Te Kupenga

Published to mark 100 years since the establishment of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Te Kupenga looks at the history of Aotearoa New Zealand through 101 remarkable objects.

In the 1980s Prime Minister David Lange declared New Zealand a nuclear-free zone. Courtesy of Mark Denton and State Library Victoria.

Pistons made by Burt Munro for his racing Indian and Velocette motorcycles.

Publicity for a 'No Maoris — No Tour' protest meeting, Wellington, 1959.

George Nepia was one of New Zealand's first internationally renowned sporting stars.

Long before Twitter came along newspapers were capturing readers’ attention with eclectic snippets of newsy interest. Otago Witness issue 1104, 25th January 1873.

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