In the 2026 Founder Lecture Catherine Hammond will discuss the role and impact of photographic archives as complex repositories of memory and research, drawing on her career working with artists archives in major cultural institutions in Aotearoa over the past two decades.
Hosted by Jennifer Te Atamira Ward-Lealand, and featuring an exceptional cast of readers including Stephen Lovatt, Geneva AM and Amelia Reynolds, Letters Out Loud will be a night of celebration – of correspondence and of the written word.
Hosted by Jennifer Te Atamira Ward-Lealand, and featuring an exceptional cast of readers including Stephen Lovatt, Geneva AM and Amelia Reynolds, Letters Out Loud will be a night of celebration – of correspondence and of the written word.
Gareth Shute dives into his book Songs From The Shaky Isles to deliver a whirlwind overview of the past 100 years of popular music in Aotearoa.
Greg Bruce discusses researching and writing ‘That Glorious Night in Oxford’, his non-fiction account of David Lange’s 1985 anti-nuclear Oxford Union speech, drawing on Alexander Turnbull Library oral histories, archives, and interviews with attendees.
Join us for an enchanting evening as familiar voices bring to life selected letters from the Alexander Turnbull Library collections. Spanning decades of Aotearoa New Zealand’s history, these letters range from the poignant to the humorous, offering a captivating glimpse into surprising moments from the past.