The latest available copies of all New Zealand telephone books are on the shelf at the Central Library on the 1st Floor. All our branch libraries also hold a copy of the current Wellington phone books. You can access New Zealand telephone numbers online on our free internet computers at any of our libraries. The White Pages and Yellow Pages for Great Britain are no longer freely available online, although there are some charged sites where you can search for phone numbers.
Ask a librarian to help you access these. Start typing and possible address matches will appear. Postcode Finder. These are a wonderful resource for genealogy and other historical queries. You may also like to view our Genealogy Popular Topic page. Older New Zealand telephone books a selection, going back up to 15 years in some regions, but not others are held on the shelf at the Central Library, 2nd Floor.
The National Library has a large collection of New Zealand telephone directories from the s onwards. Try a National Library catalogue search for 'telephone directory zealand' to see some of these. You'll need to physically visit the National Library in Thorndon to browse these. Historical directories can be used to trace the movement and occupation of a person over an extended period of time.
These can be found in physical form at the Central Library, 2nd Floor. We also have some access through Ancestry Library Edition details below , which can be accessed from any of our branch libraries. It covered all of New Zealand and was the first national postal directory of householders published nearly every year or two years from to We have a very good set of Wellington directories, as well as some coverage for the rest of the country our collection here tends to be less comprehensive.
Microfiche is also available for some years Wise's were published between and and contain an alphabetical list of persons and business firms by name. Think of them as a combined Yellow Pages and Electoral Roll. Wise's volumes covered the whole of New Zealand until , and then produced separate regional volumes, concentrating on Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Listing of names of householders ceased in after a law change, and from then only streets no residents and businesses are listed.
