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divided by the line of the Harbour Bridge (the line) form the sails that surround Northcote.

Northcote Borough
Council Centenary
1908-2008

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Books and Reading

  • Booker Prize - the ultimate accolade for fiction writing
  • Bookwire - Book publishers and sellers, indexes and bestsellers lists.
  • Amazon.com books - over a million entries of books for purchase.

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Careers

  • Careers.govt.nz - the combined KiwiCareers and Careers.govt.nz websites offering information and advice on job, training and career options for all New Zealanders
  • nzjobs.co
  • Work and Income NZ
  • exchangingjobs.org - a matching service for librarians and other professionals that specializes in job shadowing and job exchanges.

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Community Services

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Directories

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Education

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Employment

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Genealogy

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Heritage

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Kids

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Languages

  • Dictionary.com - language links, featured websites, resources, thesaurus and translation tool.
  • Google Language - translates webpages into many languages through the familiar Google interface.
  • Word2Word.com - very comprehensive translation tool with over 200 languages and associated dictionary links.
  • YourDictionary.com - comprehensive and authoritative language portal. Contains dictionaries, grammar tools, language games and forum.

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Libraries and Museums

  • LIANZA - The Library and Information Society of New Zealand Aotearoa: the professional body for New Zealand library, information and knowledge professionals
  • New Zealand Libraries directory
  • The Smithsonian Institution - sixteen museums and galleries and numerous research facilities in the United States.
  • The Victoria & Albert -  The V&A in London is the world's finest museum of the decorative arts.
  • Uffizi - one of the oldest museums in the world.
  • Te Papa Tongarewa - the national museum of New Zealand.

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Local Government

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Māori

  • Ngata dictionary
  • Iwidex - information about Māori waka, traditions, waiata, haka, tribal whenua, marae, carving, and whakapapa
  • Treaty toolbox Manukau City Council's guide containing useful information about the Treaty today
  • Māori independence - focuses on the ongoing struggle for Tino Rangatiratanga

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Money and banking

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Newspapers & Magazines

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New Zealand

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Online Conversion

  • Asknumbers.com - provides online conversions between different metrics of length, weight, temperature, pressure, energy, frequency and more.

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Search Engines

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Viruses & Hoaxes

The Internet is constantly being flooded with information about computer viruses.  However, interspersed among real virus notices are computer virus hoaxes.  Check your message at these sites BEFORE forwarding it to all your friends

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