National Library blog

Seaweek | Kaupapa Moana is New Zealand’s annual national week celebrating the sea. Help your students be inspired and engage with Seaweek and conservation.

20 February is the World Day of Social Justice. So here are some ideas about addressing social justice through your library, including links to resources for teaching about social justice, book lists for young readers and more..

It's World Read Aloud Day on 3 February so here are some of our staff's favourite read-alouds. We've also got links to more information and resources such our reading aloud guide.

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Personal highlights from the last year by the team who arrange and describe the unpublished collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library.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

Retiring National Librarian Bill Macnaught reflects on his career as a Librarian and his time at the National Library.

Find out about the work to improve and update 100's of Māori name records in the Turnbull Library's database of unpublished collections.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

Here's a round-up of Services to Schools staff picks of the best children's and young adult (YA) books published in 2020.

The festive season and school holidays are approaching! Explore the online resources and activities we've put together to help your students celebrate Christmas.

The Young Ocean Explorers' 21 Day Challenge is an opportunity to start the 2021 school year with rich and engaging learning experiences centred on education for sustainability.

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.

Something big is happening in South Dunedin! It's all about reading and the joy it brings when you share a book with a small child.

World Kindness Day 13 November — here are some celebrations, conversations, books, and resources to help children choose kindness.

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.

Alexandra Bassett the 2020 Helen Zwartz scholar shares three memorable moments while visiting us.

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