At this month’s Friends of the Turnbull event, Dr Jennifer Ashton will discuss two former convicts, Charlotte Badger and George Bruce, who arrived at the Bay of Islands in 1806 and lived under the ...

Are you new to family history research? Our Starting with family history will help you work out what questions you want to answer, and give you some tips to start finding your family in the Library's ...

It's our last meeting for our local librarians and staff new to the role in 2024, so let's celebrate! We'll toast your ...

Join Dr Carwyn Jones as he examines the concept of ‘the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi’ — where they come from, what they are, and how they have been defined and applied in law and policy over ...

Wellington choreographer. A Distinguished Graduate of the National School of Ballet (1974) and former dancer with the New Zealand Ballet and London Festival Ballet. She teaches throughout New Zealand ...

Well-known Christchurch pianist and younger daughter of Mr & Mrs David McLeod. She went to England on a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, London where she won the Challen Gold Medal. In 1937 ...

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Puluvaga -- Aʾo fea ea Iesu -- Malo o le Atua -- Pale Tuitui -- Ou te alofa ia Iesu -- It is no secret -- Olaga Fou -- A oʾo mai le valaau --ʻAiga a le ʻAu Paia. Contemporary Christian music written ...

Meulen, Adam Frans van der, 1632-1690; Huchtenburg, Jan van, 1647-1733; Baudouin, F.; Bonnart, Nicolas, 1637-1718; Cochin, N. (Nicholas); Scotin, G. (Gérard ...

Unpublished recordings, scores and papers are held in the Archive of New Zealand Music. Unpublished oral histories are held in the Alexander Turnbull Library’s Oral History Collection. You can find ...

Ziologist and marine biologist. Born near Feilding, New Zealand. During World War II he was a member of the Cape Expedition to the remote Auckland Islands in the sub-Antarctic. After the war he was ...