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Auckland Cup and racing at Ellerslie
To celebrate Auckland Cup day at Ellerslie today, we've had look through various Heritage and Research collections held at Auckland Libraries to find out some the history around the Auckland Racing...
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James Hartley Warburton: A West Aucklander who served in WWI
Eli and Selina Warburton of Lancashire, England, had 2 children, James Hartley and Edna, while living in England. The Warburton family immigrated to New Zealand in the early 20th Century.The Warburton...
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Dorothy Helen Facer’s silk postcard album
The origin of the cardboard album which holds Dorothy’s silk postcard collection is unknown. The date that it was made is not known either. Perhaps it was bought in the early 1900s, or perhaps at a...
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Riverhead Dump Photograph Collection
We’re very pleased to announce that we've recently had a new collection of photographs from Sir George Grey Special Collections added to Heritage Images. The intriguingly named ‘Riverhead Dump’...
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Angela Morton Collection
On Wednesday morning, the 17th of December, at Takapuna Library there was a small gathering of staff (past and present) and members of the public to celebrate the re-opening of the Angela Morton Art...
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Christmas in New Zealand
It is becoming a bit of a tradition at this time of the year on Heritage et AL for us to highlight some of the Christmassy items and images we have in our heritage collections at Auckland...
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Trevor Lloyd’s War
Trevor Lloyd was a New Zealand artist, illustrator and cartoonist who lived from 1863 to 1937. He was largely self-taught although he might have had some lessons from the artist Louis John Steele. He...
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Angela Morton Collection
On Wednesday morning, the 17th of December, at Takapuna Library there was a small gathering of staff (past and present) and members of the public to celebrate the re-opening of the Angela Morton Art...
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Christmas in New Zealand
It is becoming a bit of a tradition at this time of the year on Heritage et AL for us to highlight some of the Christmassy items and images we have in our heritage collections at Auckland...
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Summer Holidays
The few weeks over Christmas and New Year are a popular time for many in New Zealand to take some time off from work and, weather permitting, enjoy some fun in the sun. So whether you’re working...
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Go the Wrestling!
You all are living under a cloud if you didn't hear that most amazing sporting news of the past month. Forget the Breakers, Team New Zealand and the Cricket World Cup… the real news was that The...
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Gayest and Smartest: Auckland’s cinema’s in the 1920s
Currently on the second floor of the Central Library we have a display focussing on popular entertainment in Auckland from the 1920s. The subjects include cabaret, fishing, mullet boats, Luna Park,...
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Cricket World Cup
Over the last month New Zealand and Australia have been joint hosts of the latest edition of the Cricket World Cup. It started on 14 February in Christchurch and we have now begun the knockout stages....
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Carbon paper letter books
Today we are highlighting a couple of interesting items from our New Zealand Manuscripts collection: carbon paper manifold copying books. These two copying books show two of the most common uses for...
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the bone people – the 30th anniversary of winning the Booker Prize
Keri Hulme’s masterpiece the bone people became the Auckland Writer’s Festival’s inaugural Great Kiwi Classic last year. The novel took 17 years to write and was rejected by every publisher in...
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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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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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