Events

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.

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

Meeting the challenges of email archiving.

Mike Grimshaw's talk at the National Library explores how editorial cartoons reflect New Zealand's religious debate.

Interested in challenges and solutions for collecting and preserving email? Send us your proposal for the one-day symposium to discuss archiving email.

The Library hosted its first Wikipedia edit-a-thon. This one was devoted to New Zealand comics and cartoons.

Eve de Castro-Robinson delivered the Lilburn Lecture 2018.

We celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the National Digital Heritage Archive (NDHA) on the 24th of October.

Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Palmer QC's opening remarks for the launch of Ian Grant's latest book.

Paul Diamond's introduction to the launch of  ‘Savaged to Suit: Māori and Cartooning in New Zealand’.

Commemorating New Zealand Theatre Month with reflections on theatre in the Far North by guest blogger Peter Rowlands.

The Friends of the Turnbull Library Founder Lecture for 2018, celebrating 100 years of the Alexander Turnbull Library.

Roger Smith's introduction to the launch of Searches for Tradition: Essays on New Zealand Music, Past & Present.

Kate Hunter's opening remarks for the launch of Chris Bourke’s latest book.

An edited version of Dr Peter Clayworth's talk about the history of brass bands in New Zealand.

Celebrating the publication of C.K. Stead's new book of poetry and the conclusion to his successful laureateship.

You can now listen to Ben Schrader talk about his new book, The Big Smoke.

France's more than passing interest in New Zealand's Pacific empire and in New Zealand as an emerging member of an 'imperial family'.

A reminder of the potency of political cartoons.

Making maps part of the digital humanities toolkit.