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Ep.8 Voices series: “It’s just hell here now”
By David Colquhoun
19 April 2024
Hear directly from the soldiers at the front in World War One through their letters and diaries.
Library Loudhailer podcast
Conservation of the John Scott collection
By Louise Newdick
29 February 2024
In the conservation lab with Paper Conservator Louise Newdick.
Collections
Behind the scenes
Updating the language we use to describe our collections
By Emma Roache
27 February 2024
Reparative description at the Alexander Turnbull Library.
Collections
Te hokinga mai
By Jessica Moran
31 January 2024
The return to New Zealand of photos from the Fairfax Archive of newspaper prints.
Collections
Highlights of 2023 from the Turnbull Library’s Arrangement & Description team
By William Daymond
14 December 2023
A review of 2023 from the team who make our collections easier to find and use.
Collections
Caring for the C K Stead collection
By Nathan Burgess
12 December 2023
Preparing the C K Stead collection for researchers to access and use.
Collections
Our best children's and YA books for 2023
By Services to Schools staff
20 November 2023
Services to Schools staff are back with their pick of books published in 2023.
Create readers
Observations on a surviving relic: The red pillar postbox
By Olivia Kielczewski
17 November 2023
The life and times of a Wellington red postbox.
Collections
Off the record | Pacific views — Inside and out
By Taputukura Raea
26 October 2023
Engaging with Pacific communities to help them connect with Library collections.
Collections
Outside the Library
Dahl and beyond: Discover more read-alouds!
By Heath Lewzey
16 October 2023
Roald Dahl is an icon, explore a selection of other great read-aloud authors.
Create readers
Lettuce celebrate Vegetarian Awareness Month
By Fiona Oliver
12 October 2023
Collection inspiration documenting the many vegetable-related materials held by the Library.
Collections
Off the record | Best on show
By Ronan Speden
21 September 2023
Reflecting on a century of Turnbull Library exhibitions.
Collections
Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa
By Suliana Vea
8 September 2023
Celebrating Samoa Language Week at the Library.
Collections
Events
Try a verse novel for National Poetry Day
By Crissi Blair
21 August 2023
Verse novels provide rewarding reading for all ages and abilities.
Create readers
Iwi Archivist Symposium, Te Pūranga
By Vicki-Anne Heikell
4 August 2023
Awhi mai awhi atu, sharing how we care for culture and heritage.
Events
Off the record | We hear you listening, right where you are
By Sarah Walker
23 June 2023
Accessing the nation's oral history archive just got a lot easier.
Collections
Kahungunu ringa hora — Cyclone Gabrielle relief
By Clare Butler
21 June 2023
Supporting Omahu marae after Cyclone Gabrielle.
Outside the Library
The mayfly | Takes me back — Ephemera from New Zealand’s closed music venues
By Rata Holtslag
26 May 2023
Remembering the bars and clubs that are gone but not forgotten.
Collections
Libraries are the beating hearts of communities
By Dan Beck
12 May 2023
Learning about the ethical use of data about Māori.
Outside the Library
What’s in a word — describing LGBTQ+ collections
By Emma Roache
11 May 2023
Using the international linked data vocabulary called Homosaurus.
Collections
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