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- One more year for the Poet Laureate
- Music education the focus of two inaugural Lilburn Research Awards
- Anton Killin named as Lilburn Research Fellow 2021
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- Five new collections of New Zealand’s scientific and social history treasures added to the UNESCO Memory of the World New Zealand Register
- National Library makes more room for New Zealand and Pacific stories
- Chris Knox tape archive arrives at Alexander Turnbull Library
- Antarctic Treaty 60th anniversary gift to NZ schools — new wall map of Antarctica
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- Rip It Up live on Papers Past
- Wahine 50 Charitable Trust’s collected stories donated to the Alexander Turnbull Library
- Warm Pacific Greetings from Smart Alex
- Jack Lovelock Papers and Cambodian women oral history inscribed to Memory of the World
- Holocaust Memorial launches in New Zealand
- Alexander Turnbull Library secures significant art archive
- Smart Alex Creative writing winners announced
- Flying Nun lands in 100 year old Alexander Turnbull Library
- Hikoi remembering Alexander Turnbull — 1918–2018
- Daniel Beban named as Lilburn Research Fellow 2019
- Topp Twins exhibition opens at National Library of New Zealand
- Rare 15th Century books donated to National Library of New Zealand
- UNESCO status for Wellington heritage collections
- Complete online record of 150 years of discovery
- The Lilburn Lecture 2017: Twin passions for Royal
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- He Tohu exhibition scoops national design awards
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- New Zealand’s new Poet Laureate announced
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- Help preserve your local history – get it online!
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- Collect : New Zealand's documentary taonga in words, sounds and pictures are collected, protected and accessible
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- Our history
- Strategic directions to 2030
- Collaborative projects
- Open data
- INNZ metadata
- DigitalNZ API
- Papers Past data
- Papers Past newspaper open data pilot
- Overview — Papers Past newspaper open data pilot
- Dataset — Papers Past newspaper open data pilot
- Get started — Papers Past newspaper open data pilot
- Data standards — Papers Past newspaper open data pilot
- Copyright and re-use — Papers Past newspaper open data pilot
- Projects — Papers Past newspaper open data pilot
- Papers Past data using the DigitalNZ API
- Papers Past newspaper open data pilot
- Turnbull metadata via DigitalNZ API
- Turnbull unpublished collections metadata
- Turnbull names metadata
- Publications NZ metadata
- Ngā Upoko Tukutuku metadata
- Te Puna Web Directory metadata
- Scholarships and awards
- Friends of the Turnbull Library Research Grant
- Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection Research Grant
- Helen Zwartz Scholarship
- Jack Ilott Oral History Education Operating Fund
- Jean Wright Award
- Lilburn Research Fellowship
- New Zealand Poet Laureate Award
- Paul Reynolds Scholarship – The No Numpties Award
- Susan Price Scholarship
- Structure of the Library
- Strategy and policy
- Collections policy
- National Library of New Zealand Collections Policy
- Collecting plan – Cartographic: 2016-2018
- Collecting plan – Drawings, Paintings, and Prints: 2016-2018
- Collecting plan – Ephemera: 2016-2018
- Collecting plan – Manuscripts: 2016-2018
- Collecting plan – Music: 2016-2018
- Collecting plan – New Zealand and Pacific Published Collections: 2016-2018
- Collecting plan – Oral History and Sound: 2016-2018
- Collecting plan – Overseas Published Collections: 2016-2018
- Overseas Published Collections — collection management project
- Collecting plan – Photographs: 2016-2018
- Collecting plan – Rare Books and Fine Printing Collection: 2016-2018
- Collecting plan – Schools Collection: 2016-2018
- Digitisation plans
- Preservation policy
- Principles for the care and preservation of Māori materials
- Collection use and reuse policy
- Access policy
