Library news and events

Poetry Week (23-27 Mar)

02 Apr 2026

Two events - (Open Mic) Beanbag Poetry Recite and Poetry Competition

International Women's Week

05 Mar 2026

International Women's Day has been expanded at VUW Library to a whole week!

New docking stations

24 Feb 2026

There are 140+ new docking stations throughout VUW libraries.

Library orientation

03 Feb 2026

The Library's Runsheet for February/March

Author of the month: Elizabeth Knox

03 Feb 2026

Each month, we share a New Zealand author's resources and archives.

Lunar New Year

27 Jan 2026

17 Feb: All welcome to join fun activities starting from 11am - 1pm.

Author of the month: Patricia Grace

12 Jan 2026

Each month, we share a New Zealand author's resources and archives.

Banned & Challenged Books | a research project

24 Nov 2025

There's a new curated digital collection that acknowledges the issue of banned and challenged book from around the world. Relda Matthews shares her Masters in Information Studies (MIS) project that inspired the collection.

Open Access Week (20-26 Oct)

13 Oct 2025

Secure your spot at this year's Open Access Week webinars on this year's theme - Who Owns Our Knowledge?

Wan Solwara host to student work

09 Oct 2025

Catch Zac Naufahu's work currently on display at the entrance of Wan Solwara.

Mental Health Awareness in the Library

30 Sep 2025

Stress-free study week (week 12) and 3 mental health activities on Level 2 Kelburn Library

Exciting new guide for postgraduate library research skills

17 Sep 2025

Explore this book, share with your peers, and take your research to the next level.

Elements Academic Profile Health Check

15 Sep 2025

Critical work is underway to update academic staff profile information in Elements. Find out more about the help and support available to you.

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori ki Te Pātaka Kōrero

15 Sep 2025

14-20 September is Te Wiki o te Reo Māori and this year it is the 50th anniversary.

AI generation: What do Librarians look like?

08 Sep 2025

A study showing Librarian stereotyping using ChatGPT.

100 hours in the Library

27 Aug 2025

100 hours with the Library and what that looks like, with Thomas Liggett

Maintenance: Kelburn & Commerce Libraries

26 Aug 2025

Maintenance will see Rutherford House closed on Sunday 31 August, and Kelburn Library will have no water from 8pm Friday through to Sunday 31 August.

Milestone for Open Textbook Publication

06 Aug 2025

Announcing the publication of the University’s first open textbook under the CAUL Open Educational Resources Collective.

80th Anniversary of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Bombings

24 Jul 2025

Exhibition showcases 30 graphic photo posters illustrating the devastation of atomic warfare. It is available to view now until 1:30pm 20 August in the Glass room in Kelburn Library.

Rainbow Reads

16 Jul 2025

Landing right on time in our curated collections on Te Waharoa for Pride Festival 2025 - Rainbow reads.

Former Staff Library Membership

04 Jul 2025

The Library announces a new Library membership for former permanent full- and part-time staff. Details can be found on the Library Website.

Start the semester strong

01 Jul 2025

with a tour of Kelburn library and a lecture on how to effectively use our resources.

Library AI discovery week

23 Jun 2025

Discovery and experiment with Library AI research assistants during their development phase.

Lego Play Day

03 Jun 2025

Head to Te Aro Campus to play with some lego in the Library

Samoan Language Week

23 May 2025

The Library is poised to celebrate Samoan Language Week (26-30 May) with a launch ceremony in Wan Solwara Monday morning.

Helpful links: All you need to know for exams

21 May 2025

Styling through university - here's 10 links to perform at your best.

Changes to how you Discover and Access resources and why it is happening

15 Apr 2025

From the 15th April you will notice a slight change to how you login to Te Waharoa and also access resource.

Week 7 in the Library (7-11 April)

04 Apr 2025

We know you're busy finishing off assignments and studying for tests. Be in the know about where to study.

Poetry submissions on display

01 Apr 2025

Submissions for the Library's Poem Competition are up on display on Level 2 of Kelburn Library.

World Poetry Week at the Library (17-23 March)

11 Mar 2025

World Poetry Week (17-23 March) has something for everybody!

International Women's Week (10-16 March)

06 Mar 2025

The Library is celebrating International Women's Day for the whole week (10-16 March).

Stout Collection

06 Mar 2025

A new search tool on the Library website now links the physical and digitised material held across the Stout Collections alongside biographical information on Sir Robert Stout, Sir Duncan Stout, and Dr Robert Stout.

Student Learning & Library UNI101 session

18 Feb 2025

Student Learning and the Library will be running two study skills sessions - 1-2pm, Tuesday 4 March & Thursday 6 March, in AM106.

Orientation Week: Library edition

11 Feb 2025

Four things that Library is offering during Orientation Week...

