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Upcoming events
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Wed 4 Dec, 12:10pm to 1pm Kāwai: Empowering and educating readers about New Zealand’s past
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Celebrating Solomon Islands Pidgin Language Week
A recently digitised gem from New Zealand’s musical past.
Utaina
An audiovisual digital preservation project with Archives NZ and Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
Interloan
Get National Library materials sent to your local library by making an interloan request. And more.
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You can borrow items from the Alexander Turnbull Library collections to use in public exhibitions in New Zealand or internationally.
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Our strategic directions
Turning knowledge into value: this is the National Library's strategic direction to 2030.
See how we're aiming for big changes in taonga, knowledge, and reading.
Preservation advice
Learn how to take care of your precious photographs, books, and digital documents with advice from the National Preservation Office.
