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Old Fashioned Games
Today’s post was inspired by one of the events in ‘Dare to Explore’, Auckland Libraries’ summer reading adventure that this blogger took part in earlier this morning.Dare to Explore runs over December...
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‘For the love of books’ – online exhibition & illustrated talk
If you’re in Auckland over the summer do remember to drop by the Central Library have a look at the beautiful books on display in the ‘For the love of books’ exhibition. The exhibition runs until the...
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Aotearoa Housing - the settlers
The exhibition ‘Aotearoa Houses: settlers to hippies’ is currently running in the atrium outside the Central Auckland Research Centre on the second floor of the Auckland Central Library. On this blog...
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Traffic jams
Continuing on in a similar vein as our previoussummerholiday themed posts, we thought we would focus on another common experience from the New Zealand summer holidays: traffic jams.Hopefully you've...
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Auckland Anniversary Weekend
This coming weekend, January 24th-26th, marks the observation of Auckland Anniversary. This year ASB and Auckland Council are presenting weekend packed with events to celebrate the 175th anniversary of...
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For the love of books
'For the love of books: an exhibition of contemporary fine press and artists' books' is now open at Sir George Grey Special Collections. The 25 books on show are a selection of the best international...
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Sarah Maxey talk - poetry in graphic design
In connection with the current Sir George Grey Special Collections exhibition -- For the love of books -- graphic artist and publisher Sarah Maxey will be giving an illustrated talk on Friday 30...
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Eden Park
The Dick Smith NRL Auckland Nines tournament takes place this weekend at that most hallowed of sports grounds, Eden Park. (Go the Warriors, just quietly!) Last year was the inaugural tournament and in...
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Frank Sargeson's House
Take a walk through Aotearoa New Zealand’s literary history in Takapuna this summer.Did you know that it is possible to take a free guided tour through Frank Sargeson’s house? If you are interested...
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New Zealand Cemeteries Heritage Week
Ancestry.com have just added the New Zealand Cemetery Records, 1800-2007, to their website and to mark the occasion next week is New Zealand Cemeteries Heritage Week at Auckland Libraries. The week...
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Remembrance on Armistice Day
Today, November the eleventh, is the anniversary of Armistice Day, which commemorates the signing of the armistice between Germany and the Allies to end fighting on the Western Front of World War...
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Waitangi Day
Whiria te kaha tuatinitiniWhiria te kaha tuamanomanoFriday this week is the 6th of February, Waitangi Day, which, this year, marks the 175th anniversary of the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi / the...
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Wartime Propaganda - Germans, Turks and Austrians as seen by the Auckland...
This year Auckland Libraries remembers it is 100 years since New Zealand’s first major baptism of fire during the First World War when our troops landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. To commemorate...
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Eleven maps
Below are eleven of my favourite digitised maps from Sir George Grey Special Collections. There are over 8000 maps in Sir George Grey Special Collections and about 1600 have been digitised. Ref: New...
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Myers Park
In 1913 Arthur Myers, M.P., and former Mayor of Auckland gifted the city £9000 for the purchase of a gully in central Auckland with the intent to turn it into a park for the people of Auckland.Ref:...
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“Her Feminine Bridegroom” : cross-dressing women in New Zealand history
This month sees Auckland Libraries running a range of events to help celebrate Auckland Pride Festival for 2015. The Heritage & Research teams at the central library have created a range of...
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Year of the Ram
To celebrate the Lunar New Year and the beginning of the Year of the Ram Auckland Libraries are running a series of events across the region. If you are in the central library do pop into the...
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The Inside Story – tales behind the names in Massey.
We often don’t give a second thought to the stories behind the names of our roads, schools, creeks and more, but delving into the history of Massey I have unearthed some interesting facts and...
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T.A. Bishop Stereographs
Today on Heritage et AL we are featuring the T.A. Bishop Collection of stereographs that are held at the West Auckland Research Centre. This collection consists of 767 stereograph cards from the early...
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How valuable is the very first copy of the New Zealand Herald, from 13...
Over the years, many people have claimed to have a copy of the very first New Zealand Herald. As there are only two known full copies, one with the publishers and the other with the National Library...
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