The Great Barrier Island Historical archives (currently housed in temporary premises)
- Books
- Barrier Bulletins
- biographical database
- Oral History
- Articles from many sources
- Photos
- films and documentaries
- cemetery and monuments records
- manuscripts and plans
- maps
Books
- Great Barrier Calls by Grace MEDLAND published 1969
- Tales From Great Barrier Island by Helen Jordan LUFF published 2003
- Eight Minutes Past Midnight The Wreck of the S S Wairarapa by Steve LOCKER-LAMPSON and Ian FRANCIS published 1981
- Islands of the Gulf by Kirsten WARNER published 1995
- Great Barrier Island edited by Don ARMITAGE