A Century of WonderA Century of Wonder (an ATL mini-documentary)
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New Zealanders
discovering their Heritage
The Turnbull Endowment Trust supports access to, and interpretation of the Alexander Turnbull Library’s vast, rich collections, ensuring that our stories and documentary heritage are available to all.
New Zealand stories come to light through use. Researchers, curators and the visiting public bring their perspectives and expertise to the Alexander Turnbull Library, using its collections to tell stories that help us understand and reflect on our history.
The Alexander Turnbull Library holds New Zealand’s documentary heritage, entrusted over its 100-year plus history. It continues to grow enriched by donations to its collections from everyday people. From New Zealand’s earliest newspapers to the master recordings of iconic Flying Nun Bands, the Library is a repository for our shared and unique culture, held in perpetuity.
“We are what we keep, we keep what we are.”
Mark Crookston, Associate Chief Librarian
Alexander Turnbull Library, 2019
Latest news from the Turnbull Endowment Trust:
28 June 2022 |
5 July 2022 |
14 July 2022 |
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Friends of the Turnbull Library: Founder Lecture 2022 |
Nick Bollinger named as Lilburn Research Fellow 2023 |
Turnbull Trust Centenary Review |
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The Founder Lecture 2022 was delivered by the Rt Hon Dame Cindy Kiro, GNZM, QSO, Governor General of New Zealand... Read more... |
Writer, musician, and broadcaster Nick Bollinger has been awarded the prestigious Lilburn Research Fellowship for 2023... Read more... |
We are delighted to present the Turnbull Trust Centenary Review... Read more... |
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28 May 2022 |
3 June 2022 |
28 June 2022 |
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Footrot Flats comic strips to be cared for in perpetuity at the Turnbull |
Turnbull Endowment Trust: Transition into the next 100 years |
Turnbull Endowment Trust: Celebrating collaboration |
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A little ‘Slice of Heaven’ was donated to the Alexander Turnbull Library this week by the family of the late cartoonist Murray Ball....... Read more... |
The Alexander Turnbull Library centenary activities were activated in 2018 by a donation of $100,000 by the Trust to seed fund two centenary exhibitions, celebrating the collections of the Library. ...... Read more... |
The 28th of June commemorates the anniversary of Alexander Turnbull’s death and celebrates the opening day of the library two years later in 1920........ Read more... |
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10 May 2022 |
12 May 2022 |
25 May 2022 |
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Students to learn about Alexander Turnbull library’s treasure trove 100 years on |
Moving Sir Robert Stout |
William Harding: Photographic Portrait Exhibition opens |
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Trust donates Te Kupenga – 101 Stories of Aotearoa from the Turnbull to every secondary school nationwide...... Read more... |
How do we relocate a large heritage painting with various condition issues including warping of the painting and frame to a destination where it can receive specialist care? ...... Read more... |
Sixty reproductions, at a scale much larger than William Harding’s original glass plate negatives, are on display at the National Library, allowing us a chance to get close to a diverse cast of characters....... Read more... |
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2 April 2022 |
6 April 2022 |
May 2022 |
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The White Terraces have returned |
Open to view with thanks |
Music Month 2022 |
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Guide Sophia would, I am sure, have been grateful to her whānau for enabling the treatment of the Charles Blomfield, now returned to the Alexander Turnbull Library...... Read more... |
During a visit to the vaults in 2020, a question was posed to our curator: “Does the library hold any works in three dimensions?” Dr Oliver Stead lifted the lid on the Anthony Stones busts and a two-year journey into the diversity of the curios collection began...... Read more... |
For this year’s NZ Music Month, the Alexander Turnbull Library’s music specialists wrote a selection of blogs about recent music activities and projects....... Read more... |
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22 February 2022 |
1 March 2022 |
28 March 2022 |
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From a hikoi to a sprint, passing the baton |
Writers in Bronze at the Turnbull Gallery |
Bright Future for Turnbull House |
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November 2021 marked the end of the Turnbull Library’s three-year centennial celebration...... Read more... |
The internationally renowned New Zealand sculptor Anthony Stones (1934-2016), sculptor of the outstanding statue of former Prime Minister Peter Fraser outside the Old Government Building, created a marvellous collection of bronze busts of 11 of New Zealand’s most famous historians, poets and writers...... Read more... |
