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We send an email newsletter highlighting collection items, upcoming events and other news from the Archive every three weeks.
2024 Newsletters
5 November 2024
The 80th anniversary of the arrival of Polish refugees, the 'Mr Asia' case, and more.
15 October 2024
Mystery Month, Two Live Ghosts, Newtown on Film and a UNESCO inscription for Tangata Whenua.
24 September 2024
Newly preserved footage of Wellington, Tangata Whenua, Te Māori, and more.
3 September 2024
Remembering Kiingi Tuheitia, the Invincibles, Eleanor Roosevelt and Mahuru Māori.
13 August 2024
Our 10th birthday, Janet Frame’s centenary, and the legacy of Sir Apirana Ngata
23 July 2024
Ōngarue railway, marine salvage, and our new Strategic Plan
2 July 2024
The Beatles tour, Tarawera eruption, Matariki and more.
11 June 2024
"Blue Smoke" turns 75, Carmen Rupe, Tangata Whenua.
21 May 2024
NZ Music Month, Māori entrepreneurship on screen, and an iconic film anniversary.
30 April 2024
Memories of a ghost town, Māori Pioneer Battalion, and Red Mole.
9 April 2024
Crime stories in the Archive, Whakaata Māori anniversary, and more.
19 March 2024
Your chance to consult on our Strategic Plan, plus Dawn Raids, Two Live Ghosts, and more.
27 February 2024
Cobb & Co's 1985 menu with Alison Holst, autumn, and more.
5 February 2024
Our annual Waitangi Day programme and love in the Archive.
18 January 2024
An exciting exhibition, our 2022/23 Annual Report, and an opportunity to win!
2023 Newsletters
12 December 2023
New Zealand’s earliest sound films, our year in review, and a very 1950s Christmas.
21 November 2023
Footrot Flats, 125 years of filmmaking in New Zealand, Whare Māori.
31 October 2023
Rokirokitia, Halloween, He Whakaputanga, Utaina, World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.
10 October 2023
Wellington Heritage Festival, family pets, Waka Huia, UNESCO Memory of the World, Jenny McLeod.
19 September 2023
Māori Womens Welfare League, Kōrero Mai, the Gilmour Collection, and With the Boys Overseas.
29 August 2023
Preserving Tangata Whenua, Waimā Taonga Kaitiaki workshop, and Koroneihana 2023
8 August 2023
New documentary in the online collection, our new Board member, and more.
19 July 2023
Tangata Whenua, Matariki, Cook Islands Movie Night
27 June 2023
Donald Mount Cook Burnett, anti-nuclear campaigns, Bieringa Collection screenings
6 June 2023
Mount Everest, Tangi, Edmonds Baking Powder
16 May 2023
New website, Mother's Day, King's Coronation
18 April 2023
Long Range Desert Group, ANZAC Day, Forest & Bird
28 March 2023
Māoriland Film Festival, two anniversaries, a chocolate treat, and more.
7 March 2023
Te Matatini, Split Enz, and a tourism relic of the space age.
14 February 2023
Waitangi Day, Valentine's Day, our new way of working, and more.
24 January 2023
Celebrating 100 years of the Chatham Cup, Tauranga on film, and more.
2022 Newsletters
6 December 2022
Recent events and our contribution to Aotearoa New Zealand Histories.
15 November 2022
The Dame Gaylene Preston Legacy Project and more.
25 October 2022
Jazz from Cairo, live cinema event, 9 ½ and the EPA at 50.
4 October 2022
Utu Redux, The Te Kooti Trail, and some big anniversaries.
13 September 2022
Candid glimpses of the Queen, Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, and the New Zealand Wars on film.
23 August 2022
Winter sports, Free Radicals in Hong Kong, MAKURU and more.
3 August 2022
Classic cartoons in the Archive.
19 July 2022
Life aboard a troop ship, new Histories curriculum, and early colour footage.
14 June 2022
Introducing the Norm Hatch Collection.
17 May 2022
New Zealand Music Month at the Archive.
20 April 2022
Weaving and war stories.
29 March 2022
Homemade biscuits and homemade tanks.
8 March 2022
A Rail Roundup and Produce Exports.
15 February 2022
A special compilation and a new building.
18 January 2022
The Making of 'PATU!' and a gathering of waka.
2021 Newsletters
21 December 2021
Best wishes for the holidays 🌞
30 November 2021
100 years of radio plus the stories of New Zealand.
2 November 2021
The invisible work of film preservation, plus kids review Len Lye.
12 October 2021
Cabbages, public health and a special delivery.
21 September 2021
Archival te reo words and a wavy journey.
31 August 2021
Online exhibitions for lockdown viewing.
10 August 2021
TOHE now open – the 1981 Springbok Tour and ‘PATU!’
20 July 2021
The voices of the past, Len Lye’s films, and a new exhibition on the Springbok Tour.
29 June 2021
Two new exhibitions – Len Lye and the '81 Springbok Tour.
8 June 2021
Our Oldest Film and Special Nitrate Videos.
18 May 2021
Archival cooking, DocEdge, and the Ahipara Women’s Fire Brigade.
27 April 2021
Handling nitrate film, 60 years of ads plus classic music videos.
6 April 2021
Caring for nitrate, our favourite jingles, and happy 40th to our film collection.
16 March 2021
Madam Carmen and A Colourful Collaboration.
23 February 2021
🎥 Dunedin 'Then and Now' Plus Mātauranga Māori.
2 February 2021
Reflecting on Waitangi, the Hawkes Bay Earthquake and more.
12 January 2021
'Stay Home Cinema', 1950s Road Safety, and DVDs to be Won.