June 2024

New to your school library? If you're just getting started providing library services for your school, register to join our 2024 learning community. You'll receive support from National Library experts, attend regular local and national meetings, build your skills and connect with other library people.

Book a spot on our two-day workshop that gives an introduction to oral history methodology. Led by Lynette Shum, Oral History Advisor at the Alexander Turnbull Library and Helen Frizzell, a Dunedin-based freelance oral historian. The workshop is ideal for people considering using oral history in their work, community or personal projects.

In this talk Richard Hill and Steven Loveridge discuss their experiences of researching the elusive and murky history of security intelligence. Their recent book ‘Secret History’ is the first of a two-volume series on state surveillance in New Zealand during the 20th century.

Join us at the Library or online.

Kawe Mahara Queer Archives Aotearoa volunteer Reuben Love will discuss how public programming and taonga can engage with and strengthen our queer communities in Aotearoa.

Join us online for this event.

Reading for pleasure can enrich literacy programmes. Discover how a school-wide approach can cultivate students who choose to read for fun. Explore strategies to use in the library, classroom and wider school community.

At this meeting, you'll learn about recruiting, training and managing your student librarians. Hear from our guest librarians from a variety of different schools.

Join us at the National Library to discover Wellington's Indian heritage. This is a collaborative community event that provides an opportunity to view Indian items in the collection, learn from curator Dr. Ashwinee Pendharkar about researching Indian family and community histories, and hear from Dr. Jacqui Leckie about her research on Indian communities in Wellington.

You are invited to the annual general meeting of the Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection. Before the meeting Mary Skarott, Research Librarian Children’s Literature, will show a selection of picture books added to the Dorothy Neal White and the National Children’s Collections in the past year.

Please join us at the Library for the launch of ‘Still Is’, the final poetry collection by Vincent O’Sullivan.

‘Still Is’ will be launched by Fergus Barrowman, with readings by Jenny Bornholdt, Diana Bridge, Bill Manhire, Gregory O'Brien, and current New Zealand Poet Laureate Chris Tse.

This one-day workshop will give you a hands-on opportunity to discover and use digital resources freely available to schools. You'll locate and curate quality, reliable digital content to support all learning areas of the curriculum.

Curating resources gives your students quicker access to your school library collections. Discover different ways to curate, share and add value to your Aotearoa New Zealand's histories curriculum resources.

This year the esteemed historian and author Dame Claudia Orange will give the annual Friends of the Turnbull Founder Lecture. Dame Claudia will outline her own personal story leading up to her major works on the Treaty of Waitangi, then discuss the most recent scholarship on the Treaty and the Waitangi Tribunal in the present day context.

Join us at the Library or online.