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Good Books Make Good Citizens: 100 years of Reed

Monday, 30 July 2007, 5:08 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

From Barry Crump’s A Good Keen Man, to Avis Acres’ Opo The Gay Dolphin and Witi Ihimaera’s Whale Rider, Reed have published many of Aotearoa’s best-loved books. A new exhibition opening at the National Library Gallery next week celebrates the ... More >>

National Library Celebrates Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori

Friday, 20 July 2007, 12:09 am | National Library Of New Zealand

Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, the National Library of New Zealand, will celebrate Maori Language Week (23-27 July) with displays of early photos, scrapbooks, notebooks and letters held by the Alexander Turnbull Library as well as new material from the ... More >>

New website makes finding local library easier

Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 11:40 am | National Library Of New Zealand

Just moved town and want to find your nearest library? Want to call your local library? Looking for a library's website? The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa has just made this easier by launching the online Directory of New Zealand ... More >>

New agreement will make NZ libraries more visible

Saturday, 3 February 2007, 5:19 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa is proud to announce a new partnering agreement with the American organisation OCLC (Online Computer Library Center). The new partnership will make New Zealand libraries and their rich holdings ... More >>

Celebrating Ans Westra And NZ In Holland

Friday, 15 September 2006, 12:23 am | National Library Of New Zealand

This Saturday and Sunday (16 and 17 September), the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, Holland, is hosting a New Zealand weekend to coincide with the official opening of the Ans Westra exhibition that was first shown in 2004 at the National ... More >>

National Librarian elected

Monday, 4 September 2006, 1:23 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

National Librarian and Chief Executive of the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, Penny Carnaby, has been elected to lead the World Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL). The election took place at the World Library ... More >>

Kaitiaki of the Alexander Turnbull Library

Friday, 1 September 2006, 2:18 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa is pleased to announce three new appointments to the Guardians/Kaitiaki of the Alexander Turnbull Library. Their job is to advise the Minister responsible for the National Library, the Hon. ... More >>

Library and Information Advisor Committee

Friday, 1 September 2006, 2:17 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa is pleased to announce the appointment of three new Commissioners to the Library and Information Advisory Commission Nga Kaiwhakamarama i nga Kohikohinga Kōrero (LIAC). LIAC is the seven ... More >>

What the heck’s a ‘black smoker’?

Tuesday, 29 August 2006, 9:42 am | National Library Of New Zealand

A new exhibition opening at the National Library Gallery in September promises to take visitors on a fascinating journey through more than 200 years of science in New Zealand. More >>

Extended Legal Deposit Regulations Come Into Force

Wednesday, 9 August 2006, 4:43 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

After three years of preparation, the process of collecting and preserving New Zealand's digital heritage through legal deposit begins in earnest at the National Library this week, says Penny Carnaby, National Librarian and Chief Executive of the National ... More >>

National Library Announces Digital Partnership

Monday, 7 August 2006, 10:27 am | National Library Of New Zealand

The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa and Endeavor Information Systems have announced a partnership to design a world-leading digital archive capable of ensuring preservation and future access to the nation's digital heritage collections. More >>

NZ Libraries Collaborate

Friday, 16 June 2006, 12:16 am | National Library Of New Zealand

The launch last night of Nga Upoko Tukutuku / Maori Subject Headings marks an exciting development in the library world, says National Librarian Penny Carnaby. More >>

'We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo . . .'

Thursday, 15 June 2006, 3:46 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

Memories and experiences of Wellington zookeepers, and others who have had strong connections with the Wellington Zoo, were handed over to the Turnbull Library's Oral History Centre. More >>

'We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo . . .'

Friday, 9 June 2006, 3:09 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

Memories and experiences of Wellington zookeepers, and others who have had strong connections with the Wellington Zoo, will be handed over to the Turnbull Library's Oral History Centre next week. More >>

Library Takes Step In Preserving Digital Heritage

Friday, 12 May 2006, 11:09 am | National Library Of New Zealand

National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa MEDIA RELEASE 11 May 2006 More >>

Looking Ahead For Our Public Libraries

Tuesday, 2 May 2006, 9:27 am | National Library Of New Zealand

Looking Ahead For Our Public Libraries: Strategic Framework Will Guide Development Over Next Ten Years More >>

Photography At The National Library

Monday, 10 April 2006, 2:13 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

Within Memory Aspects of New Zealand documentary photography 1960-2000 From the collections of the Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library, and the National Library Gallery More >>

Award To Study Early Anglican Architecture

Tuesday, 22 November 2005, 3:30 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

Alex Bremner, a lecturer in the history of architecture at the University of Edinburgh, has been awarded this year's Friends of the Turnbull Library Research Grant. More >>

National Library To Serve As International Model

Thursday, 10 November 2005, 2:53 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

New Zealand's National Library will serve as an international model for preserving electronic heritage material for future generations. More >>

'All at Sea' at the National Library Gallery

Friday, 4 November 2005, 11:09 am | National Library Of New Zealand

NEW EXHIBITIONS ON THE WAY . . . 19 November 2005 * 19 March 2006 Siu ki Moana: reaching across the Pacific Aotearoa New Zealand and the Kingdom of Tonga 1880-1950Shipping Out Early colonial voyages to New Zealand From the collections of the Alexander Turnbull ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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