National Library
Sam Orchard: archiving New Zealand's cartoons and comics
A comic artist himself, Sam Orchard is the newly appointed curator for the New Zealand Cartoon and Comics Archive at the National Library. Audio, Gallery
National Library halts planned 're-homing' of books
Former Attorney General Chris Finlayson from Book Guardians Aotearoa joins The Panel to explain the temporary win. Audio
National Library and Archives changes worry historians
Historians and genealogists say the work that they do could be severely impacted by proposed changes at the National Library and Archives New Zealand. The National Library is trying to re-home its… Audio
Preserving our history with the National Library's digital archive
The National Library has set a team involved in web harvesting, collecting online material from websites to blogs and social media posts and even emails before they disappear into the cyber ether. Audio
National Library withdraws 600,000 books from its collection
The National Library is withdrawing 600,000 books from its overseas collections, to make room for the library's growing New Zealand and Pacific collection. Audio
Calling Home: Catherine O'Connell in Tokyo, Japan
The Rugby World Cup kicked off in Tokyo on Friday night, so it is apt that Calling Home is heading there for the first time this weekend. We're joined by ground-breaking Kiwi lawyer Catherine… Audio
Pukana - centuries of Maori performance
From Maori origin stories to te reo thrash metal - a new exhibition is canvassing Maori performance over the centuries. Pukana: moments in Maori performance at the National Library in Wellington… Audio
Murray Cammick and Chris Bourke - Rip It Up meets digital age
This week the first 100 issues of local music magazine Rip It Up went live in digitised form at the the National Library's Papers Past website. It's the first time Papers Past has digitised a… Audio
Claudia Jardine and Michael O'Leary - Pubs and poetry
A bevy of poets mark 50 years since the end of six o'clock pub closing at a free event next week at the National Library in Wellington. The finish of the "six o'clock swill" changed the way many New… Audio
One Hundred Small Objects
Telling the social history of New Zealand in 100 tiny objects was the challenge set for the woman who oversees New Zealand's biggest collection of Ephemera. Barbara Lyon from the Alexander Turnbull… Audio
Treaty of Waitangi on public display
The Treaty of Waitangi, the Declaration of Independence and the Women's Suffrage Petition will now permanently be on display at He Tohu - an exhibition inside Wellington's National Library. Video, Audio
Treaty of Waitangi will be on move soon
The Department of Internal Affairs's Hugh Karena explains why moving historical documents, such as the Treaty of Waitangi, 200 metres down the road from the National Archives to the National Library… Audio
Jeavons Baillie: conservation and the National Library
Kim Hill talks to Jeavons Baillie, who volunteered to assist with painting restoration in Florence after the devastating floods in November 1966, was the first Conservation Officer for the Alexander… Audio
National Library stands firm on cut to school service
The National Library is defying a backlash over what librarians are calling a disastrous cut to its school service. Audio