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UNESCO honour for writer Robin Hyde

2 March 2021

The University of Auckland's City Campus library houses many taonga in its Special Collections area – among those the literary papers of writer Robin Hyde.
Philcox architecture archive: builder of handsome edifices

30 November 2020

The architectural drawings collection of W. Philcox and Sons provides a unique insight into the activities of an Auckland building firm from around the turn of the 20th century and its associations with many prominent architects.
Discovery in University library tells fuller story of noted maths professor

1 October 2020

The discovery of a mathematics professor’s prizes in the University of Auckland library has shone light on an early chapter in his life.
Te Tumu Herenga: our name and our story

10 September 2020

Ko au Te Tumu Herenga, ko te tumu herenga ko au: I am Te Tumu Herenga and the chief tethering post is me.
Copyright challenges faced by universities during lockdown and beyond

1 July 2020

Melanie Johnson is on the copyright negotiation team for Universities New Zealand. She explains the complexities behind ensuring all students had access to textbooks during the Covid-19 campus closedowns around New Zealand.
Should I be wearing gloves?

24 April 2020

Readers using rare materials in the Special Collections Reading Room have been asking this question long before wearing protective gloves became a Covid-19-related concern.
High note in rare Mozart find at University of Auckland

31 March 2020

Rare first editions of two Mozart piano sonatas have turned up in a donated volume of miscellaneous scores at the University of Auckland.
Jake Bransgrove transcribes diaries of Joseph Banks

31 March 2019

Student and University of Auckland history tutor Jake Bransgrove added to his historical knowledge with a summer project transcribing the journals and letters of Joseph Banks.
Women’s suffrage: enrolling the new electors

19 September 2018

The Auckland Women’s Franchise League gathered in 1940 to mark the 47th anniversary of women’s suffrage.
Ngā Kura Māori: The Native Schools System 1867-1969

6 October 2017

Today Kaikohe West School is a rural state primary school but between 1882 and 1969 it was known as Kaikohe Native School and was one of more than 160 Native or Māori Schools in the country.
The First Girl Graduates: The legacy of Kate Edger

27 June 2017

To celebrate the 140th anniversary of Edger’s graduation, Special Collections explores the lives of five of the University’s early women graduates.
Architectural traces in the Western Pacific Archives

7 September 2016

A selection of Western Pacific Archives items were shown to Vanuatu’s Prime Minister Charlot Salwai and his delegation during a recent visit to the University.

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