Nau mai ki te kawerongo o Ngā Taonga — welcome to our newsletter

Auckland: Then and Now

For Auckland Heritage Festival, we had a look through the archives for footage of historic Auckland. We then spent the day filming all over the city, matching old shots with new to create 'Auckland: Then and Now'. See how things have changed over the last century around the CBD, the Domain, Devonport, the Harbour Bridge, Mission Bay and Onehunga.

Archive Fives – Documentation

In this and the next four issues, we’ll be profiling the important work of our Preservation Services teams – find out what they do and what their favourite collection items are. First up in this five-part series is the Documentation team.

Ngāi Tūhoe and Te Urewera

Ko Te Urewera te papakāinga o Ngāi Tūhoe. Kei ia whārua, ia maunga o tēnei rohe a Ngāi Tūhoe e mau pūmau tonu ana ki ngā kōrero tuku iho o te iwi. Kei tā mātou pae tukutuku ētahi kōrero mō te iwi me te whenua nei.

Te Urewera is the rich and biodiverse homeland of Ngāi Tūhoe. The mountains and valleys of Te Urewera have long been a place for cultural traditions to be held strong. Our online catalogue holds many recordings that cover the history of the people and the land.

Canterbury Anniversary Day

Bloom Festival is on now in Christchurch. It includes New Zealand Cup and Show Week and Canterbury Anniversary Day on 15 November. We have hundreds of audiovisual items showing life in Canterbury going back to 1906.

19 October 1966 – Lyndon Johnson became the first incumbent United States President to visit New Zealand.
31 October 1985 – Keri Hulme's The Bone People won the Booker Prize.
5 November 1881 – Parihaka village was attacked by Government forces. 

• Our 2018 - 2019 annual report is available on our website. 

• 29 October was the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage and we launched a new video introducing our work.

• One of our staff has created He Kākano Ahau, a podcast about what it means to be urban Māori. It includes archival audio from our collection.

• Ngāti Tūwharetoa marked the 150th anniversary of the final New Zealand Wars engagement.

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