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Lilburn Research Fellowship
Applications are now open for the 2025 fellowship to support New Zealand music research.
Utaina
An audiovisual digital preservation project with Archives NZ and Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
Supporting school libraries affected by weather events
Find out how we are working with the Ministry of Education to support school libraries affected by recent weather events.
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Our strategic directions
Turning knowledge into value: this is the National Library's strategic direction to 2030.
See how we're aiming for big changes in taonga, knowledge, and reading.
