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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.
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.
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.
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.
7 March 2008: Suggestions for Macklin Bequest Fund
A grant from the Macklin Bequest Fund towards National Library activities will be made in June 2008. Individuals and groups are invited to suggest projects or purchases for the grant.
12 February 2008: Looking back at Valentine's Day
Our digital collection of historical newspapers offers a fascinating insight into how New Zealanders felt about Valentine's Day more than 100 years ago.
5 February 2008: Website outages 9 and 10 February
This outage will affect the National Library Catalogue, Index New Zealand, Cadence, and Ranfurly Collection websites.
4 February 2008: Celebrate Waitangi Day
Visit the Matapihi website this Waitangi Day (6 February) and explore the history of the Treaty.
1 February 2008: Website outages on Sunday 3 February.
This outage will affect the National Library Catalogue, Index New Zealand, Cadence, and Ranfurly Collection websites.
23 January 2008: New showcases on Matapihi
Three brand-new showcases of themed items are now available on the Matapihi website: Technology, Protest, and Pottery.
18 January 2007: Hone Tuwhare, 1922-2008
New Zealand celebrates the life and achievements of acclaimed poet Hone Tuwhare, who died in Dunedin on 16 January 2008.
20 December 2007:Website outages in January
All National Library websites will be unavailable on 12-13 January and 19-20 January 2008 due to an upgrade.
17 December 2007: More newspapers now searchable on Papers Past
Pages from Taranaki, West Coast, Wanganui and Otago newspapers can now be searched by key word on this website.
6 December 2007: Send a Christmas e-card
We've created a range of Christmas e-cards for you to send to friends and family, using images from the Alexander Turnbull Library.
11 October 2007: New collections added to Matapihi website
Over 3000 items from three new partner organisations are now live on the Matapihi website.
4 September 2007: War Art Online now searchable through Matapihi website
More than 600 items from War Art Online, a new digital collection from Archives New Zealand, have been added to the Matapihi website.
29 August 2007: In 2017 libraries will be …
Share your vision of libraries in the future, and be in to win an i-Pod nano.
20 August 2007: Further resources added to online science exhibitions
Links to digitised articles and books have just been added to online science exhibition pages.