NZ History MapAotearoa 1800–2000

Custom poster

Your story, on the map of New Zealand

Where a grandparent was born. Where you met. The road trips, the first home, the day the baby arrived. Pin your family’s moments where they happened, alongside the history they lived through. Up to 23 events, under your own title.

Or start from an example

  • Family history

    Four generations, from the ship at Lyttelton to a new home in Auckland.

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  • Travel

    Six summers of road trips, from Cape Reinga to Rakiura.

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  • Love story

    From a first coffee in Wellington to a wedding by the lake.

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  • Māori and the Crown

    From He Whakaputanga to the Treaty settlements, on the land where it happened.

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Why make your own

  • A gift that tells their story

    For a grandparent’s 90th, a parent’s retirement, a wedding or a new baby. A present that no one else could have given them.

  • Your story, beside the nation’s

    Pin the moments that matter to your family, and add the national events you want alongside them. A gold thread links your moments, place to place, in the order they happened.

  • Made together

    Share a link while you build it, so the whole family can check the names, places and years before anything is printed.

  • Something to keep

    An A2 or A1 print to hang, or a digital file to print anywhere, from $45 NZD. Every print comes with the digital file too.