Waitangi Day (public holiday)

03 Feb 2025

A few things to be aware of during Waitangi Day this week.

Library antics during Tau Mai Week

28 Jan 2025

‘Tau’ can mean to land, alight, or settle. The word 'mai' indicates the direction towards the speaker—so together the name is an invitation to settle/land with us/here. Find out more about what’s planned for Tau Mai Week below.

Staff Expo 2025 - Mahi ki te whare wananga

28 Jan 2025

Seek out the Library table in the Hub at the 2025 Staff Expo - Mahi Ki Te Whare Wananga, from 11:30am - 1:30pm Monday 10 February.

Piloting monitor docking stations

14 Jan 2025

Level 2 Kelburn Library at the South Entrance are eight new docking stations for Library visitors to plug in their own devices.

Lunar New Year 2025

14 Jan 2025

The Library is collaborating with staff from around the University to provide a Lunar New Year celebration. Come join us from 11am to 1pm on the 27 January on Level 2 of Kelburn Library.

Artwork Replaced on Level 2

19 Dec 2024

Te Taratara ā Kae and the Glass room on Level 2 will be receiving new artwork Wednesday morning 11 December.

Law library study space improvements

27 Nov 2024

We value your earlier feedback about better placement of furniture styles in the Law Library, so we're taking action.

Level 3 Kelburn Reading Room closed

25 Nov 2024

Level 3 Reading Room is closed temporarily for a month for maintenance.

Solomon Islands Pidgin Language Week

25 Nov 2024

Solomon Pidgin is spoken by at least 420,000 people and has been studied in depth by scholars.

Papua New Guinea Language Week

12 Nov 2024

10-16 November is Papua New Guinea Language Week 2024 and the Library has a book display of some selected titles for your perusal.

Self service machine help

05 Nov 2024

New posters at our self service machines

Institutional Repository System upgrade

05 Nov 2024

There is a planned upgrade to the Library's institutional repository (12 Nov)

Tokelau Language Week

30 Oct 2024

The Library has on display some selected titles to support Tokelau Language Week 2024.

Cassyni - Our event hosting platform

21 Oct 2024

Cassyni - For hosting, organising and publishing seminars and online hosted events.

Niue Language Week

16 Oct 2024

Te Pātaka Kōrero—The Library celebrates Niue Language Week (13-18 Oct)

New Digital Collection - NZ authors

30 Sep 2024

Do you share your October birthday with a NZ author?

Tuvalu Language Week

27 Sep 2024

Tuvalu Language Week is celebrated this year from 29 Sept - 5 Oct.

Mental Health Awareness Week

20 Sep 2024

Mental Health Awareness Week (23-27 September)

Te Wiki o te reo Māori

11 Sep 2024

Te Pātaka Kōrero—The Library is celebrating Māori Language Week (16-20 Sept) with different activities.

Sustainability | Conservation Week (2-6 Sept)

30 Aug 2024

The Library is celebrating sustainability and conservation awareness next week (2-6 Sept)

Library Bookmarks

14 Aug 2024

The Library have new bookmarks -- they can be found at our Service Points and will be at our Open Day tables in Kelburn and Te Aro library entrances (23 August).

10 locations to visits at Kelburn Library - Study Break tip

12 Aug 2024

The mid-trimester Study break starts from Monday 19 August and runs until Monday 1 September. Find some of our best locations at our Kelburn Library.

Cook Island Language Week

05 Aug 2024

From 4-10 August, Te Pātaka Kōrero—The Library celebrates Cook Islands Māori Language Week.

Matariki at the Library

24 Jun 2024

Keep an eye out for the Matariki whetu walls at all campus libraries. Write a note in alignment with either Matariki, Pōhutakawa or Hiwi-i-te-rangi and pick up a lollipop!

Law Open Textbook awarded CAUL grant

20 Jun 2024

Custodial Remand Before Trial or Sentence has been awarded a Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) Open Educational Resources (OER) Collective open textbook grant. The grant will assist with copy editing and peer reviewers.

Book displays on YouTube shorts

04 Jun 2024

Find all of our Kelburn Library displays as YouTube short.

Te Waharoa's new function: Person entities

28 May 2024

Person entities provide direct access to information about prominent beings, living or deceased, fictional and real. Below are some simple user guides.

Local Contexts

28 May 2024

Local Contexts is an international organisation, founded in 2010, which grew from the need to address the wide range of intellectual property issues around asserting ownership and cultural authority over Indigenous knowledge, data, and physical material. This is represented by a series of metadata tags indicating Indigenous interests. These can be used by institutions, researchers, and Indigenous groups who want to acknowledge any connections or interests in their work.

Global Accessibility Awareness Day

13 May 2024

Highlighting our services and resources that provide support to staff and students with accessibility and disability needs.

