News

Māori flag will fly at the Library on Waitangi Day The Māori flag will fly at the National Library of New Zealand on Waitangi Day this year.

Emergency website outage All external National Library websites will be unavailable from approximately 4:15pm to 4:45pm on 3 February 2010.

Reading Room closed on 6 February 2010 The Library's reading room at 77 Thorndon Quay, Wellington will be closed on Saturday 6 February 2010 for Waitangi Day.

Auckland School Service Centre closed on Monday 1 February 2010 The Auckland School Service Centre will be closed on Monday 1 February 2010 for Auckland Anniversary Day.

Wellington buildings & services will be closed Monday 25 January 2010 All of the National Library's Wellington buildings and services will be closed for Wellington Anniversary Day on Monday 25 January 2010.

New Zealand’s provincial anniversary days Provincial anniversary days are the only visible remains of a sub-national government formed by the New Zealand Constitution Act in 1853.

Consultation opens on New Zealand Web Harvest 2010 The Library has started consultation on technical aspects of a whole of domain web harvest, planned for April 2010.

Prince William’s visit to New Zealand begins this weekend In 1983 this image of the young Prince William with a buzzy bee toy was on front pages of newspapers around the world. The Prince returns to New Zealand on 17 January 2010.

Opening hours over Christmas – New Year holiday period The National Library's Wellington Reading Room will close from Friday 25 December, 2009 to Monday 4 January 2010, inclusive.

National Library past and future - the Architect’s view Rob Stevens, Programme Manager of the National Library’s refurbishment talks in depth about Brutalism and the National Library building, and the way ahead for the refurbishment.

Writing & Researching Family History Event on 19 November John MacGibbon will speak on Writing and Researching Family History at Spectrum Theatre, Johnston Street, Wellington.

Website upgrades at the National Library on 9 November The Matapihi, findNZarticles, and Publications NZ websites are changing on Monday 9 November.

Matapihi website improvements on 9 November The Matapihi website is changing on Monday 9 November 2009.

Donation of watercolour painting by Len Waitkin A 1910 watercolour painting by Len Waitkin is a recent bequest to the Drawings, Paintings and Print Collection.

The Pleasures (and Limitations) of Reading Online Summary, links and text from Adrienne Kebbell's lecture on "The Pleasures (and Limitations) of Reading Online" from 15 October 2009.

Website outage on 22 October The National Library's Find website will be unavailable between 5pm and 6pm on Thursday 22 October.

A Decade of Disasters A new book on the history of New Zealand's Chatham Islands between 1866 and 1875 draws significantly on the Library's Papers Past website.

Donation from Wellington band Iconic Wellington band Fat Freddys Drop makes regular donations to the collections of the National Library, including a recent batch of backstage passes.

Public libraries winning awards for hooking up Kiwis with free broadband The Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa has collected two awards for their work with public libraries.

Jean Wright Award applications open Applications are open for the $10,000 Jean Wright Award for the education and training of librarians.