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Stuff we are interested in that doesn't happen at the Library.

One of the photos at the installation in Courtney Place light box. Shows a man sitting on a bench feeding pigeons.

Between two places

By Camus Wyatt

2 June 2021

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

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Personal digital archives teaser.

The history of you and me

By Valerie Love

21 November 2018

Strategies for managing our personal digital archives.

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The metal type set and ready to print for ‘In the mirror, and dancing’.

The making of: 'In the mirror, and dancing'

By Brendan O'Brien

25 August 2017

Learn more about what's involved in hand-printing C.K Stead's remarkable book of poetry.

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Swan adorned with flowers.

Swanning Around: Crown Lynn Archives

By Shannon Wellington

8 April 2016

A compendium of Crown Lynn archives in collecting institutions around New Zealand.

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IIPC WW1 commemoration

By Gillian Lee

9 March 2016

A collaborative web collection.

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A woman holding a hat.

One Advantage of Wearing Corsets: Kirkcaldie & Stains Archives

By Katie Fordyce

15 January 2016

Bloodshed, tea buns, wooden arks, brass piping, fire and flood; when you’re 153 years old, you’ve seen it all.

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Full body photo of Douglas Lilburn.

Centennial offerings

By Michael Brown

14 December 2015

Looking back at a year of celebrations for Douglas Lilburn's centenary.

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A sign in Hakupu Village saying 'Come, see & enjoy fineone Hakupu-atua'.

Sign of the time in Niue

By Chris Szekely

12 October 2015

Chief Librarian Chris Szekely remembers some of the country's unique roadside signage.

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A list of menu items including COFFEE from French Maid Coffee House, 1941.

Manic in the cafe

By Rebecca Nuttall

8 September 2015

Cafe culture catches critical qualities of Cuba St's character.

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Philip Temple, Orsini's proprietor, presenting a bottle of wine to a customer.

Stories from 201 Cuba Street

By Jordan McOnie

31 August 2015

Memories of life at Orsini's.

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Crowd sitting in front of the stage at Cuba Street Carnival.

Always a smile and a wave and the best coffee in town

By Pip Steel

17 August 2015

Deirdre Tarrant and the character of Cuba Street.

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Shows temporary seating (visible in red) installed in preparation for ANZAC Day ceremonies near ANZAC Cove.

It's a long way from Wellington to Gallipoli

By Chris Szekely

7 August 2015

Staff from the National Library visit Chunuk Bair.

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One of the ATL’s forensic 'writeblockers' used to view files.

It takes a village to save a byte

By Jessica Moran

28 July 2015

Practical guidance for preserving digital heritage and supporting digital collecting in New Zealand.

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Sounds of the Māori Language

By Elton Fraser

27 July 2015

Marking Māori Language Week at the Library with Toni Huata's new video.

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A woman and children with a huge book.

Hundreds, no, thousands of books

By The kids of Ngaio School

17 November 2014

Pupils from Ngaio School share what they wrote after visiting the Library.

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Women carrying bolts of masi through a bush.

Veivakasama ni Macawa ni Vosa Vakaviti

By Talei Masters

3 November 2014

Reflections on Fijian Language Week and reconnecting.

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After work football on a runway.

Tuvalu Tau Gana Ko Tou Lagaifakalaga

By Mark Crookston

29 September 2014

Our relationship with Tuvalu, in archives and in the Pacific.

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A painting of a woman in a red top, smirking.

Heritage as told by colour palettes

By Jem Yoshioka

28 August 2014

A Wellington illustrator turns our heritage colour palettes into gorgeous sketches.

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One of the galleries at the Museum of Samoa in Apia displaying photographs sourced from the Turnbull’s photographic archive.

Turnbull on Tour

By Chris Szekely

18 August 2014

Turnbull collections showing up in exhibitions around New Zealand and the Pacific.

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German samoa wax seal.

Gagana Deutsch

By Uili Fecteau

30 May 2014

Mapping the German Samoan relationship following the outbreak of WWI

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