The New Zealand Music, Sound, Audio-visual collection forms part of the Alexander Turnbull Library collections. It holds a comprehensive range of New Zealand sound recordings.
Music, sound and audio-visual items include:
- printed music scores and sheet music
- sound recordings on CD, cassette and vinyl
- videos and DVDs
- computer files.
We add about 5,000 items to the collection each year, through legal deposit, purchase and donation.
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Access items in this collection
Search for descriptions of items published after 1987 using the National Library Catalogue. For items published before 1987 you may need to use the Alexander Turnbull Library card catalogue, which may also be available on microfiche through your local library.
Visit the Research Centre on the first floor of the Library to request items. Copies will be made for use in the Library if you want to listen to a sound recording, or view a video or DVD.
Get copies from items in this collection
We can make copies of items from this collection for you to use in the Library, provided copying doesn't breach copyright.
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Borrow items in this collection
The Library doesn't lend items from this collection.
Get help
We can answer your enquiries in person, by letter, phone or email. For help using this collection contact the Curator, New Zealand and Pacific Published Collections.
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