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'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 >>

NZ finalists to tackle World Summit Awards

Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 9:19 am | National Library Of New Zealand

The New Zealand finalists for the World Summit Awards were announced this evening by Hon David Cunliffe, the Minister of Communications and Minister for Information Technology, at a gala event at the National Library of New Zealand. The evening also ... More >>

Main Trunk Lines - Celebrating NZ Poetry

Tuesday, 12 July 2005, 6:01 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

A major exhibition of New Zealand poetry from the past 150 years opens at the National Library Gallery on 22 July. Drawing extensively on the book and manuscript collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Main Trunk Lines: New Zealand Poetry samples some ... More >>

An exhibition celebrating New Zealand poetry

Monday, 30 May 2005, 4:31 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

Main Trunk Lines - an exhibition celebrating New Zealand poetry 22 July to 30 October 2005 at the National Library Gallery More >>

National Library Applauds New Digital Strategy

Monday, 16 May 2005, 4:27 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

The goverment's new Digital Strategy is a giant step forward for New Zealand, and will be widely celebrated by the nation's library and information community, says National Librarian Penny Carnaby. More >>

Exhibition Celebrating New Zealand Composition

Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 5:14 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

A new exhibition celebrating New Zealand contemporary art music has just gone on show at the National Library Gallery. More >>

What does a flea look like on the inside?

Thursday, 24 February 2005, 2:48 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

What does a flea look like on the inside? How are refugees treated by us in New Zealand? How does your stomach make a growling noise? More >>

Collaboration is the name of the game

Thursday, 24 February 2005, 12:17 am | National Library Of New Zealand

Collaboration is the name of the game, according to New Zealand’s public libraries, which have joined with the National Library for what they say will be strategic advantage. More >>

'Paradise' Featured In National Library Exhibition

Friday, 21 January 2005, 3:30 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

Long before Lord of the Rings showed the world our breathtaking landscapes and glamorous people, New Zealand was depicted as a land of hope and beauty, a paradise on earth. More >>

First Dance - At The National Library Gallery

Friday, 21 January 2005, 10:44 am | National Library Of New Zealand

What did you wear? Hair up or down? Did you expect a corsage? Did you arrive alone? Did anyone dance with you? Did you ask someone to dance? And what if they declined? Did you try out the moves you'd practised at home? Or did you hug the wall and look ... More >>

Joanna Woods Named 2005 National Library Fellow

Monday, 6 December 2004, 12:02 am | National Library Of New Zealand

Wellington biographer Joanna Woods has been named National Library Research Fellow for 2005. More >>

Propaganda Posters And Denis Glover

Friday, 3 December 2004, 3:44 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

A new exhibition opening at the National Library Gallery next week brings together a remarkable selection of propaganda posters from the period 1935 to 1942. More >>

Matapihi – opening the window onto NZ's heritage

Monday, 13 September 2004, 2:15 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

From art to architecture, birds to battalions, the many faces of our people and the many features of our land – explore them all through www.matapihi.org.nz, a new window onto our nation online today. More >>

EXHIBITIONS 14 August – 21 November 2004

Wednesday, 4 August 2004, 4:04 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

Challenging Influences: a photographer's coming of age in the 1960s A Gallery talk about the Wellington photography scene of the 1960s in which Ans Westra first made her mark, by John B. Turner, senior lecturer in photography, University of Auckland. ... More >>

James Joyce & The Surprising Greymouth Connection

Monday, 14 June 2004, 12:19 am | National Library Of New Zealand

This Wednesday, June 16, is Bloomsday - the day on which Leopold Bloom took his epic journey through Dublin in James Joyce's Ulysses, the world's most highly acclaimed modern novel. This year marks 100 years since Bloom took his journey across Dublin ... More >>

Libraries unite to strike digital gold for NZers

Thursday, 15 January 2004, 12:33 am | National Library Of New Zealand

All New Zealanders will now have an enormous range of electronic resources at their fingertips, thanks to the innovative thinking of libraries around the country. In a move that is the first of its kind in New Zealand, public, education, research ... More >>

Kids who read succeed, says National Library

Friday, 3 October 2003, 1:10 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

Literacy, libraries and learning will be potent ingredients for an information society in Manakau City, National Librarian, Penny Carnaby, said today in Auckland. More >>

National Library Rejects Internet Claims

Wednesday, 22 November 2000, 4:31 pm | National Library Of New Zealand

The National Library of New Zealand has rejected claims by Winston Peters MP that the Library’s free internet service is being abused by a large number of users. More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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