National Library Wellington
Te Ahumairangi: 8.30am – 5pm
Reading Rooms: 10am – 5pm
Monday to Saturday
The Library is closed on public holidays
Corner Molesworth & Aitken St
0800 474 300
04 474 3000
Upcoming events
- Saturday 24 June: Essentials of oral history day one: Wellington
- Tuesday 27 June: Footnotes on history
- Thursday 29 June: The Māori war effort at home and abroad 1917
- Saturday 8 July: Essentials of oral history day one: Wellington
- Saturday 22 July: Essentials of oral history day two: Wellington
- Thursday 27 July: Japan's territorial disputes: Policy success or failure?
- Thursday 3 August: Women’s participation and representation in politics
- Saturday 12 August: Abstracting Oral History: Wellington
- Tuesday 15 August: National Preservation Office Conservation Clinic
- Saturday 26 August: Essentials of oral history day two: Wellington
- Tuesday 17 October: National Preservation Office Conservation Clinic
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