Online publications

Back issues of all our journals from 2006 are freely available in PDF format. Remaining issues to Volume 1 of each journal are being scanned and converted to PDF files progressively.

Funding for conversion of four of the journals ( New Zealand Journal of Botany, Marine and Freshwater Research , and Zoology , and the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand ) has been provided by the New Zealand Government through its Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity Information System (TFBIS) Programme as part of the New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy. Additional funding has been  provided by the Geological Society of New Zealand (for New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics).

Copyright: Copyright is owned by the Royal Society of New Zealand. The information may be reproduced free of charge for most bona-fida research or educational purposes, in any format or media, without requiring specific permission. However, where material is to be republished or issued for commercial purposes (e.g., textbooks), permission must first be obtained from the Royal Society of New Zealand.

Online journals from 2007 and 2008 are available to current subscribers only. They will become freely accessible two years after publication.

Orders for individual papers

PDF files of individual papers currently available only on subscription can be obtained for $20 each. To get them, go to the abstract for the paper you seek, and click on the link about purchasing the paper.