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Visit page- Te pānui o Te Awhi Rito: Alan Dingley
- E oho! Te Whenuatanga o te Tangata: Everyday storytelling belonging to whenua
- E oho! Fighting the agents of deterioration — The archival story of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Fifty years of music collecting at Turnbull
- Why make an atlas?
- Time to publish? National Library services for publishers and authors
- Exploring authors’ papers at the Alexander Turnbull Library
- Collage illustrations in children’s literature
- E oho! Ngā Tohu o te Maramataka: The science of living by the moon, stars, land and ocean
- E oho! Ruth Ross, history, law and te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Five real life lessons from digital archiving
- Are we there yet? The road to the Women’s Health Strategy for Aotearoa New Zealand
- Exciting withdrawals: Reviewing restrictions in the Turnbull’s manuscript collection
- E oho! Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the church
- Early printing in the Pacific Islands
- Tapu 2023: Rongoā revival and reproductive health
- E oho! The English text of the Treaty of Waitangi
- Te pānui o Te Awhi Rito: Te hā, te kupu, te kōrero
- E oho! Tāngata Ngāi Tahu: Wāhine Ngāi Tahu
- Legal deposit: Collecting Aotearoa’s contemporary published heritage
- The paper knife: Patrick White and Katherine Mansfield
- E oho! Te Petihana Reo Māori 50 years on
- Managing cartographic collections spatially
- Out of the ashes: Celebrating queer histories
- Discover the stories of your ancestors
- E oho! Mana takatāpui
- Introduction to the Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories curriculum
- E oho! Ngā kitenga o te maramataka: Insights into the Māori calendar
- A constellation of Aotearoa Māori cartoons and comics
- E oho! How to celebrate Matariki as a community: Learning from Featherston
- E oho! Contemporary pursuit of justice for Māori
- Exploring oral history collections at the Alexander Turnbull Library
- E oho! Picturing protest and photographing dissent
- Voices for the Pacific: Global insights
- Voices for the Pacific: The science
- Looking into photographs
- Tapu 2022: Mareikura | Goddess
- Voices for the Pacific: The movement
- Voices for the Pacific: The voice of change
- E oho! Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Tamariki
- Ngā Tānga Reo Māori: An introduction to the Books in Māori collection of printed Māori taonga
- Parihaka: Remembering November 5, 1881
- E oho! He Whakaputanga and He Puapua
- Te Pūtake o te Riri, He Rā Maumahara — How a petition led to a day remembering New Zealand Wars
- New Zealand cartographic heritage: the land, the people, the stories
- E oho! Ngāti Toa Rangatira: People of the stars — whetu ki te rangi ka uhia ngā kapua kia ngaro ngā whetu e kore e ngaro
- E oho! A short history of Te Arawhiti — The Office for Māori Crown relations
- E oho! A short history of the Waitangi Tribunal — Where to from here?
- E oho! Captain Cook: The beginning of what?
- Knowledge is a blessing on your mind: Whakapapa, science and history
- E oho! How New Zealanders commemorate Waitangi Day 2021
- Tapu 2019: Te Awa Atua and the reclamation of Mana Wāhine
- Into native seas: Europeans encounters an Indigenous ocean
- He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni: The Declaration of Independence of New Zealand
Wednesday 13 May
- Upcoming events
- Recorded events
- Te pānui o Te Awhi Rito: Alan Dingley
- E oho! Te Whenuatanga o te Tangata: Everyday storytelling belonging to whenua
- E oho! Fighting the agents of deterioration — The archival story of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Fifty years of music collecting at Turnbull
- Why make an atlas?
