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Merrilands Garden Suburb
We have to announce that the Merrilands Garden Suburb, Auckland’s most glorious heritage, situated on the green, grassy slopes of One Tree Hill is at last thrown open to the public and the choice of...
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A Bridge Too Far? [Auckland Harbour Bridge Part 1]
Sunday, 31 May 1959 marked a turning point in the history of Tāmaki Makaurau. After a century of dreaming, campaigning, planning, and politicking, a bridge finally connected Auckland City to the North...
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To Cross the Waitematā [Auckland Harbour Bridge Part 2]
Opened in 1959, the Auckland Harbour Bridge is a distinctive and crucial piece of infrastructure. The incident in September 2020 when a truck was tipped over by a strong wind gust, causing damage to...
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Portal to a brighter day [Auckland Harbour Bridge Part 3]
From 1955 to 1959, Aucklanders watched as a bridge gradually began to take shape across their harbour. The Waitematā, beautiful and usually so serene, was transformed into a stage for one of the...
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Play it again, Aunty Bea!
Aunty Bea is a legend.Piatarihi Beatrice (Bea) Tui Yates, Te Arawa, Tainui, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāti Uenuku Kōpako, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Awa (AKA Aunty Bea) is one of...
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Forged in Fire: The War Effort and Sudden Success
The story of Crown Lynn begins as one of classic New Zealand innovation. Its trajectory throughout the 1940s is characterised by aspiration and enterprise, as well as a connection to foreign affairs...
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Unstable Ground: Migrant Producers, Selling, and Discrimination in Auckland...
Beginning a narrative part way through makes for a confusing story. Yet, recollections of Auckland's horticultural histories often do exactly that. Prioritising the quaint Victorian garden and...
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"I never thought freedom would come down to this."
“Those entering the sex industry as workers do so primarily for economic reasons, a factor highlighting the economic marginalisation of some sectors of our communities, and the difficulties of...
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Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Reo Hahi, Reo Ako
Waiwaia ngā ngutu (Speak Eloquently)Waiwaia ngā ngutu celebrates the eloquence and expression of te reo Māori from the nineteenth century to the present day. This exhibition showcases taonga from...
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Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Kupu Whakawhiti and Whakamāoritia
Waiwaia ngā ngutu (Speak Eloquently)Waiwaia ngā ngutu celebrates the eloquence and expression of te reo Māori from the nineteenth century to the present day. This exhibition showcases taonga from...
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Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Pūrākau, Kōrero Tupuna, Karakia
Waiwaia ngā ngutu (Speak Eloquently)Waiwaia ngā ngutu celebrates the eloquence and expression of te reo Māori from the nineteenth century to the present day. This exhibition showcases taonga from...
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Auckland's Women Artists: 1928-1940
The positionality of women artists in the Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland art scene from just over a century ago is complex. By the close of the 1920s, women were certainly not excluded from published...
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The Frameworks - the Construction of Mount Eden Prison
“For the evils of one exist in all and the whole system requires modification and the present wooden sheds doing duty as prisons cannot too soon be supplanted by properly constructed buildings.”- New...
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Novel 'Whaea Blue' by Talia Marshall: A librarian's review and an interview...
SILKTalia MarshallWhen you were born I was a spiderThere was a giant red ear on the ceilingFollow me followLittle flyI was sorry I had you in my bedFor three days I looked and looked at youand thought...
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Ephemera A-Z: an introduction
Image: 'Walk under ladders’ Joan Armatrading on tour music poster, 1982-1983. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Eph-Post00485. On Friday 26 July 2024, I gave a talk to my colleagues at the...
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Fakafetuiaga
Image: Haircutting ceremony, Otara, 1971. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints 08563.Reminisce and celebrate our beautiful Niue! Niue celebrates its 50th anniversary of self-governing,...
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Mackelvie’s pattern books – a design story on display
The Atrium display in the Central Library Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero (6 November 2024 to 13 January 2025) features six exceptional works ranging from outsize folios to a modest volume, similar that seen in...
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Margaret Wegener :a musical life and legacy 1920 – 2020
It is a unique opportunity to be able to explore and have access to the complete output of a composer’s life work. Being able to see the creative working and reworkings of their manuscript from initial...
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Korerorero Kōhine: A Librarian interviews Colleen Maria Lenihan, author of...
Recently at Auckland Central Library Research Centre, we’ve been celebrating contemporary wāhine Māori writers of innovative fiction - creative fiction which shapeshifts in form and genre with the...
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Mana Moana - Toikupu Māori Moana in English
Mana Publications produced collections of creative writings by Tangata Moana and Tangata Whenua from 1974. It was led and founded by Marjorie Crocombe who also ran the South Pacific University’s...
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Ancestry launches 1921 Census for England and Wales
Auckland Council Libraries provides free access to a variety of online family history resources, including genealogy websites such as Ancestry, Findmypast, The Genealogist and MyHeritage.Recently,...
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Other Worlds: Podcast
Image: Cover illustration by Mike Hinge from Analog science fiction, science fact, April 1976.Explore the imaginative worlds of science fiction in this vibrant exhibition featuring books, magazines,...
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The Voice of Suburban Auckland: The legacy of Noel Roseman and his newspapers
There was a time not long ago when nearly every substantial community in Auckland hosted its own weekly newspaper. Most of these emerged in the aftermath of World War II, when returning soldiers moved...
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The Legacy of Mike Hinge
Last month, our Heritage Collections exhibition, Other Worlds, launched on Level 2 of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library. A huge amount of work went into planning, preparing, and displaying...
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50 years of Polyfest
2025 marks the 50th anniversary of Polyfest, celebrating five incredible decades of diverse communities sharing their cultures through dance, singing, and oratory. With Tāmaki Makaurau as the home to a...
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