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Protest as millions of government records to remain offline. #cxrecs_s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350277…

Valerie Love (Kaipupuri Pūranga Matihiko Matua, Senior Digital Archivist at Alexander Turnbull Library) shares insights into digital preservation for World Digital Preservation Day: thepost.co.nz/a/culture/3501…

Join Seán McMahon, Curator Manuscripts, in this online talk about some of the collections of authors’ papers held in the Alexander Turnbull Library, and a new research guide to the Manuscript collection. natlib.govt.nz/events/explori…

On the blog — Lindsay Bilodeau, Assistant Curator, shares highlights from Witi Ihimaera’s annotated copy of ‘The Whale Rider’ revealing, the author’s reflections on his work & the personal connections woven into the storytelling of this bestselling novel. natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/lit…

Watch, listen or read this kōrero about the history of printing in the Pacific region. Includes examples from the Turnbull Library collections with a special focus on the use of tapa as a printing substrate. Part of our Connecting to Collections series. natlib.govt.nz/events/early-p…

On the blog — Intern Olive Russell shares her work to arrange & describe the Associated Theatre Services collection, a fascinating set of material chronicling Ray Channon's career in the live music & event management industry in Aotearoa from 1970-2000. natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/the…

Join @NLNZ's Research Librarian Manuscripts, Jared Davidson, in this online talk about the ongoing work to review Chief Librarian restrictions. He will highlight several collections that are now open access and the human stories this work has revealed. natlib.govt.nz/events/excitin…

Congratulations to our very own Paul Diamond, Curator Māori at the Alexander Turnbull Library, whose book 'Downfall' has made #theockhams shortlist!

1/2 Join an event at Te Papa to view selected panels of the New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt & hear from Quilt contributors and kaitiaki. This event is being supported by the Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand Te Pūranga Takatāpui o Aotearoa (LAGANZ). tepapa.govt.nz/visit/whats-on…

Early 20th-century Dunedin business cards - a few examples that caught our attention today. #ephemera Refs: OEQK D and MS-1226/012

Congratulations to Dr Michael Brown, Alexander Turnbull Library Curator, Music, who has been awarded the 2023 Stout Fellowship. Dr Brown will research the role of electronic popular music for contemporary New Zealanders. 💐🍾 wgtn.ac.nz/news/2022/12/m…

On the blog — Assistant Curator Cartoons and Comics, Sam Orchard, talks about working with Murray Ball's family to preserve their generous donation of Murray Ball's archive to the Alexander Turnbull Library. @Sam_Orchard natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/off…

Join us in person or online for a talk from @NLNZ Curator Māori Paul Diamond. His new book ‘Downfall: The destruction of Charles Mackay’, examines the ‘Whanganui Affair’ of 1920 when the mayor Charles Mackay shot a young gay man, D'Arcy Cresswell. natlib.govt.nz/events/downfal…

The Long Waves of Our Ocean is now open at @NLNZ. Emerging artists respond to poems by Alistair Campbell, Keri Hulme, J. C. Sturm, Hone Tuwhare and Albert Wendt. It is a beautiful exhibition - please go see it! natlib.govt.nz/events/the-lon…

Product labels from Marshall's Chemical Co. and Marshall's Proprietary Ltd of Dunedin, from a volume compiled in the earlier part of the 20th century. At this time Marshall's operated from Moray Place, manufacturing and distributing medical and household products, and foodstuffs.

1/3 It's Courage Day, the Aotearoa New Zealand name for the International Day of the Imprisoned Writer. An oft-cited figure on this day is the Roman statesman Boethius (c. 480–524), known for writing ‘The Consolation of Philosophy’ while imprisoned awaiting trial & execution.

1/3 From the Rare Books and Fine Printing collection highlights from one of the most beautiful fifteenth-century books, ‘Hypnerotomachia Poliphili’. natlib.govt.nz/records/219207…

On the blog — We are celebrating 30 years of the Cartoon and Comics Archive with an online exhibition. Sam Orchard writes about the cartoons and comics on the exhibition. Happy 30th! Congratulations to everyone who has been involved! 🎈🎂 @Sam_Orchard natlib.govt.nz/visiting/welli…

Reference: qMS-0344. Image: Llewelyn Jones digitising qMS-0344, by Mark Beatty. #nzhistory

We've digitised the despatches of British Resident James Busby c.1830s. As well as correspondence there are maps of Tauranga and Kaipara harbours, a list of principal Māori rangatira, and a national census of Europeans taken in 1836. View it online here: #details=ecatalogue.15437" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ecata…