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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
Sunday 24 October
Register: Learning and support for new school library staff 2021
Learning and support for new school library staff — 2021
Tuesday 26 January 2021 to Friday 3 December 2021
New to your school library? Register anytime during the year to join our online learning community. You'll attend regular Zoom meetings, build your skills, receive support from National Library experts, and connect with other library people.
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Why Len Lye matters
Friday 9 July 2021 to Wednesday 15 December 2021
Taiwhanga Kauhau — Auditorium, National Library Wellington
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision and Mīharo Wonder: 100 years of the Alexander Turnbull Library bring you Sarah Davy and Len Lye biographer Roger Horrocks for a presentation on the process, inspiration and impact of ground-breaking artist Len Lye (1901–1980)
- 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
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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
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
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.
Labour History Project
3 August - 31 December
The Labour History Project is an organisation dedicated to researching, recording, preserving, and promoting Aotearoa New Zealand’s working-class history.
Teaching Te Tiriti | The Treaty
3 September - 3 December
Share experiences of, and ideas about, engaging students in Te Tiriti o Waitangi related learning. Discover valuable, audiovisual, digital, a ... Read more
Oral history workshops — 2021
1 January - 31 December
The Alexander Turnbull Library introduction to oral history workshops. These workshops will introduce you to basics of oral history and are f ... Read more
E oho! Waitangi
20 January - 24 December
Our ‘E oho!’ series is for all people living in Aotearoa who are interested in exploring key events that shaped the nation we call home. It’s ... Read more
Learning and support for new school library staff — 2021
26 January - 3 December
Join our community for new school librarians. You'll build your skills, receive support from National Library experts and connect with other ... Read more
Friends of the Turnbull Public Programme — 2021
1 February - 30 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
Connecting to collections 2021
16 February - 7 December
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.
Public History Talk — 2021
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
Open the Book 2021
26 March - 3 December
A series of workshops for school leaders, teachers, and librarians that look at how to build a school-wide reading culture and a nation of readers.
Turnbull up close
1 May - 31 December
Get up and close with the Alexander Turnbull Library collections. Hear from our curators and learn more about some of our diverse collection items.
2021 Pacific Language weeks
9 May - 30 October
Celebrating Pacific languages at the Library. More information is available about the Pacific language weeks at the Ministry of Pacific Peopl ... Read more