It's our last meeting for our local librarians and staff new to the role in 2024, so let's celebrate! We'll toast your ...

Join Dr Carwyn Jones as he examines the concept of ‘the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi’ — where they come from, what they are, and how they have been defined and applied in law and policy over ...

Dr Jennifer Ashton will discuss two former convicts, Charlotte Badger and George Bruce, who arrived at the Bay of Islands in ...

Historic copies of iconic magazine the New Zealand Listener will be making their way to the Papers Past website following an agreement between the National Library and magazine owner Are Media. The ...

Read about how Papers Past has helped change the way people research newspapers including tracking wildlife migration routes through to the complex world-building of novels such as 'The Luminaries'.

Seán McMahon, Manuscripts Curator at the Turnbull Library, shows us the fascinating information that can be gleaned from colonial postmarks and writing — specifically in letters from the newly ...

Text corrections are now available in the Newspapers section on Papers Past to improve the quality of searchable text and experience for users of the National Library platform. Papers Past delivers ...

Jennifer Cauchi, Senior Conservator at the Library, shows us the journey taken by Katherine Mansfield's delicate silk shawl. From conservation treatment plans to long-term preservation and ...

Australian anthropologist; specialised in Papua New Guinea anthropology and was a pioneer of PNG Highland anthropology. In 1951, a Research Fellow of the ANU researching the Central Highlands of New ...

The Alexander Turnbull Library provides world-class research services. Turnbull Library staff are experts in all kinds of topic areas, and research in general.

Quantity: 106 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w original negative(s) consists of nine frames. 7 colour original transparency/ies. 76 colour original photographic print(s). 1 b&w ...

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