An online project has been put together with Tauranga Library to document resident's thoughts, feelings and images during the country's biggest maritime disaster.

A screenshot of the Tauranga Library's new digital preservation project.

Tauranga Library is archiving all the documents, photos, personal stories and videos from the community in the Tauranga Memories website.

Tauranga Library collections and information manager Smita Biswas says the site invites everyone to contribute to the website to share the thoughts and feelings of a community during this time.

'It is extremely easy, just register and contribute,' says Smita.
'It already has got some valuable entries, including the diary of one of the wildlife volunteers involved in saving the penguins, more than 100 original photos and some YouTube videos, all uploaded by the Tauranga community.

'It also includes the poems that Debbie McCauley and other poets have written just for the event.”

She says the value of this website is in preserving all the memories of the disaster and the resilience of the community of Tauranga for future generations.

This website is Google searchable and indexed by Digital New Zealand and also links with tweets on Twitter about the event.

To contribute, visit http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/en/rena_nz_s_biggest_ecological_disaster All stories, memories, photos and videos are welcome.