Archaeologist Dave Veart breathlessly recounts his journey of discovery begun after sparking a youthful passion "to go and find wonderful things". This highly accessible account of New Zealand's archaeological past is based on Veart's book "Digging up that Past: Archaeology for the young and curious" and covers everything from Boeing aircraft to the the science of 'garbology'.

In this introduction to the Real Gold series, Haunui Royal highlights some of the treasures that sit in the Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection.

https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz

http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/

Image: Watercolour sketch by Caroline Abraham, Auckland 1853

In this introduction to the Real Gold series, Haunui Royal highlights some of the treasures that sit in the Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection.

https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz

http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/

Image: Watercolour sketch by Caroline Abraham, Auckland 1853

In this introduction to the Real Gold series, Haunui Royal highlights some of the treasures that sit in the Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection.

https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz

http://heritageetal.blogspot.com/

Image: Watercolour sketch by Caroline Abraham, Auckland 1853

Alison Jones and Kuni Kaa Jenkins talk with Haunui Royal about the story of Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds.

https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3357897

The original drawings discussed (c1818) are part of the Grey Māori Manuscript Collection housed at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library.

They can be viewed online here:

https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/8275/rec/1

Alison Jones and Kuni Kaa Jenkins talk with Haunui Royal about the story of Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds.

https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3357897

The original drawings discussed (c1818) are part of the Grey Māori Manuscript Collection housed at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library.

They can be viewed online here:

https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/8275/rec/1

Alison Jones and Kuni Kaa Jenkins talk with Haunui Royal about the story of Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds. The original drawings discussed (c1818) are part of the Grey Māori Manuscript Collection housed at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero Central City Library.

From the Going West Festival 2017 highlights -

https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/going-west-writers-festival

In her latest book, Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across Worlds, Dame Anne Salmond takes readers back to New Zealand in 1840, and the encounters and interactions of two peoples with very different assumptions about how the world works. With Moana Maniapoto.

From the Going West Festival 2017 highlights -

https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/going-west-writers-festival

In her latest book, Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across Worlds, Dame Anne Salmond takes readers back to New Zealand in 1840, and the encounters and interactions of two peoples with very different assumptions about how the world works. With Moana Maniapoto.

In her latest book, Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across Worlds, Dame Anne Salmond takes readers back to New Zealand in 1840, and the encounters and interactions of two peoples with very different assumptions about how the world works. With Moana Maniapoto.