It's almost time to wrap up the school year. Join us for a walk-through of end-of-year activities and tasks in the school library. We'll look at planning what you can do now to get off to a good start ...

How did you come to be an expert on He Whakaputanga? Prof Manuka Henare: How I came to do a PhD on it is really quite by accident. I had taken Sir James Henare to a cup of coffee in Kawakawa, and I ...

Are you new to family history research? Our Starting with family history will help you work out what questions you want to answer, and give you some tips to start finding your family in the Library's ...

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Find out about the Business e-resources available at the National Library. Make decisions with all the right information.

It's our last meeting and almost the end of the 2024 school year, so let's celebrate! We'll toast your successes and achievements from the year, have some fun and wrap up with our last kōrero about ...

Trish Beamsley reflects on how manaakitanga and tino rangatiratanga have become central to assisting iwi to access the Library's te ao Māori collections, most recently a group from Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last week, Diane Prue travelled from her home in Timaru to Christchurch for the sentencing of Tony Joe Harrington, 38, who killed her son, Simon Prue, 41, on 12 February 2016. Since the death of her ...