Terrified of being unable to cope with the world they look inward. The National Library seems to join them.
Read MoreAre We Becoming Little New Zealanders/Aotearoans?
National Library
How Broken is the Public Service?
Geoffrey Palmer has said that the public service has been so run down since 1984 that it could not today implement changes of the magnitude that the Lange-Douglas Government did.
Read MoreBarbarians at the Library Gates
The burning of books has a long history. That it no reason why we should add to it.
Read MoreBeethoven is a New Zealander
The National Library is still disposing books from the nation’s heritage.
Read MoreManifesto for the Text
It is time that the people demanded something be done about the parlous state of Archives New Zealand and the National Library and of public policy towards literacy and the text generally.
Read MoreWill the New Public Service Act Result in Better Services to the Public?
Fahrenheit 451
The Attack on Literacy
Ake, Ake, Ake!
We need to give greater protection to the public assets of heritage value.
Read MoreWhither Archives New Zealand and the National Library?
Proposals to change the unsatisfactory status of two vital heritage institutions are meeting strong resistance from their current host.
Read MoreNational News Brief, Monday February 16
Domestic airfare price war expected; Meridian Energy paid DoC for not opposing wind farm project; boot camp for young offenders; National Library to shed jobs; police warn about meeting internet amours in person; prices rise sharply at Birthcare
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