- Charging policy
- Corporate publications
- Collections policy
- Friends and advisors
- Statutory bodies
- Te Puna Foundation supporters
- Working here
- Media
- Documentary heritage celebrated at National Library Auditorium
- Mīharo Wonder: Celebrating 100 Years of the Alexander Turnbull Library
- Calling NZ authors to register for payments
- Te Awhi Rito NZ Reading Ambassador nominations open
- A century of wonder: An evening of celebrations
- New website connects Pacific people to cultural heritage collections
- National Library announces new National Librarian — Te Pouhuaki
- Living the Dream: Karyn Hay on New Zealand Music: Lilburn Lecture 2020
- One more year for the Poet Laureate
- Music education the focus of two inaugural Lilburn Research Awards
- Anton Killin named as Lilburn Research Fellow 2021
- Libraries to help with jobs and community recovery
- Turnbull Library makes iconic score of ‘Overture: Aotearoa’ available online
- Five new collections of New Zealand’s scientific and social history treasures added to the UNESCO Memory of the World New Zealand Register
- National Library makes more room for New Zealand and Pacific stories
- Chris Knox tape archive arrives at Alexander Turnbull Library
- Antarctic Treaty 60th anniversary gift to NZ schools — new wall map of Antarctica
- Rangatahi take part in popular creative writing competition — Smart Alex
- Pūkana exhibition open at Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa
- Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision moves to the National Library building
- Waiata taking off at Wellington Airport during te wiki o te reo Māori
- New Poet Laureate announced
- New central Wellington library space named
- The fast pace of a fast-talking PI Poet Laureate
- New Zealand Poet Laureate Award — call for public nominations
- Rip It Up live on Papers Past
- Wahine 50 Charitable Trust’s collected stories donated to the Alexander Turnbull Library
- Warm Pacific Greetings from Smart Alex
- Jack Lovelock Papers and Cambodian women oral history inscribed to Memory of the World
- Holocaust Memorial launches in New Zealand
- Alexander Turnbull Library secures significant art archive
- Smart Alex Creative writing winners announced
- Flying Nun lands in 100 year old Alexander Turnbull Library
- Hikoi remembering Alexander Turnbull — 1918–2018
- Daniel Beban named as Lilburn Research Fellow 2019
- Topp Twins exhibition opens at National Library of New Zealand
- Rare 15th Century books donated to National Library of New Zealand
- UNESCO status for Wellington heritage collections
- Complete online record of 150 years of discovery
- The Lilburn Lecture 2017: Twin passions for Royal
- Kua riro mai i a He Tohu ngā tohu hoahoa ā-motu
- He Tohu exhibition scoops national design awards
- Smoke incident
- New Zealand’s new Poet Laureate announced
- Poet Laureate Award – 2017 call for nominations
- Help preserve your local history – get it online!
- Te Puna Foundation launched
- NLA Fellowship for Paul Diamond
- Victoria University and National Library offer new maps of human knowledge
- Tiaki – all systems go
- Historic South Island and Māori newspapers on Papers Past website
- Unfolding the map
- New Poet Laureate announced
- Poet Laureate Award – call for nominations
- National Library takes next step to modernise Services to Schools
- Lilburn Research Fellow 2015
- Notes from the Front
- Opening the files on World War 1
- An imaginary Antarctica at the Turnbull
- Get the insiders’ guide to innovation
- Singapore adopts NZ search service
- RadioNZ on DigitalNZ
- Historian Beaglehole’s letters now available
- Fairytale facts
- Booker win can inspire others
- Next in Line opens
- Papers Past reaches 3 million pages
- New Laureate announced on Poetry Day
- From logs to blogs
- Burt Munro’s pistons
- Helping save our local history
- Tirohia Mai opens
- Nominations called for Poet Laureate
- Snapshot of the heartland
- Songs of protest
- From the pages of the NZ Herald
- Real story behind Hollywood’s Argo
- Lawrence manuscript discovered
- Reunited for Valentine's
- New Mansfield Story
- Reopening Molesworth Street
- Big Data opens