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18 August 2008: National Library has free wireless broadband
Free wireless internet is now available at the National Library building in Wellington.
12 August 2008: Newztext database now available at the Library
This fantastic newspaper and magazine resource is now available to visitors to the National Library in Wellington.
4 August 2008: New exhibitions open this week
Two new shows open on Friday 8 August at the National Library Gallery: 'Cautionary Tales: the satirical engravings of William Hogarth' and 'Grimm Stuff: folktales and fairy stories'.
4 August 2008: New family history resources
The National Library has added new family history databases to the resources you can access when visiting the Library. Plus, the National Library of Australia has launched its website of digitised newspapers.
24 July 2008: Website outages scheduled
All National Library websites and web services will be unavailable on the morning of Sunday 27 July for a period of time.
26 June 2008: Poet Laureate tokotoko gets iwi blessing
The Poet Laureate tokotoko was blessed by Ngati Kahungunu representatives at a special ceremony at the National Library in June.
6 June 2008: University of Canterbury Library photographs live on Matapihi
Over 3000 photographs from the University of Canterbury Library’s online archival collections are now available via the Matapihi website.
27 May 2008: Quicker access to digital copies from the Alexander Turnbull Library
A collaboration within the National Library and the Alexander Turnbull Library has made getting high quality copies of Alexander Turnbull items a much faster process.
30 April 2008: Chris Batt presentation - Building Bridges to Knowledge
Digital futures strategist Chris Batt OBE spoke at the National Library on 21 April.
24 April 2008: Conservation Roadshow, Archives New Zealand
A conservation roadshow on 3 May at Archives New Zealand will provide the public with advice on how to care for their family and personal records
23 April 2008: Alliance Française exhibition in Wellington
The Alliance Française of Wellington is holding an exhibition at the Michael Fowler Centre this month as part of its centenary celebrations.
22 April 2008: Turnbull Library image website outages
A scheduled outage overnight on 22 April will affect the Timeframes and Matapihi websites.
22 April 2008: War experiences on the web
This Anzac Day, explore image and multimedia recordings of New Zealand and Australian war experiences on the Matapihi website.
18 April 2008: ATL image website outages 19th April 2008
This outage will affect Alexander Turnbull Library images in Timeframes and Matapihi
17 April 2008: NBD website outages 19th April 2008
The National Bibliographic Database (NBD) website will not be available on Saturday 19th April until after 1pm
16 April 2008: National Library to host renowned speaker
The National Library of New Zealand is to host an internationally recognised digital futures strategist as part of his Australasian speaking tour.
11 April 2008 Update on service outage
Unfortunately part or all of the following databases are currently unavailable as of 5:00 pm, 11 April 2008, and the outage will continue for the weekend of 12 and 13 April.
7 April 2008: Student Responses to Digital Future Summit
A report prepared by three students sponsored by the National Library to attend the Digital Future Summit 2.0 has been published.
4 April 2008: Carbon Neutral Public Service programme
The National Library has released its emissions inventory and reduction plan under the Carbon Neutral Public Service programme.
1 April 2008: Outage on Timeframes website
The National Library's image database Timeframes is temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience.