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Smorgasbord of stories - a taste of Waitakere's oral history
Currently on in the exhibition space on Level 2 of the Waitakere Central Library is an exhibition highlighting some of the stories of West Auckland contained in our collection of oral history...
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April Fool's Day
The first of April marks April Fool's Day. There is a long history of practical jokes being played on April 1 in New Zealand. George Reed reported in 1883 that Noah's Ark had been discovered and the...
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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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Easter - illuminated medieval manuscripts and early printed Bibles
This Easter Heritage et AL is featuring a selection of illustrations from our illuminated medieval manuscripts and images of some early (pre 1501) printed bibles. The illuminated manuscripts include a...
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Peace, prayer and reflection in South Auckland
Three years ago, when I started work at the South Auckland Research Centre I did not really know what to expect. I knew that the community was different to any library setting that I had worked in...
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Researcher in residence 2015/2016
It's that time of the year again, when we call for applications for our Researcher in Residence scholarship. The Auckland Library Heritage Trust, in association with Auckland Council, is offering a...
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The forgotten New Lynn Gateway of Remembrance
New Lynn’s First World War memorial was not erected until some years after the war. A proposal first made in 1920 to erect a soldiers’ memorial on the Triangle Reserve in the centre of town came to...
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Online Cenotaph on the road
Yesterday at the Central Auckland Research Centre we successfully installed an Artifact Digitisation Unit (ADU).As part of He Pou Aroha, Community Cenotaph the Auckland War Memorial Museum has created...
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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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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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Maps of Gallipoli
Sir George Grey Special Collections hold a number of First World War maps of Gallipoli and surrounding regions. Seven of these maps have been digitised and are accessible via the Heritage Images...
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News from the Dardanelles
On 29 April 1915 Prime Minister Massey announced in Wellington that four days earlier New Zealand troops had participated in the landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula in the Dardanelles. However actual...
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Onehunga soldiers’ roll of honour
What must be one of New Zealand’s finest and most elaborate First World War rolls of honour is found upstairs at the Onehunga RSA, 57 Princes Street, Onehunga.Sir F.W. Lang MP unveiled the Onehunga...
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Big O.E. online exhibition
Our digital team at Auckland Libraries have created an online exhibition to complement the current Sir George Grey Special Collections exhibition, the Big O.E.The exhibition is running until 14 June...
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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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