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
- Monday 25 September: Antibiotic resistance: The end of modern medicine? (Wellington)
- Wednesday 27 September: Letters and the Landscape of our Lives: the pioneering women in the life of Sir John Hall
- Thursday 28 September: Sir John Hall – pioneer, politician and champion of the women’s suffrage movement
- Friday 29 September: Becoming humble
- Monday 2 October: He Tohu children’s guided experience and free art activities
- Monday 2 October: The e-Tangata storytellers
- Wednesday 4 October: Counting redcoats
- Thursday 5 October: This island is ours: Defending Dokdo/Reclaiming Takeshima
- Friday 6 October: Garage Project - The Art of Beer
- Tuesday 10 October: 'A democratic game'
- Wednesday 11 October: Make your own ephemera
- Thursday 12 October: Passchendaele's 'Good sons'
- Monday 16 October: Tai Chi Chuan demonstration and instruction
- Tuesday 17 October: ArchivesNZ's online collections
- Tuesday 17 October: Senior's week family history for beginners
- Wednesday 18 October: Reading Chinese
- Thursday 19 October: Seniors' week family history workshop
- Thursday 19 October: Six o'clock: Poets under the influence
- Friday 20 October: Chinese language and cultural competency
- Wednesday 25 October: Curator tour of Humble: The life of 100 small objects
- Thursday 26 October: Curator tour of Humble: The life of 100 small objects
- Thursday 2 November: Searching for voice, searching for reo
- Friday 10 November: Open the book: Literature at the heart of literacy — Wellington
- Friday 17 November: History unedited
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