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Early Portrait Of Ngā Puhi Rangatira Bought

Friday, 23 January 2009, 1:29 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

The National Library of New Zealand has recently purchased at auction a portrait of the rangatira Eruera Maihi Patuone (1760s?-1872) for the Alexander Turnbull Library’s collections. More >>

DigitalNZ launch

Thursday, 4 December 2008, 4:45 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

Digital New Zealand, a nation-wide project to help make New Zealand digital content easier to find, share and use, was launched at the National Library of New Zealand on 3 December 2008. More >>

Michael Houstoun Honoured For Services To NZ Music

Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 1:47 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

Michael Houstoun has received a citation (together with a cash grant) from the Lilburn Trust for outstanding services to New Zealand music. The Lilburn Trust is a charitable trust established by Douglas Lilburn in 1984 with the Alexander Turnbull Library ... More >>

Paul Meredith And Philip Simpson Win Grants

Tuesday, 25 November 2008, 12:11 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

The Friends of the Turnbull Library have this year awarded research grants to two people for different projects. More >>

New Exhibitions: Welcome Sweet Peace

Monday, 24 November 2008, 11:32 am | National Library Of New Zealand

The Armistice of 11 November 1918 brought to a close four years of fighting in which thousands of New Zealanders served with distinction in various theatres of conflict. More >>

Armistice Day and digital collaboration

Wednesday, 12 November 2008, 10:53 am | National Library Of New Zealand

The First World War was one of the most disastrous events in human history. New Zealand experienced the highest per capita casualty rate than any other country with 16,700 dead and over 40,000 wounded. More >>

Preserving 145 years of news

Tuesday, 4 November 2008, 5:15 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

Salme Kortet, the recently appointed Preservation Technician at the National Preservation Office, is quickly getting familiar with 145 years' worth of newspapers. More >>

Māori place names International Standard

Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 4:47 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa is proud to announce a major milestone in the international recognition of New Zealand’s English/Māori placenames. The U.S. Library of Congress has agreed to accept New Zealand dual language ... More >>

Anzac Day at the National Library

Wednesday, 23 April 2008, 12:51 am | National Library Of New Zealand

Four websites hosted by the National Library of New Zealand offer a unique observation of Anzac Day - those we remember and how we have paid tribute to them through time. More >>

National Library to host renowned speaker

Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 12:16 am | National Library Of New Zealand

The National Library of New Zealand is to host an internationally recognised digital futures strategist as part of his Australasian speaking tour. More >>

Aotearoa People's Network Gains Momentum

Wednesday, 2 April 2008, 12:14 am | National Library Of New Zealand

The Aotearoa New Zealand People's Network, which provides free access to broadband Internet services in public libraries, is picking up speed with 22 libraries online and another 70 expected to be on board by the end of the year. More >>

Stories of WWII Sappers to Be Added to Turnbull

Tuesday, 5 February 2008, 11:14 am | National Library Of New Zealand

When World War II was declared, a young red-headed mining engineer, Peter Hamilton, was doing postgraduate work on the geology of the area surrounding Lake Monowai. He was born in 1918, the same year that his father, a member of the Auckland Mounted ... More >>

The National Library is now 'open all hours'

Monday, 4 February 2008, 2:22 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

Treasures that lie within the National Library of New Zealand and libraries nationwide are now available for online discovery, any time of the day or night, with the launch of the Publications NZ website. More >>

Six months on the ice for senior conservator

Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 10:50 am | National Library Of New Zealand

Wellington book conservator Lizzie Meek will next month travel to Antarctica to join an international team of three other conservators wintering over in Antarctica as part of the Antarctic Heritage Trust’s Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project. More >>

Manapouri: Art, Power, Protest

Tuesday, 22 January 2008, 11:24 am | National Library Of New Zealand

The term 'conservation' takes on multiple meanings in the National Library Gallery exhibition Manapouri: Art, Power, Protest. More >>

On board the Wanganella at the National Library

Wednesday, 19 December 2007, 10:12 am | National Library Of New Zealand

One of the highlights of the current National Library Gallery exhibition Manapouri: Art, Power, Protest is a series of photographs that documents the workers who stayed on the hostel ship Wanganella during the construction of the hydropower station. More >>

Historian Redmer Yska named Research Fellow

Monday, 17 December 2007, 2:47 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

Yska will use the $45,000 fellowship, which is awarded annually for research use of the Alexander Turnbull Library's resources, to write a social and institutional history of NZ Truth newspaper, a disreputable but always vivid fixture of the local ... More >>

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