August 2020

Learn how to develop library services to support teaching and learning in your school, including using research, evidence, and feedback from your school community.

Come and hear how Cook Island women create their beautifully embroidered bedspread ‘Tivaevae’. A form of artistic quilting traditionally made by Polynesian women.

Develop your understanding of digital literacy and how it benefits students. Discover how your library collections, programmes, and services can contribute to digital literacy.

Dr Nicola Daly will share her experience at the World of Words Center at the University of Arizona in Austin, Texas. The Center aims to build bridges across global cultures through children’s and adolescent literature.

A talk exploring politics and protest during the 1930s Depression and in 2017, featuring Malcolm McKinnon, Cybèle Locke and Sam Orchard.

In this talk, historian Ryan Bodman will explore the value of social media as a 21st century history-research tool.

John McCrystal tells the story of Aotearoa New Zealand through its maps — and the stories of the explorers who made those maps.

Whether you are experienced or new to family history, there is material available online through the National Library that you can access. Joan McCracken from the Alexander Turnbull Library will explore some of the well-known resources (Papers Past, Digital NZ) and look at some that you might be new to you.

We are delighted to invite members and potential members to attend this year’s ARANZ Annual General Meeting. Following the AGM we have a talk from Tim Kong, Programme Manager of the Pacific Virtual Museum pilot project.

Be inspired, reflect, and learn with the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO as they hold a panel discussion on Global Citizenship Education.

Are you starting your family history research? Or are you an experienced researcher who would like so extra help? As part of Family History Month 2020 you are invited to the National Library for an introduction to family history resources from staff, supported by members of the Wellington branches of the NZ Society of Genealogists.

In her book ‘Eddie Norman and 25 Battalion’, Elizabeth Kay covers the journey of 2 NZ Division as it fought its way across North Africa and through Italy. Using letters written by her father, Sir Edward Norman, and extensive further research, it tells a personal story in the wider context of WWII.