Some features of our website won't work with Internet Explorer. Improve your experience by using a more up-to-date browser like Chrome, Firefox, or Edge.

Explore Adam Maclay’s evocative photography in an exhibtion, which provides a close up view of the people of Christchurch at ...

In the final Public History Talk for 2024, Dr Monty Soutar will speak about the place of history in his best-selling Kāwai ...

Guest blogger Jacqueline Leckie writes about her new book to mark the centenary in 2025 of Wellington’s Indian community. 'Indians over 100 years in Te Whanganui-a-Tara' will draw on the Library's ...

Happy World Digital Preservation Day! The theme this year is ‘Preserving our digital content: Celebrating communities’. Read about resources available from the Library to help you and your communities ...

Read how our guest blogger Kealani Cook, an Associate Professor of History at the University of Hawai’i, is using a Friends of the Turnbull Library Research Grant to explore passive resistance and ...

Oral history advisor Lynette Shum and historian Nigel Murphy will take attendees on a walking tour exploring the rich history of the Chinese in Wellington. This event is fully booked. Chinese ...

Picture books aren't just for little kids, they're a delightful experience for everyone, young and old. Dive in and explore the depth and breadth of this wonderful form and share some picture books ...

New Zealand organist. Born in 1911, daughter of William James and Eva Mason. Organist and Wurlitzer player with the De Luxe Theatre Orchestra (Wellington) in 1936. She played the Wurlitzer to ...

Arrived Wellington aboard Cuba, 1840. Attempted an overland exploration of the South Island from Otago to Nelson in 1845. Became a publican, with a hotel at Port Levy in 1848 and later at London ...

Max Shannon dies after a shooting in Silvester Street. Crown says shooting was retaliatory attack by members of Highway 61 gang who had been lying in wait with firearms. Charged are Matthew Bernard ...

Panoramic view of the newly developed racecourse at Te Rapa. Rough ground in the foreground. Several jockeys on horseback on the far left, and a horse in motion in the centre of the image. Taken by ...