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Upcoming events
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Wed 2 Jul, 12:10pm to 1pm Central Otago couture: The Eden Hore collection
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Wed 2 Jul, 6pm to 8pm ‘After Winter Comes the Summer’: Illustrated talk and musical performance
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Mon 7 Jul to Sat 12 Jul Celebrating Wikin te Taetae ni Kiribati — Kiribati Language Week
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Tue 8 Jul, 5:30pm to 6:30pm A trans view of queer activism in Aotearoa
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Wed 23 Jul, 3:30pm to 4:45pm Cultivating keen readers series and workshop 1
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Temporary service changes from July 2025
There will be temporary service changes starting in July 2025, while we reloclate some services to a new archival building in Wellington.
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Celebrate New Zealand's poetic talent!
Nominations close on Wednesday 30 July 2025.
Utaina
An audiovisual digital preservation project with Archives NZ and Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
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Turning knowledge into value: this is the National Library's strategic direction to 2030.
