Blog: Discovering New Zealand’s Queen of Crime

Blog: Discovering New Zealand’s Queen of Crime

April is the birth month of Dame Ngaio Marsh (1895-1982), one of New Zealand’s most famous authors and theatre directors. Crowned a Queen of Crime (alongside Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Margery Allingham), Dame Ngaio holds international acclaim for her...
Docuvan announces collaboration with NZMS

Docuvan announces collaboration with NZMS

As distributors and resellers of high-end scanning equipment, Docuvan cater to a broad range of industries within Oceania. Their diversity of customers include government, libraries, galleries and art houses, through to banks, utilities, manufacturers, wholesalers,...
Blog: Te Waipounamu and the Black Maps

Blog: Te Waipounamu and the Black Maps

Image above: Original 4 mile maps of Province & Southern Alps by Von Haast, R22668133 [CH1031/BM 193], held by Archives New Zealand/Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Christchurch Regional Office. To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week), we have...
Blog: The Chelsea Sugar Refinery's Disgruntled Poet

Blog: The Chelsea Sugar Refinery's Disgruntled Poet

Image above: Colonial Sugar Company works at Chelsea, Birkenhead, Auckland. Price, William Archer, 1866-1948: Collection of postcard negatives. Ref: 1/2-000291-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22323187 The coral pink building of the...
NZMS Covid-19 Update

NZMS Covid-19 Update

Our Auckland office is operating under Alert Level 3 restrictions, while our Christchurch and Wellington offices are following Alert Level 2 restrictions. Our staff have returned to the office to resume working on digitisation and microfilm projects. NZMS has put...