The future of historic Turnbull House, original home of the Alexander Turnbull Library, is finally assured, thanks to the Government’s ongoing commitment to retaining this key heritage building in central Wellington..... Read more... |
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15 February 2022 |
15 February 2022 |
1 March 2022 |
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Delays to meeting up ☹ but connecting none the less |
Lilburn awards – 2020 recipient updates |
Coming up in the Turnbull Gallery |
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Sadly, our celebratory event has been postponed from the 16th of February until an undetermined date in the future. We have not been able to meet for such a time, but look forward to reconnecting when we do..... Read more... |
Providing New Zealand music resources to students and performers is the focus of two inaugural Lilburn Research Awards, granted to Mathew Hoyes and Michael Vinten..... Read more... |
The internationally renowned New Zealand sculptor Anthony Stones (1934-2016), sculptor of the outstanding statue of former Prime Minister Peter Fraser outside the Old Government Building, created a marvellous collection of bronze busts of 11 of New Zealand’s most famous historians, poets and writers.... Read more... |
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12 February 2022 |
14 February 2022 |
14 February 2022 |
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Willpower: A little for perpetuity.. |
Connecting to the Turnbull Collection from home |
The impact of your gift… |
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The Baby Boomer generation, often defined as those born between 1946 and 1964, is about to leave ‘the greatest transference of wealth in history’, to the next generation..... Read more... |
The collections of the National Library Te Puna Mātauranga and the Alexander Turnbull Library aren’t just books and manuscripts; they also hold a large (and rapidly growing) collection of digital and digitised content, much of which you can access from home..... Read more... |
The Turnbull Endowment Trust’s impact throughout 2021-22 has been astonishing. A Century of Wonder, Te Kupenga, Pukana on Tour and Paintings in Perpetuity are familiar to our whanau.... Read more... |
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17 December 2021 |
12 December 2021 |
29 November 2021 |
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Lilburn Trust Citation Awards 2021 |
Forever Remembered |
A scrapbook restored |
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The Lilburn Trust is announcing five Citation Awards in recognition of the recipients’ outstanding services to New Zealand music.... Read more... |
The Paintings in Perpetuity programme provided an opportunity for a whanau in the Far North to create a memorial to a deceased relative.... Read more... |
The Alexander Turnbull Library holds Nola Luxford’s personal papers, relating to her career as an actress (1920’s – 1930’s), and later as a print and radio journalist... Read more... |
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6 December 2021 |
27 November 2021 |
25 November 2021 |
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Reviews for Te Kupenga |
An inaugural year for Paintings in Perpetuity |
Thank you to the Stout Trust |
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Released on the 11th of November to the wider public, Te Kupenga has received many reviews acknowledging it as a significant publication just in time for Christmas 2021... Read more... |
It began as a fledgling idea from our esteemed Chief Librarian; to make the paintings within the collection more accessible and to raise them to a standard where they could be shared with other institutions for exhibition purposes... Read more... |
Over the next two years the portraits of Sir Robert and Lady Stout will receive remedial treatment funded by a grant from the Stout Trust... Read more... |
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11 November 2021 |
26 October 2021 |
27 October 2021 |
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Setting Sail: Te Kupenga |
The Return of Marion Menzies Gibb |
A collaborative fishing expedition results in a full net! |
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A semi-virtual soft launch on the 11th of November celebrated the writers, editors, imaging team and publishers that have contributed to Te Kupenga... Read more... |
Welcome back to the Alexander Turnbull Library, Marion!... Read more... |
A collaboration of nearly forty writers, two editors, five digital specialists.... Read more... |
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1 October 2021 |
13 September 2021 |
26 October 2021 |
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10 Questions with Michael Keith and Chris Szekely |
Sonic Art: The Democratisation of Sound |
Imagining Dante at the Turnbull Gallery: Upcoming exhibition |
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Massey University Press interviews Michael Keith and Chris Szekely about TE KUPENGA... Read more... |
In this podcast Sonic Art: The Democratisation of Sound Eva Radich goes into kiwi sonic artists’ homes to find out what their art is all about....
