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F. Douglas Mill aerial photograph collection
The majority of the F. Douglas Mill Collection contains images which represent some of the first civil aerial photographic surveys in New Zealand, the images range from the late 1920s to the middle of...
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The Ōtāhuhu Methodist Memorial Sunday School
The fine brick-and-tile Ōtāhuhu Methodist Memorial Sunday School is a rare but impressive example of a Methodist war memorial building. It stands behind the Ōtāhuhu Methodist church in Fairburn...
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Elephants in Sir George Grey Special Collections
All therecentpublicity for Anjalee, Auckland Zoo’s newest elephant, has inspired a series of posts about elephants. Heritage & Research team members here at Auckland Libraries have taken this...
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Coffee Lounge Culture
Coffee lounges opened in Auckland in the 1950s and filled a social gap for people who weren’t attracted to other entertainments available at that time such as commercial cabaret and big bands in...
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Queen Sālote of Tonga’s poetry
This week Auckland Libraries are celebrating Uike 'o e Lea Faka-Tonga, Tongan Language Week with a range of events across our libraries. This year also marks the 50th year commemoration of Queen...
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The First Lady of Auckland Zoo: Jamuna the Elephant
The recent arrival of the new elephant Anjalee at Auckland Zoo provides an excuse to take a nostalgic look back at one of the Zoo’s previous much-loved elephants: Jamuna.Ref: Ron Clark, Elephant ride,...
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Front page news
We are used to seeing newspapers with compelling news stories, and photographs, on the front covers. However, this is a fairly recent change for Auckland's daily newspapers. The now-ceased 'Auckland...
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Auckland Heritage Festival 2015
The Auckland Heritage Festival is about to begin again. The region wide festival starts this Saturday, 26 September, and runs for the subsequent two weeks until 11 October. This year’s theme is “The...
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Vasio o te Gana Tuvalu = Tuvalu Language Week 2015
This week marks Vasio o te Gana Tuvalu, or Tuvalu Language Week, for 2015. This year’s theme is "Tau gana ko tou iloga/ Language is your identity”. This provides an excellent opportunity to focus on...
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Polynesian and Melanesian historical pamphlets
This week marks Ni vosa Vaka-ITaukei ni vanua o Viti or Fiji Language Week for 2015. This is timely as we can happily share the news about some nineteenth century Fijian language items in Sir George...
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Niuean language Bibles
This week is E Faahi Tapu he Vagahau Niue 2015, Niuean Language Week for 2015. As a result of Sir George Grey’s collecting of Pacific Islands language materials, Auckland Libraries has a collection of...
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A day at the beach
This Sunday Auckland Libraries will be down at Viaduct Harbour for A day at the beach.Ref: Stapley Farmer, Apprentices picnic, 1960s?, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 1056-32....
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Agincourt and Shakespeare’s Henry V
Today, October 25, marks the 600 year anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, a major English victory in the Hundred Years’ War won by King Henry the Fifth. This gives us a great excuse to have a look...
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Vaiaho o te Gagana Tokelau: Te Vaka's Ki mua
This week Auckland Libraries are celebrating Vaiaho o te Gagana Tokelau, Tokelau Language Week for 2015. So we're featuring a Tokelauan album from our heritage music collections, the 1999 album Ki mua...
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Conservation week: Healthy Nature, Healthy People.
Did you know that this week is Conservation Week?Ref: Stapley Farmer, Rotorua, 1960s?, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 1056-84.Ref: Len Dalton, A thermal hot pool surrounded by...
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Holding the Line : The 2015 Going West Books and Writers Festival Exhibition
Currently on in the exhibition space on Level 2 of the Waitakere Central Library is ‘Holding the Line’, an exhibition celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Going West Books and Writers Festival...
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The Emden and the Ones Who Got Away
SMS Emden was a German light cruiser and commerce raider in the Indian Ocean during the early months of the First World War.Ref: Auckland Weekly News, Destroyer of five British merchant ships..., 1...
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Arsons, marches and petitions: the 1970s abortion debate in New Zealand
Arsons, marches and petitions – our 1970s Summer of Love display about sexual behaviour and reproductive rights in New Zealand is on Level 2 at Central Library. Topics include Abortion, Teen Lust,...
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More Tales from the South Pacific: New Zealand’s capture of German Samoa
Soon after the start of the First World War, New Zealand’s Governor Lord Liverpool agreed to send New Zealand troops to capture the German wireless station in Samoa and occupy the German colony. New...
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Spencer family negatives
The Spencer family negatives that were recently donated to Sir George Grey Special Collections have now been digitised and made available online. This collection consists of around 400 glass plate...
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