- Time to publish? National Library services for publishers and authors
- Exploring authors’ papers at the Alexander Turnbull Library
- Collage illustrations in children’s literature
- E oho! Ngā Tohu o te Maramataka: The science of living by the moon, stars, land and ocean
- E oho! Ruth Ross, history, law and te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Five real life lessons from digital archiving
- Are we there yet? The road to the Women’s Health Strategy for Aotearoa New Zealand
- Exciting withdrawals: Reviewing restrictions in the Turnbull’s manuscript collection
- E oho! Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the church
- Early printing in the Pacific Islands
- Tapu 2023: Rongoā revival and reproductive health
- E oho! The English text of the Treaty of Waitangi
- Te pānui o Te Awhi Rito: Te hā, te kupu, te kōrero
- E oho! Tāngata Ngāi Tahu: Wāhine Ngāi Tahu
- Legal deposit: Collecting Aotearoa’s contemporary published heritage
- The paper knife: Patrick White and Katherine Mansfield
- E oho! Te Petihana Reo Māori 50 years on
- Managing cartographic collections spatially
- Out of the ashes: Celebrating queer histories
- Discover the stories of your ancestors
- E oho! Mana takatāpui
- Introduction to the Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories curriculum
- E oho! Ngā kitenga o te maramataka: Insights into the Māori calendar
- A constellation of Aotearoa Māori cartoons and comics
- E oho! How to celebrate Matariki as a community: Learning from Featherston
- E oho! Contemporary pursuit of justice for Māori
- Exploring oral history collections at the Alexander Turnbull Library
- E oho! Picturing protest and photographing dissent
- Voices for the Pacific: Global insights
- Voices for the Pacific: The science
- Looking into photographs
- Tapu 2022: Mareikura | Goddess
- Voices for the Pacific: The movement
- Voices for the Pacific: The voice of change
- E oho! Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Tamariki
- Ngā Tānga Reo Māori: An introduction to the Books in Māori collection of printed Māori taonga
- Parihaka: Remembering November 5, 1881
- E oho! He Whakaputanga and He Puapua
- Te Pūtake o te Riri, He Rā Maumahara — How a petition led to a day remembering New Zealand Wars
- New Zealand cartographic heritage: the land, the people, the stories
- E oho! Ngāti Toa Rangatira: People of the stars — whetu ki te rangi ka uhia ngā kapua kia ngaro ngā whetu e kore e ngaro
- E oho! A short history of Te Arawhiti — The Office for Māori Crown relations
- E oho! A short history of the Waitangi Tribunal — Where to from here?
- E oho! Captain Cook: The beginning of what?
- Knowledge is a blessing on your mind: Whakapapa, science and history
- E oho! How New Zealanders commemorate Waitangi Day 2021
- Tapu 2019: Te Awa Atua and the reclamation of Mana Wāhine
- Into native seas: Europeans encounters an Indigenous ocean
- He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni: The Declaration of Independence of New Zealand
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27 June - 30 June
This lecture is held annually to honour Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull as founder of the Alexander Turnbull Library. Alexander Turnbull collect ... Read more
ATL 100
28 September - 31 March
Celebrating 100 years of the Alexander Turnbull Library.
Randell Cottage writer-in-residence
1 February - 30 November
A series of events highlighting the work of the Randell Cottage's French and New Zealand writers in residence as a contribution to the New Ze ... Read more
Lilburn Lecture
15 February - 2 November
The annual Lilburn Lectures are a collaboration between the Lilburn Trust and the National Library of New Zealand to celebrate and commemorat ... Read more
Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection
28 May - 20 December
The Dorothy Neal White Collection is a research collection of children’s books that were enjoyed by young New Zealanders before 1940. The Fri ... Read more
Pūkana
1 June - 30 May
This event is part of the [Pūkana exhibition](/visiting/wellington/pukana-exhibition) — a celebration of moments in Māori performance.
Poet Laureate
23 August - 31 August
Events with and to celebrate the New Zealand Poet Laureate.
Tapu Wāhine
28 September - 8 March
Tapu Wāhine celebrates wāhine in new ways. We explore how a deeper understanding of mātauranga Māori and traditional practices prepare us for the future.
Wellington Poetry Slam Champs
20 January - 16 December
Since 2011, the region's top performance poets have competed for the chance to be crowned Wellington's Poetry Slam Champion and head to the national champs.
Friends of the Turnbull Public Programme — 2020
1 March - 31 October
The Friends of the Turnbull Library, Nga Hoa o te Whare Pukapuka Turnbull, offers a monthly programme of public talks that are free to all. T ... Read more
Public History Talk — 2020
1 March - 30 November
Free public history talks are a collaboration between the National Library of New Zealand and Manatū Taonga/Ministry for Culture and Heritage ... Read more
Connecting to collections 2020
17 March - 17 November
Come and hear about ways you can connect and use the collections at the Library. Talks will usually be held on the 3rd Tuesday of every month from February to November.
Pasifika Spectacular
2 April - 31 October
Events that celebrate and showcase our Pacific cultures, languages and collections. Ua fuifui fa’atasi ae vao ese’ese | We are from different parts of the forest but connected in one cause
Essentials of oral history research — Wellington
18 April - 16 May
The Alexander Turnbull Library is offering our popular introductory oral history workshops. This two-day workshop is for people considering u ... Read more
New Zealand Music Month 2020
1 May - 31 May
Celebrating music from New Zealand, and the people who make it.