The Arrangement & Description team sits in the middle of Alexander Turnbull Library. Completing our tasks to help make ...

Discover or refresh your knowledge about the many ways the National Library can support your school, including how to borrow ...

Discover or refresh your knowledge about the many ways the National Library can support your school, including how to borrow books through our school lending service. We are offering the same webinar ...

"The story begins with the migration of ancestral peoples out of South China, some 5,000 years ago. Moving through the Pacific, these early voyagers arrived in Aotearoa early in the second millennium ...

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. Chinese footprints, led by Lynette Shum ...

Established in 1926. The company included: Lester Brown, Len Barnes, Grace Macdonald, Lionel Inch, Vin Wilton, Robert Mayne, Amy Woodward, Jim Cooke, Tom Forrester ...

Traces the history of the construction of the Great South Road by the military under General Cameron in the early 1860s. Places its construction within the context of campaigns in the Waikato against ...

Welcome to the Arrangement & Description (A&D) team blog for 2023! This year the team farewelled Nicola Frean who had been the driving force behind Arrangement and Description at Turnbull since 2011 ...

Introduction -- Te Ope Tuatahi: the first Maori contingent -- The war party sails -- The Maori contingent on Gallipoli -- Forming the New Zealand pioneer battalion -- The New Zealand pioneer battalion ...

Who are the Māori of New Zealand? How did they get here and how did they settle the country? What are the main tribal groups in New Zealand, and where are they based? The first publication to come out ...

Eulogises the late Ngati Kahungunu leader, who died aged 77 at his home in Napier. Recalls his accomplishments, including his investiture in Nov 2005 as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ...

The Death Notice List of Names is for 21st century death notices, from 2000 onwards. It lists the name and the date that the death notice appeared in The Press. Additional description To view the ...