Posts tagged with heritage

An image of a woman on a multicoloured background.

Updating the language we use to describe our collections

By Emma Roache
27 February 2024
Reparative description at the Alexander Turnbull Library.
Collections
A woman stands among archival shelving lined with boxes of photographic prints while holding open a box and displaying a black and white print.

Te hokinga mai

By Jessica Moran
31 January 2024
The return to New Zealand of photos from the Fairfax Archive of newspaper prints.
Collections
Red postbox with posters stuck on it.

Observations on a surviving relic: The red pillar postbox

By Olivia Kielczewski
17 November 2023
The life and times of a Wellington red postbox.
Collections
Photo of a record on a record player on a digitisation machine.

From shelf to digitisation — Preserving our audiovisual heritage

By Madeleine Ross
19 October 2023
Watch and read about the Utaina digitisation process.
Behind the scenes
A group of people leaning over a table watching a woman making a box.

Off the record | Keeping it local

By Chris Szekely
6 September 2023
An interview with Vicki-Anne Heikell about working in the world of conservation.
Behind the scenes
A typed manuscript on a table surrounded by copies of books all titled ‘the bone people’.

Off the record | A welcome home

By Paul Diamond and Seán McMahon
11 August 2023
About the typed manuscript of ‘the bone people’.
Collections
Group photo of Māori men and women at the National Library Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa.

Iwi Archivist Symposium, Te Pūranga

By Vicki-Anne Heikell
4 August 2023
Awhi mai awhi atu, sharing how we care for culture and heritage.
Events
A woman observes a painting that is being held in a wooden archival storage device.

Off the record | With help from our Friends

By Jennifer Cauchi
26 July 2023
Conservation treatment of Isabella Turnbull's portrait.
Collections
Dried plants on a piece of paper with copperplate writing underneath.

Off the record | Rehousing Colenso’s plants

By Laura Van Echten
30 June 2023
Caring for dried botanical specimens.
Behind the scenes
Cassette tapes are stored in grey archival drawers with labels.

Off the record | We hear you listening, right where you are

By Sarah Walker
23 June 2023
Accessing the nation's oral history archive just got a lot easier.
Collections
Sunrise on carvings at Omahu marae.

Kahungunu ringa hora — Cyclone Gabrielle relief

By Clare Butler
21 June 2023
Supporting Omahu marae after Cyclone Gabrielle.
Outside the Library
Smiling young woman sitting on colourful fabric blocks.

Interning with the Public Engagement team

By Ella Ayto
17 May 2023
Celebrating Waitangi Day and a programme for older adults.
Events
Wordcloud that includes the words New Zealalnd #WebArchiveWednesday, tweet, archive and websites.

#WebArchiveWednesday — byte-sized tweets

By Susanna Joe
10 May 2023
What do NZ Dr Who fan club, a sheep shearing competition and a Taiki Waititi fansite have in common?
Collections
A woman stands simling behind a table on which sit a number of archival documents, folders and boxes.

The Associated Theatre Services collection

By Olive Russell
18 April 2023
Ray Channon's influence on Aotearoa’s live music industry ca. 1970 to 2000.
Collections
Cartoon of a man sitting in an armchair holding a feather pen. His had is on a pile of books being used as a desk, there is a bookcase in the background and cobwebs draping over the chair and bookcase.

Reflecting on 30 years of the Cartoon Archive

By Ian F. Grant
22 September 2022
Cartoon Archive founder, Ian F. Grant, reflects on the Archive’s evolution.
Collections
A small portrait of a woman wearing a black dress and shawl surrounded by a gold frame with a cover.

A life in miniature

By Anthony Tedeschi
8 September 2022
Identifying a miniature portrait in the Rare Books Collection.
Collections
An old book with yellowing pages is open at a 45 degree angle ready to be digitised.

Digitising a commonplace book

By Llewelyn Jones
3 August 2022
Providing access and discovery is all part of the job for our Imaging Services team.
Collections
Tarnished silver trowel with polished wooden handle.

Curios and convict bricks

By Jared Davidson
17 November 2021
Was Turnbull House made from prison bricks? Jared Davidson gets to the bottom of some convict curios in the collection.
Collections
One of the photos at the installation in Courtney Place light box. Shows a man sitting on a bench feeding pigeons.

Between two places

By Camus Wyatt
2 June 2021
Working with Alexander Turnbull Library photographic archives for a public art installation.
Collections Outside the Library
Courtney Johnston, Kate Hunter, Robyn Bargh, and Bridget Williams sitting.

Taonga and mana

By Public Programmes
2 June 2016
A panel discussion about creating experiences and stories of New Zealand's heritage.
Events