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The Turnbull Gallery is tantalisingly close to reopening with its first exhibition in over two years.... Read more... |
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15 September 2021 |
15 September 2021 |
9 September 2021 |
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Miharo:Wonder Exhibition – Extended to 9 October |
Pūkana on Tour at Aratoi : 22 May - 19 September 2021 |
Te Kupenga: 101 Stories from the Turnbull – Advance copy! |
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The Miharo exhibition truly is a wonder, comprising 170 items from the Turnbull collection. We are thrilled to announce it’s season has been extended to the 9th of October 2021... Read more... |
We are delighted to announce the success of Pūkana on Tour at Aratoi, Masterton, a collaboration between the Alexander Turnbull Library, Aratoi and their local community... Read more... |
We were delighted during lockdown, to receive an advance copy of Te Kupenga: 101 Stories from the Turnbull. And more thrilled to feel and review the result of over a year’s mahi from our team at the Library.... Read more... |
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16 August 2021 |
5 August 2021 |
1 August 2021 |
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Charles Heaphy Mural in the Alexander Turnbull Library Foyer |
Crowdfunding: A resounding Thank You! |
RNZ: Charles Blomfield Painting interview |
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We are proud now to partner with Resene and Aspiring Walls to create a beautiful rendition of this work... Read more... |
The Boosted campaign ran by the Turnbull Endowment Trust reached 161% of its original target and will enable remedial work to the painting and... Read more... |
Lynn Freeman of RNZ recently interviewed Chris Szekely, Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library and Paula MacLachlan, Executive Director... Read more... |
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12 July 2021 |
13 July 2021 |
12 July 2021 |
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Te Kupenga goes to Print |
Anthony Stones Busts |
Campaign's compelling images |
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So it’s done! 101 stories have been selected by editors Michael Keith and Chris Szekely and developed into our centenary book, Te Kupenga...Read more... |
Anthony Stones, well-known TV set designer and sculptor, was commissioned by the Alexander Turnbull Library and the Friends of the Turnbull... Read more... |
In November 2020 the Turnbull Endowment Trust launched the Paintings in Perpetuity campaign to raise funds to support the repairing and cleaning of paintings in the Library’s collection. Read more... |
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5 July 2021 |
8 July 2021 |
6 July 2021 |
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Jessica Gray joins the Trust |
Sarah Hillary |
Crowdfunding project for our Paintings in Perpetuity campaign |
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Engaging, digitally knowledgeable, with an appreciation of history and an eye for all things aesthetically appealing... Read more... |
Dr Oliver Stead shares his reflections on a fascinating meeting with Sarah Hillary. Read more... |
We wanted to share with you the news of our crowdfunding project for our Paintings in Perpetuity campaign! We have teamed up with Boosted - an Arts Foundation initiative - to bring our campaign to the public and ask for support. Read more... |
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3 June 2021 |
21 May 2021 |
31 May 2021 |
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Marion's Conservator visit |
Pukana: on tour to Aratoi |
Gamelan Aotearoa |
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A visit to Studio Carolina Izzo gave us an insight into the meticulous conservation techniques required for the treatment of paintings. Read more... |
The Turnbull Endowment Trust was welcomed at the opening of the Pūkana exhibition at Aratoi, Wairarapa Museum of Art & History recently. Read more... |
Approximately two hundred excited guests braved the Wellington weather to join us for the Gamelan Aotearoa performance at the National Library last evening. Read more... |
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4 May 2021 |
9 April 2021 |
26 February 2021 |
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NZ Music Month 2021 |
Honouring the dead: Sinking of SS Ventnor in 1902 creates unique bond between Chinese and Māori |
Miharo Wonder exhibition opens 26 February 2021 |
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Learn more about the library events in NZ Music Month that relate to the Lilburn Trust. There are three events, one each for the two Lilburn Research Awardees, and for the Lilburn Research Fellow. Read more.... |
An event on April 10 will read out the names of 499 Chinese gold miners, whose remains were being returned to their homeland aboard the SS Ventnor when the ship sank in 1902 near Hokianga Harbour. Read more... |
Miharo Wonder is an exhibition that celebrates the many treasures collected in the 100 years of the Alexander Turnbull Library. It celebrates a selected 200 rare treasures and curious artefacts, part of New Zealand’s world class collection of heritage items. Read more... |
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