Former diplomat Derek Leask presents his Atlas of the New Zealand Wars, using 19th-century maps to reveal new narratives of the conflicts, drawing on the Turnbull cartography collection and offshore archives to make historical military maps accessible to contemporary New Zealanders.
Writer and archivist Flora Feltham reflects on memory, family relationships, and the flaws in how we record history in her award-winning 2024 essay collection Bad Archive, exploring what it means to write honestly about life when our records and memories are imperfect.
Dr Claire Robinson explores 80 years of New Zealand political advertising in her book Promises Promises, analysing iconic campaign ads and examining what we might expect in the upcoming 2026 election.
Author and historian Dr Mere Whaanga talks about her research at the Turnbull Library for a project, ‘Conflict, Land, and Leadership’, exploring 19th century conflicts in the greater Māhia/Wairoa area in this month’s Friends of the Turnbull talk on 12 August
In this month’s Friends of the Turnbull event, author and lecturer Annabel Cooper will talk about researching New Zealand filmmaker Rudall Hayward, best known for his silent films but also his later feature films ‘Rewi’s Last Stand’ and ‘To Love a Māori’.
Jeffrey Sissons will revisit material from his book The Forgotten Prophet and present a new understanding of the politically significant yet overlooked Taranaki iconoclasm