NZ Sign Language Week 2024

06 May 2024

Te Herenga Waka and Te Pātaka Kōrero - The Library celebrates NZ Sign Language Week (6-12 May)

NZ Music Month 2024

01 May 2024

May sees Te Pātaka Kōrero - The Library celebrate NZ Music Month

Outage notice: JSTOR eBook System Update

24 Apr 2024

From next week access to some JSTOR eBooks may be temporarily unavailable due to a system update.

Lest we forget - ANZAC day

24 Apr 2024

Te Pātaka Kōrero - The Library remembers those who fought abroad during the 20th Century by curating an ANZAC day digital collection and more.

World Book and Copyright Day

22 Apr 2024

Browse our past book displays on our YouTube channel, and scroll through our digital collection to find yourself in a book this World Book and Copyright Day (23 April).

World Earth Day

22 Apr 2024

There were no legal or regulatory mechanisms to protect our environment, so in 1970, Senator Gaylord Nelson created World Earth Day as a way to force this issue onto the national agenda.

World Poetry Day

21 Mar 2024

World Poetry Day (21 March) is celebrated at our library annually and sees a pool of resources shared across our digital channels.

International Women's Day

07 Mar 2024

Te Pātaka Kōrero—The Library proudly supports International Women's Day by pooling together a selection of our broad collection.

Temporary digital collections

06 Mar 2024

Short-term digital collections are available on Te Waharoa under the Collections tab.

Virtual Library tours

27 Feb 2024

Te Pātaka Kōrero—The Library has created virtual tours for those Library users who wish to familiarise themselves with our library spaces.

Kelburn Library Level 1 returns slot

02 Feb 2024

Kelburn Library Level 1 book returns now available

QR codes for the Library's bookable study spaces

02 Feb 2024

New QR code posters have been placed on the doors of the Library's bookable study spaces. Everyone with a VUW email address can scan the poster and access the online Library Calendar for that room to see if and when the room is booked, and if free, book the room yourself.

Online Chat Service

27 Nov 2023

Te Pātaka Kōrero—The Library, Victoria University of Wellington is happy to launch our new online chat service.

Library hours and online chat service

21 Nov 2023

On 27 November, our service hours are changing, but our opening hours are not—you can still study until midnight!

Fiji Language Week

11 Oct 2023

Tuesday 10 October, Fijian Independence Day, saw the KaiFiji Student Association celebration of Fijian Language Week 2023 in Wan Solwara, Level 2 of Kelburn Library.

World Vegetarian Month

03 Oct 2023

Te Pātaka Kōrero—The Library is supporting World Vegetarian Month by releasing our resources, staff recipes and more to you throughout the month.

Chinese Language Week

28 Sep 2023

Tuesday 19 September from 11am to noon, the Chinese Student Association celebrated Chinese Language Week.

Te Pātaka Kōrero—The Library celebrates Te Wiki o te reo Māori

06 Sep 2023

Nau mai, haere mai! Te Pātaka Kōrero – The Library are holding and supporting many events to celebrate Te wiki o te reo Māori (11-17 September).

Matariki

11 Jul 2023

The kaupapa for Matariki this year is Matariki Kāinga Hokia (Matariki calls you home).

Te reo interface - Te Waharoa

06 Apr 2023

We are very excited to introduce the new te reo Māori interface for Te Waharoa.

New University Librarian announced

02 Dec 2022

Congratulations to Trish Wilson on her new role as Te Paetara—University Librarian which will formally commence on Wednesday 11 January 2023.

Engaging our Library users

24 Nov 2022

The Library cares about user experience (UX).

Capital City Campus (1988)

27 Oct 2022

The Library's Heritage and Archives team have unearthed video gold.

New database—SPORTDiscus

11 Oct 2021

Access now available to one of the best databases for articles about sports science and health.

New subscription access to nkoda sheet music app

02 Sep 2021

Get sheet music on your phone, tablet, or desktop computer.

New database—Victorian Popular Culture

26 Aug 2021

Lose yourself in the world of music halls, circuses, fairgrounds, travelling shows, seances, stage magic, and hypnosis.

Sustainable Development Collection

28 Jul 2021

Looking for books, journals, or videos about sustainability? Explore the new Sustainable Development Collection.

New publication with contribution from our library team

18 Dec 2020

We’re very happy to announce the publication of a new book with a chapter from our very own Trish Wilson, Katy Miller, Marcus Harvey and Aubrey Kirkpatrick.

Central Discovery Index (CDI) - the new powerhouse behind Te Waharoa search results

05 Nov 2020

Early this morning we flipped the switch for Te Waharoa to begin using the new Central Discovery Index (CDI)...

Search Library resources by course code

06 Aug 2020

The Library home page now features a new search widget, “Search for resources by course”, that allows searching Library resources by course code.

Tips for using library eBooks

24 Jul 2020

With more books available online here's a quick reminder of some tips for using library eBooks.