Government of New Zealand

In 1991 the Commonwealth collections of Edinburgh University Library
were greatly expanded and enhanced when the Government of New Zealand, through the good offices of His Excellency Bryce Harland, at that time the High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom, presented the historical volumes of the Library of the High Commission in London to the University of Edinburgh. The New Zealand House Library in London was the largest in New Zealand's overseas posts, and had been in existence for over a hundred years.

Now known as the New Zealand Studies Collection, it consists of some 7,000 volumes, and included extensive sets of New Zealand official publications, especially Parliamentary series. It covers most aspects of New Zealand's life, history and development, with particular emphasis on history, exploration, literature, anthropology, and Maori studies. Most titles were published before 1975.

Further details of the New Zealand Studies Collection