AJHRs are now available online at: http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz. Fiona – DigitalNZ
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The collection has been proposed within the National Library of NZ and has been scoped in some depth.
I agree. A huge amount of useful information is contained within these volumes
I agree with Kirsty. This is one of the main official, historical records of NZ’s social, economic and political history as well as encompassing both Māori and non-Māori.
I agree too! This would be awesome. Perhaps doing just the 19thC or only to mid-20thC would be a good start. The A to J’s are very structured, so could usefully be digitised without full text to begin with. Allowing users to contribute tags, descriptions and full text for each section would improve search.
Page image PDFs are OK – there has already been a lot of intellectual indexing and citing of this stuff. Lets think about crowd sourcing this.
Lets start with chunks – from mthe begining – some people may have runs for choping up and sheet feeding
NZMS has been canvassing this one for ages (most recently at the last NDF). We have also scoped the work, both digitisation and OCR and have been offered a set to disbind and scan. We would love to ensure it’s delivered as a “free-to-view” resource and certainly that was the strong feedback we’ve had. It’s just stuck on who’s going to do it now, and how it’s funded (tax payers or users, or something less conventional?)
The real nitty-gritty of parliamentary life may be found in the appendices – if you can find them to examine.
The real nitty-gritty of parliamentary life may be found in the appendices – if you can find them to examine.
There is so much information in them which is not easily accessible in their present form. wonderful for genelaogists.
Perhaps people might like to look at a presentation suggesting the variety and richness of the resource of the AJHRs – ‘Hidden Gems’. Here is the link:
http://positivelyparliament.wordpress.com/category/presentations/
Happy hunting,
John M
Can’t beat the AJHR’s. I’d include the appendix to the journals of the Legislative Council as part of this too.
We’d also recommend including the “Votes & Proceedings of the House of Representatives”1854-1856, as the precursor to the AJHRs.
Full of buried treasure.
useful for maps, tables other material as well as the basic text
Above i see the National Library of NZ has scoped this – can i see that document?
Really good examples of disgusting white privilege! Hell yes lets digitise them so that everyone can be disgusted and see it for themselves!
It would be good to include in the project the Provincial Council equivalents – eg Reports of the Nelson Provincial Council.1853-1876
A digitisation project is getting underway: http://makeit.digitalnz.org/blog/mid-news/article-collaborative-digitisation-of-the-appendices-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives
The AJHRs Digitisation Project is now underway. To learn more visit:
http://www.natlib.govt.nz/about-us/current-initiatives/appendices-journals-house-representatives
The first bunch of historical AJHRs are now online at: http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz