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April 22nd, 2014

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Foot-slogging in the desert

By Amalaratna

A corporal’s visual souvenir from the First World War.

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April 7th, 2014

Library Tech

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A fishing expedition

By Michael Lascarides

Themes and lessons from Webstock 2014.

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April 1st, 2014

Outside the Library

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A Sunrise at Mitimiti (after Hone Tuwhare)

By Vicki-Anne Heikell

Providing preservation advice and training to a small community.

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March 26th, 2014

Library Tech

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Cards against the Library

By Reuben Schrader

Building a card game on the back of Papers Past.

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March 21st, 2014

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Defending Ōrākau

By Ariana Tikao

Expanding our understanding of Ōrākau with James Cowan's papers, and more.

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March 4th, 2014

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Like drifts of Chinese primulas

By Walter Cook

The gardens of the Denis Friar collection.

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February 13th, 2014

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To wed—or not to wed?—That is the Question

By Ruth Lightbourne

Spend Valentine’s Day in the arms of the Alexander Turnbull Library.

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February 4th, 2014

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Bustles, bodices and broad-brimmed hats

By Walter Cook

Women’s clothes as an aid to dating photographs.

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January 28th, 2014

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Opening up the covers

By Ruth Lightbourne

Dutch gilt papers in the Alexander Turnbull Library.

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January 23rd, 2014

Behind the scenes

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Off at last the goodbye would have been too awful

By Ish Doney

Digitising World War One letters and diaries, finding humour and heartbreak.

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