Exhibitions
Erebus Remembered: Flight TE901
On 28 November 1979, Air New Zealand flight TE901 crashed on the slopes of Mt Erebus, Antarctica, with the loss of...
Provenance of Power - Constitutional Documents
New Zealand has a constitution – it is just not all written down in a single document. Instead, it has a...
Walter's World: The Nash Collection
From food to fascism, from world travel to world wars, Walter Nash kept everything. His papers provide an insight...
Women's Suffrage Petition
When Governor Glasgow signed the Electoral Bill on 19 September 1893, New Zealand became the first self-governing...
He Tohu
He Tohu, a new permanent exhibition showcasing three iconic constitutional documents that shape Aotearoa New...
Settlers, Squatters and Surveyors: Shaping the Canterbury Settlement 1848-1851
Veteran surveyor, Captain Joseph Thomas, armed with instructions to select, survey and prepare a site for the...
Refer to Gold Fields Secretary
This exhibition showcases some of the most significant documents created in the course of the administration of the...
Politicians' Papers
Archives New Zealand holds the papers of many former Prime Ministers and Ministers of the Crown.
These are...
War Art Exhibition
War Art Online brings together a diverse collection of about 1,500 artworks covering major conflicts involving New...
Goldmining in the Coromandel
Alluvial gold was first discovered in the Coromandel in the 1850s, and the area was declared a goldfield in 1862...