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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori — Māori Language Week in context
By Ruki Tobin and Erena Williamson
7 September 2021
Find insights into the origins of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori and inspiration and support for educators, librarians, and others wishing to start their te reo Māori journey.
Libraries and learning
Encountering Mīharo | Never storm
By Phoebe Wright
3 September 2021
Enjoy responses to the Mīharo Wonder exhibition from MA students in creative writing.
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New Zealand National Poetry Day, 28th August 2021
By Chris Szekely
27 August 2021
Touching on the late Sir Michael Cullen's role in founding New Zealand's national Poet Laureate Award, created and cared for by the National Library of New Zealand.
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Computer generated image-tagging experiment
By Dan Charles
18 August 2021
An experiment using image recognition to add computer generated metadata to images in digitalnz.org.
Behind the scenes
Encountering Mīharo | Apropos of distraction
By Jonathan McLeod
13 August 2021
Enjoy responses to the Mīharo Wonder exhibition from MA students in creative writing.
Collections
ComicFest is back!
By Sam Orchard
12 August 2021
An annual festival celebrating the talent and creativity in New Zealand's comic and cartoon communities.
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Papers Past — A brief history
By Tracy Powell
11 August 2021
Happy 20th birthday Papers Past. A brief history of the website.
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Encountering Mīharo | ‘Patched gang members in the Māori Affairs Committee Room’, 1979
By Leah Dodd
6 August 2021
Enjoy responses to the Mīharo Wonder exhibition from MA students in creative writing.
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What are cartoons and comics?
By Sam Orchard
4 August 2021
Humour not required — one stop on the journey to discover what comics are, or are not
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Rich variety for the Te Kura Pounamu Award — 2021 NZCYA
By Horowaitai Roberts-Tuahine, Erena Williamson, Rosemary Nisbet
2 August 2021
This year's NZCYA te reo Māori finalists offer a range of inspiring and evocative pūrakau for taitamariki and rangatahi.
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Encountering Mīharo | Travel light
By Joe Parker
30 July 2021
Enjoy responses to the Mīharo Wonder exhibition from MA students in creative writing.
Collections
Processing ‘The Evening Post’ International Collection — an update
By Brianna Gillanders
28 July 2021
Masters student in Museum and Heritage Practice at Victoria University of Wellington, Brianna Gillanders writes about the significance of the Evening Post International Collection as a resource for researchers.
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Quality non-fiction and phenomenal firsts — NZCYA 2021
By Rosemary Tisdall and Chelsea Heap
27 July 2021
There are rich themes in the non-fiction and first book finalists in 2021's New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
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Encountering Mīharo | from ‘Mr Eagle among the portraits’
By Eva Wyles
23 July 2021
Enjoy responses to the Mīharo Wonder exhibition from MA students in creative writing.
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Papers Past satisfaction survey 2021
By Tracy Powell
21 July 2021
Answers to your questions about Papers Past including when will I be able to correct OCR text ‘like Trove’ ?
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Unlock the secrets in junior and YA fiction — NZCYA 2021
By Anne Dickson
20 July 2021
Secrets are at the heart of the junior and young adult fiction finalists in 2021's New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults (NZCYA).
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A glorious array of picture books — NZCYA 2021
By Crissi Blair
13 July 2021
A glorious array of picture books are finalists in the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults (NZCYA).
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Encountering Mīharo | Panoramic view of the Aratiatia Rapids
By Jiaqiao Liu
9 July 2021
Enjoy responses to the Mīharo Wonder exhibition from MA students in creative writing.
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The world in a book
By Fiona Oliver
7 July 2021
Read about Boëthius’s 'De Institutione Musica' and Hartmann Schedel’s 'Nuremberg Chronicle' two recent additions to the Mīharo Wonder exhibition.
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The Simple Image: Photography of Barry Clothier
By Matt Steindl
1 July 2021
Read about ‘The Simple Image: The photography of Barry Clothier’ exhibition, co-curated by the Alexander Turnbull Library and Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision.
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