March 2024

New to your school library? If you're just getting started providing library services for your school, register to join our 2024 learning community. You'll receive support from National Library experts, attend regular local and national meetings, build your skills and connect with other library people.

At this first meeting, you’ll meet your local National Library facilitators. They'll set the scene for your learning and share resources and ideas to help you get started in your new role. Make sure you've already registered for our 2024 learning and support community so we can send you a meeting invitation.

This one-day workshop will give you a hands-on opportunity to discover and use digital resources freely available to schools. You'll locate and curate quality, reliable digital content to support all learning areas of the curriculum.

Join us in a day of inspiration and empowerment as we celebrate International Women's Day with a captivating event hosted by Forest & Bird and the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa. This event is dedicated to honouring the profound influence of women on the world of conservation.

Join us online or in person.

Celebrate International Women’s Day with a tour of He Tohu. Hear about about the wāhine who signed Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the women who paved the way for Women’s Suffrage in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Celebrate International Women’s Day with a tour of He Tohu. Hear about about the wāhine who signed Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the women who paved the way for Women’s Suffrage in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Book a spot on our two-day workshop that gives an introduction to oral history methodology. Led by Lynette Shum, Oral History Advisor at the Alexander Turnbull Library, the workshop is ideal for people considering using oral history in their work, community or personal projects.

Oral history advisor Lynette Shum and historian Nigel Murphy will take attendees on a walking tour exploring the rich history of the Chinese in Wellington.

Bookings are essential.

As a young boy Arthur Ransome read the works of Robert Louis Stevenson with enthusiasm, and in his mid-20s he was commissioned to write a biography of Stevenson. What happened to that work? In this talk Kirsty Findlay explores how Arthur Ransome's 'Stevenson' was brought to publication one hundred years later than intended.

This one-day workshop will give you a hands-on opportunity to discover and use digital resources freely available to schools. You'll locate and curate quality, reliable digital content to support all learning areas of the curriculum.

Curating resources gives your students quicker access to your school library collections. Discover different ways to curate, share and add value to your Aotearoa New Zealand's histories curriculum resources.

Barbara Francis recently published her third book 'Titus Angus White & the Māori Captives on Waitematā Harbour 1863/4'. In this presentation, Barbara will delve into her book and discuss the aftermath of the battle for Rangiriri — repercussions that continued well into 1864 and still rankle with descendants today.

Join us online or in person.

Acting Chief Librarian Jessica Moran will discuss the Turnbull Library’s evolving process for deciding what to add to the Library’s rich collections. This online talk will go behind the scenes to explain how we appraise and prepare new collections and taonga for use by researchers.

Curating resources gives your students quicker access to your school library collections. Discover different ways to curate, share and add value to your Aotearoa New Zealand's histories curriculum resources.