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Join our Kaiārahi for a kōrero about climate change, and follow us for personalised tours of He Tohu and Trouble in Paradise.

Morning exhibition tours

Join our Kaiārahi for stimulating conversation about climate change in the Pacific.

Personalised exhibition tour

Come see the signatures that have shaped our nation in He Tohu, and explore Trouble in Paradise — an exhibition featuring photographs documenting the effects of the climate crisis in the Pacific.

Also on display are artworks by Sheyne Tuffery and a selection of historical rare books with illustrations of endangered and extinct species from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library.

Book your spot

Under Red in the COVID-19 Protection Framework, tours are limited to 10 people. For your spot email us events.natlib@dia.govt.nz

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For more general information about National Library services and exhibitions have look at our COVID-19 page.

Colour illustration of two birds captioned with the text Epimachus Ellioti.

'A monograph of the Paradiseidae or birds of paradise' 1873, by Daniel Giraud Elliot. Ref: P f598.2995 ELL 1873. Alexander Turnbull Library.