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Commemorating the life of Dr Richard Nunns, musician, researcher and teacher who was recognised and honoured for his services to taonga puoro and Māori music.

Working with Alexander Turnbull Library photographic archives for a public art installation.

Cutting the ribbon on a new born-digital collection donated by Luke Rowell, one of New Zealand’s foremost computer musicians, also known as Disasteradio or Eyeliner.

An interview with Senior AV Conservator Nick Guy about the work he's doing to digitise and preserve the audio held on the Flying Nun Records master tapes.

The first of two blogs charting the work to digitise and preserve the Flying Nun label’s master tapes donated to the Library in 2018.

The 9th annual Turnbull Library mixtape featuring a bevy of Creative Commons-licensed remixes and covers from Aotearoa and beyond.

A letter about a new artwork created for the Mīharo Wonder exhibition.

A sample of the documentary mahi that has been happening across Aotearoa to collect and preserve the ways that New Zealanders have experienced the global pandemic.

Reflections of the attitudes and interests of New Zealanders in a collection of photographs taken between 1927-2002.

Chief Librarian Chris Szekely commemorates the first 100 years of the Alexander Turnbull Library and offers a glimpse of what's to come.

Discovering how New Zealand music magazines 'Count Down' and 'Teen Beat' covered jazz music in the 1960s.

The Library Loudhailer shares some Christmas items from the collections. Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete me te Tau Hau.

Personal highlights from the last year by the team who arrange and describe the unpublished collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library.

Paula MacLachlan, Executive Producer of the new Turnbull Library documentary, takes us behind-the-scenes to see how the film came together.

Find out about the work to improve and update 100's of Māori name records in the Turnbull Library's database of unpublished collections.

A new campaign to repair and clean oil paintings held in the Turnbull Library collections will enable greater access to these historically significant works of art.

Manuscript Monday will explore a different item chosen from the Alexander Turnbull Library collections by Greagh Smith, a Museum and Heritage Studies student at Victoria University of Wellington.

Progress on the Flying Nun Project including updates to the 162 audiocassettes of live gigs, demos, rough mixes, and interviews that have recently been digitised.

All things Douglas Lilburn, including the annual Lilburn Lecture and Lilburn Research Fellow for 2019.

Chinese Language Week 2020 at the National Library, a look at activities and events showcasing items from our collections.