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'''''An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand''''' was an official [[encyclopedia]] about [[New Zealand]], published by the [[New Zealand Government]] in 1966. The editor was Dr Alexander Hare McLintock, the parliamentary historian, who was assisted by two others. The encyclopedia included articles written by 359 other authors. It contained over 1,800 general articles and 900 biographies.<ref name=about>{{cite web | title=About this site | url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/ENZ-Utility/SiteInformation/AboutThisSite/en | work=Te Ara | publisher= | date= | accessdate=2009-05-16}}</ref>
{{Short description|Official encyclopaedia about New Zealand}}
It was published in three thick volumes<ref>{{cite web | title=An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand 1966 | url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/en | work=Te Ara | publisher= | date= | accessdate=2009-05-16}}</ref> and its print run of 30,000 copies was sold out within three months.
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The text and images have been digitised and are published online without corrections or updates<ref name=about/> as part of [[Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand]].
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| editor = [[Alexander Hare McLintock|A. H. McLintock]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| country = [[New Zealand]]
| pub_date = 1966
| publisher = R. E. Owen, Government Printer
| image = An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, cover.jpg
| alt = Image of the front cover
| caption = [[Dust jacket]] front cover
| subject = New Zealand – Encyclopedias
| media_type = 3 volumes, hardbound; republished online
| external_url = https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966
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| dewey = 993.003
| congress = DU405 .E5
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'''''An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand''''' is an official [[encyclopaedia]] about [[New Zealand]], published in three volumes by the New Zealand Government in 1966. Edited by [[Alexander Hare McLintock]], the parliamentary historian, assisted by two others, the encyclopaedia included over 1,800 articles and 900 biographies, written by 359 contributing authors.<ref name="about">{{cite web
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==References==
| title = About this site
| work = Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
| publisher = Manatū Taonga / Ministry for Culture and Heritage
| url = https://teara.govt.nz/en/about-this-site
| access-date = 17 August 2022
}}</ref>

The encyclopaedia is more comprehensive, and more representative of [[minority group|minorities]], than previous New Zealand reference works, such as the vanity press ''[[The Cyclopedia of New Zealand]]'' published around sixty years earlier, but not as representative as the later ''[[Dictionary of New Zealand Biography]]''. A number of women were included as representing firsts, including [[Kate Edger]].

Its publication met with an enthusiastic response; within two months almost all of its initial print run of 34,000 copies had sold. After the last 3,000 copies sold, it was never reprinted, more due to the non-commercial priorities of the government-run printing office than any lack of demand or interest from the general public.<ref name="nzjh-phillips">{{cite journal
| title = The Online Encyclopedia of New Zealand: Te Ara
| last = Phillips | first = Jock
| journal = New Zealand Journal of History
| date = 2003 | volume = 37 | issue = 1 | pages = 80–89
| url = http://www.nzjh.auckland.ac.nz/document.php?wid=256
}}</ref> The encyclopaedia was well received by scholars and teachers, and is still regarded as an important New Zealand reference work, even considering its errors and omissions, and the biases of its time. [[Jock Phillips]], writing in 2003 about his editorship of its successor ''[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]]'', considers it an "illustrious predecessor" and describes it as
{{blockquote | text = even now, a most impressive work. It remains an essential source of reference for students and scholars of New Zealand [...] But it is very much a creature of a particular time and place.<ref name="nzjh-phillips"/>}}

The work's importance, both as a reference and as an historical snapshot of mid-20th century New Zealand, motivated the [[Ministry for Culture and Heritage]] to digitise and republish the work online.<ref name="nzjh-review">{{cite journal
| title = Review – Te Ara: The Online Encyclopedia of New Zealand
| last = Brown-May | first = Andrew
| journal = New Zealand Journal of History
| date = 2007 | volume = 41 | issue = 2 | pages = 227–229
| url = http://www.nzjh.auckland.ac.nz/document.php?wid=56
| quote = The inclusion of McLintock on the site gives new life to a monumental resource, itself a snapshot of a nation’s self-fashioning.
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}}</ref> The text and images have been made available, without corrections or updates, as a separate resource within ''Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand''.<ref>{{cite web
| title = 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
| work = Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
| publisher = Manatū Taonga / Ministry for Culture and Heritage
| url = https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966
| access-date = 17 August 2022
}}</ref>

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== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/en An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand 1966 online]
* [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/en ''An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand''] ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221111720/http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/en |date=21 February 2009 }}) – digitised version at ''Te Ara''
*[http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/DNZB/Essay_Body.asp?PersonEssay=4M24 Biography of Alexander H. McLintock]


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Latest revision as of 06:39, 24 September 2024

An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
Image of the front cover
Dust jacket front cover
EditorA. H. McLintock
LanguageEnglish
SubjectNew Zealand – Encyclopedias
PublisherR. E. Owen, Government Printer
Publication date
1966
Publication placeNew Zealand
Media type3 volumes, hardbound; republished online
OCLC1014037525
993.003
LC ClassDU405 .E5
TextAn Encyclopaedia of New Zealand online

An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand is an official encyclopaedia about New Zealand, published in three volumes by the New Zealand Government in 1966. Edited by Alexander Hare McLintock, the parliamentary historian, assisted by two others, the encyclopaedia included over 1,800 articles and 900 biographies, written by 359 contributing authors.[1]

The encyclopaedia is more comprehensive, and more representative of minorities, than previous New Zealand reference works, such as the vanity press The Cyclopedia of New Zealand published around sixty years earlier, but not as representative as the later Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. A number of women were included as representing firsts, including Kate Edger.

Its publication met with an enthusiastic response; within two months almost all of its initial print run of 34,000 copies had sold. After the last 3,000 copies sold, it was never reprinted, more due to the non-commercial priorities of the government-run printing office than any lack of demand or interest from the general public.[2] The encyclopaedia was well received by scholars and teachers, and is still regarded as an important New Zealand reference work, even considering its errors and omissions, and the biases of its time. Jock Phillips, writing in 2003 about his editorship of its successor Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, considers it an "illustrious predecessor" and describes it as

even now, a most impressive work. It remains an essential source of reference for students and scholars of New Zealand [...] But it is very much a creature of a particular time and place.[2]

The work's importance, both as a reference and as an historical snapshot of mid-20th century New Zealand, motivated the Ministry for Culture and Heritage to digitise and republish the work online.[3] The text and images have been made available, without corrections or updates, as a separate resource within Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.[4]

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  1. ^ "About this site". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Manatū Taonga / Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b Phillips, Jock (2003). "The Online Encyclopedia of New Zealand: Te Ara". New Zealand Journal of History. 37 (1): 80–89.
  3. ^ Brown-May, Andrew (2007). "Review – Te Ara: The Online Encyclopedia of New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of History. 41 (2): 227–229. The inclusion of McLintock on the site gives new life to a monumental resource, itself a snapshot of a nation's self-fashioning.
  4. ^ "1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Manatū Taonga / Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
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