National Library Blog

NZ Music Month is a great opportunity to promote NZ music in your school. It's also a chance to learn about creativity, copyright, licensing, and responsible reuse.

One thing we comic nerds like to do is to endlessly debate the meaning of the word ‘comic’. What is a comic? What are its defining features?

Taking you inside the project to describe, preserve, and make accessible a historic music collection of almost 1,200 items.

Here are some ideas and resources you can use in the classroom, including a fun activity where students can vote on their favourite New Zealand songs of the last year.

Find out more about 2019 ComicFest in Wellington, and also local Free Comic Book Day events in your area.

What do people think of when they consider the role of the school library? We look at a range of opinions and our recent research to find out.

It's a resource to help with planning, evaluating, or supporting the development of a school library.

Here's a list of Services to Schools resources to support teachers and students doing inquiry and learning about the Anzac tradition, Gallipoli, and World War 1 (WW1).

A highlight from the Curios collection: Katherine Mansfield's Corona 3 typewriter.

Good health/hauora is about complete physical, mental, spiritual, and social well-being. Discover resources from Services to Schools to support the health and physical education learning area and celebrate World Health Day on 7 April.