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- Agents of deterioration
- Artworks on Paper
- Books
- Te āta tiaki taonga – Ngā kohinga matihiko
- Digital collections
- Te whakarorohiko kohikohinga puoro tuku iho
- Digitisation of heritage audio collections
- Me pēhea te tiaki i ngā kohinga taonga a te whānau
- Family collections
- Āta tiakina ngā whakaahua i ngā Marae
- Marae photographs
- Photographs
- Sound recordings
- Disaster recovery
- Help from the National Preservation Office
- Funding agencies
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A-Z of our collections
Visit page- Alexander Turnbull Library Collections
- Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives (AJHR)
- Archive of New Zealand Music
- Arthur Nelson Field Collection
- Carling Collection
- Cartographic Collection
- Corelli Collection
- Danish Collection
- Dorothy Neal White Collection
- Drawings, Paintings, and Prints
- Earp Collection
- Ephemera Collection
- Esperanto Collection
- Family History Collection
- Fiction Collection
- Fleck Collection
- Fraser Collection
- findNZarticles
- Gaelic Collection
- General Lending Collection
- General Reference Collection
- General Serials Collection
- Hodson Collection
- Ian F. Grant Cartoon Research Collection
- Index New Zealand (INNZ)
- Italian Art Collection
- Laird Collection
- Kawe Mahara Queer Archives Aotearoa (formerly LAGANZ)
- Mantell Collection
- Manuscripts Collection
- Māori Reference Collection
- Montfort Trimble Collection
- Music collections and services
- National Children's Collection
- National Library General Collections
- National Newspaper Collection
- New Zealand and Pacific Collection
- New Zealand Cartoon and Comics Archive
- New Zealand Electronic Text Collection (NZETC)
- New Zealand Music, Sound, Audio-visual Collection
- New Zealand Serials Collection
- New Zealand Web Archive | Te Pūranga Paetukutuku o Aotearoa
- Oral History and Sound
- Papers Past
- Photographic Archive
- Pop Fiction Collection
- Print Disabilities Collection
- Publications New Zealand
- Ramsay Collection
- Ranfurly Collection
- Ranstead Collection
- Rare Books and Fine Printing
- Robert and Mary Hogg Bequest
- Robert G. Barr Collection of Amateur Journalism
- Robert Trimble Collection
- Schools Lending Collection
- Shetland Islands Collection
- Sir Donald McLean Papers
- National Library e-resources
- Susan Price collection
- Te Ao Hou
- Te Kohikohinga o Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika
- Te Upoko o Te Ika — Māori radio collection
- Tony Fomison Collection
- Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Turnbull General Collection
- Turnbull Library Pictures
- Turnbull Named Collections
- Wood Collection
- Wright Collection
- Using the collections
- Digital preservation
- Music Hire Service
- Offer material to the Alexander Turnbull Library
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Offer material to the Alexander Turnbull Library
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- Choosing materials to offer us
- Sample Deed of Gift
- Offer material to the Alexander Turnbull Library form
- Donating digital items
- Archive online publication form
- Archive digital music – musicians, bands and labels form
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Disaster recovery resources
A curated list of resources with advice and practical information to help care for precious personal or collection items during the recovery stage of a disaster. Includes information about heritage buildings and marae.
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Help from the National Preservation Office
Find out how the National Preservation Office can help you. There is also a list of other conservation organisations and services that may be of assistance.
Caring for collections guides
Use our guides to find out how you can care for your collections at home and on the marae. These guides include practical steps you can take to ensure the protection, safety and security of your precious taonga.Feature image at top of page: Mrs Garrett shovelling mud left by flooding, 1977, photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer. Ref: EP/1977/1288/16-F. Alexander Turnbull Library.
- Caring for your collections
- Caring for collections guides
- Ngā pūtake whakaero tekau
- Agents of deterioration
- Artworks on Paper
- Books
- Te āta tiaki taonga – Ngā kohinga matihiko
- Digital collections
- Te whakarorohiko kohikohinga puoro tuku iho
- Digitisation of heritage audio collections
- Me pēhea te tiaki i ngā kohinga taonga a te whānau
- Family collections
- Āta tiakina ngā whakaahua i ngā Marae
- Marae photographs
- Photographs
- Sound recordings
- Disaster recovery
- Help from the National Preservation Office
- Funding agencies
- Caring for collections guides
- A-Z of our collections
- Alexander Turnbull Library Collections
- Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives (AJHR)
- Archive of New Zealand Music
- Arthur Nelson Field Collection
- Carling Collection
- Cartographic Collection
- Corelli Collection
- Danish Collection
- Dorothy Neal White Collection
- Drawings, Paintings, and Prints
- Earp Collection
- Ephemera Collection
- Esperanto Collection
- Family History Collection
- Fiction Collection
- Fleck Collection
- Fraser Collection
- findNZarticles
- Gaelic Collection
- General Lending Collection
- General Reference Collection
- General Serials Collection
- Hodson Collection
- Ian F. Grant Cartoon Research Collection
- Index New Zealand (INNZ)
- Italian Art Collection
- Laird Collection
- Kawe Mahara Queer Archives Aotearoa (formerly LAGANZ)
- Mantell Collection
- Manuscripts Collection
- Māori Reference Collection
- Montfort Trimble Collection
- Music collections and services
- National Children's Collection
- National Library General Collections
- National Newspaper Collection
- New Zealand and Pacific Collection
- New Zealand Cartoon and Comics Archive
- New Zealand Electronic Text Collection (NZETC)
- New Zealand Music, Sound, Audio-visual Collection
- New Zealand Serials Collection
- New Zealand Web Archive | Te Pūranga Paetukutuku o Aotearoa
- Oral History and Sound
- Papers Past
- Photographic Archive
- Pop Fiction Collection
- Print Disabilities Collection
- Publications New Zealand
- Ramsay Collection
- Ranfurly Collection
- Ranstead Collection
- Rare Books and Fine Printing
- Robert and Mary Hogg Bequest
- Robert G. Barr Collection of Amateur Journalism
- Robert Trimble Collection
- Schools Lending Collection
- Shetland Islands Collection
- Sir Donald McLean Papers
- National Library e-resources
- Susan Price collection
- Te Ao Hou
- Te Kohikohinga o Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika
- Te Upoko o Te Ika — Māori radio collection
- Tony Fomison Collection
- Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Turnbull General Collection
- Turnbull Library Pictures
- Turnbull Named Collections
- Wood Collection
- Wright Collection
- Using the collections
- Digital preservation
- Music Hire Service
- Offer material to the Alexander Turnbull Library
In case of emergency, act quickly
Contact us for advice in protecting your collections from damage caused by disaster.
Email — preservation@dia.govt.nz
In case of emergency, act quickly
Contact us for advice in protecting your collections from damage caused by disaster.
Email — preservation@dia.govt.nz