Story: Otago region
Page 17. External links and sources
More links and websites
Dunedin City Council
The Dunedin city council’s website includes extensive information, both contemporary and historical, for residents and visitors.
Otago memorials
This article on NZ History offers a clickable map so users can see images and details of major memorials in Otago.
Otago New Zealand, everything about Otago
A site with comprehensive information about the various areas of Otago.
Otago
Information about places in Otago managed by the Department of Conservation.
Otago Regional Council
The Otago regional council is the main environmental agency for the Otago region.
Tourism and economic development in Central Otago
Information about Central Otago.
More suggestions and sources
- Dacker, Bill. The pain and the love = Te mamae me te aroha: a history of Kāi Tahu Whanui of Otago, 1844–1994. Dunedin: University of Otago Press in association with Dunedin City Council, 1994.
- Eldred-Grigg, Stevan. Diggers, hatters, whores: the New Zealand gold rushes. Auckland: Random House, 2008.
- McLintock, A. H. The history of Otago: the origins and growth of a Wakefield class settlement. Christchurch: Capper, 1975 (originally published 1949).
- Olssen, Erik. A history of Otago. Dunedin: McIndoe, 1984.
- Sorrell, Paul, ed. The cyclopedia of Otago and Southland. Dunedin: Dunedin City Council, 1999.
- Thomson, Jane, ed. Southern people: a dictionary of Otago Southland biography. Dunedin: Longacre Press in association with the Dunedin City Council, 1998.
How to cite this page
Malcolm McKinnon, Otago region, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/31873/sources (accessed 11 June 2026).
Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 18 August 2009, updated 1 May 2015.