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Youth, Diversity and Vitality Reflected in Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Longlist

28/1/2021

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​Books that explore issues of identity, domestic life, war, food, our natural world and our people are among the 40 works of poetry, prose and non-fiction longlisted for the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards announced today.
The works, selected from 179 entries, range from intimate to global in scale and traverse cultural, historic, artistic and imagined landscapes.

There are 13 first-time authors among the long-listees, a testament to the vibrancy of our country’s literature says New Zealand Book Awards trustee Jenna Todd. 

“There is such vitality in this year’s longlist, demonstrated by a diverse group, and including young and first-time authors. Half of this year’s Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction longlistees are debut novelists, which is extraordinary. They sit alongside some of our greatest living writers.

“There’s a year’s worth of reading here for those seeking considered perspectives on our modern zeitgeist, for readers wanting to be wowed by the beauty of art and nature, or for those wanting to escape into imagined realities.
“With writing and publishing of this calibre, it’s no surprise that New Zealand’s book boom continues.”

Revenue from sales of New Zealand-published adult books captured by Nielsen BookScan in 2020 was up 12.5 percent on the year before, despite the challenges of the pandemic. Submissions to the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have increased by 16 percent over the last two years.

The Awards also attracted a new sponsor this year. Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand has secured naming rights to the Illustrated Non-Fiction category for the next five years.

Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand chair Juliet Blyth says the association – which celebrates its centenary this year – is beyond delighted to support the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, and the authors and illustrators who contribute so much to our cultural life. “Booksellers around the country hold these awards in high esteem, and the impact the awards have on sales of New Zealand books is immediate.

“Throughout 2020, booksellers around the country enjoyed the support of many New Zealanders reading more and buying locally. We wanted to demonstrate our appreciation, on behalf of our members, by giving back to the industry, the writers, the illustrators and the publishers who have created so many wonderful stories for booksellers to put on their shelves,” says Ms Blyth.
 
The 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards longlisted works are: ​
Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction 
Nothing to See by Pip Adam (Victoria University Press)
Bug Week by Airini Beautrais (Victoria University Press)
Remote Sympathy by Catherine Chidgey (Victoria University Press)
Sprigs by Brannavan Gnanalingam (Lawrence & Gibson)
Victory Park by Rachel Kerr (Mākaro Press)
The Swimmers by Chloe Lane (Victoria University Press)
Fake Baby by Amy McDaid (Penguin, Penguin Random House)
2000ft Above Worry Level by Eamonn Marra (Victoria University Press)
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason (Fourth Estate, HarperCollins)
Toto Among the Murderers by Sally J. Morgan (John Murray Press, Hachette)
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Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry
The Savage Coloniser Book by Tusiata Avia (Victoria University Press)
Funkhaus by Hinemoana Baker (Victoria University Press)
Far-Flung by Rhian Gallagher (Auckland University Press)
National Anthem by Mohamed Hassan (Dead Bird Books)
Wow by Bill Manhire (Victoria University Press)
Goddess Muscle by Karlo Mila (Huia Publishers)
Pins by Natalie Morrison (Victoria University Press)
This is Your Real Name by Elizabeth Morton (Otago University Press)
I Am a Human Being by Jackson Nieuwland (Compound Press)
Magnolia by Nina Mingya Powles (Seraph Press)
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Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction
Marti Friedlander: Portraits of the Artists by Leonard Bell (Auckland University Press)
Hiakai: Modern Māori Cuisine by Monique Fiso (Godwit, Penguin Random House)
An Exquisite Legacy: The Life and Work of New Zealand Naturalist G.V. Hudson by George Gibbs (Potton & Burton)
Observations of a Rural Nurse by Sara McIntyre (Massey University Press)
Shining Land: Looking for Robin Hyde by Paula Morris and Haru Sameshima (Massey University Press)
Off the Beaten Track: Hunting Tales from the New Zealand Back Country by Dave Shaw (Bateman Books)
Colin McCahon: Is this the Promised Land? Vol. 2 1960-1987 by Peter Simpson (Auckland University Press)
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Nature — Stilled by Jane Ussher (Te Papa Press)
Karl Maughan edited by Hannah Valentine and Gabriella Stead (Auckland University Press and Gow Langsford Gallery)
Endless Sea: Stories Told Through the Taonga of the New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui te Ananui a Tangaroa by Frances Walsh and Jane Ussher (Massey University Press)
General Non-Fiction Award
The Mirror Steamed Over: Love and Pop in London, 1962 by Anthony Byrt (Auckland University Press)
Crossing the Lines: The Story of Three Homosexual New Zealand Soldiers in World War II by Brent Coutts (Otago University Press)
Not in Narrow Seas: The Economic History of Aotearoa New Zealand by Brian Easton (Victoria University Press)
Bus Stops on the Moon: Red Mole Days 1974-1980 by Martin Edmond (Otago University Press)
Specimen: Personal Essays by Madison Hamill (Victoria University Press)
This Pākehā Life: An Unsettled Memoir by Alison Jones (Bridget Williams Books)
Te Hāhi Mihinare |The Māori Anglican Church by Hirini Kaa (Bridget Williams Books)

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The Dark is Light Enough: Ralph Hotere a Biographical Portrait by Vincent O’Sullivan (Penguin, Penguin Random House)
You Have A Lot to Lose: A Memoir 1956-1986 by C.K. Stead (Auckland University Press)
Towards Compostela: Walking the Camino de Santiago by Catharina van Bohemen (The Cuba Press).

The 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards shortlist of 16 titles will be announced on 3 March 2021. The winners, including the four MitoQ Best First Book awards, will be announced at a public ceremony on 12 May during the 2021 Auckland Writers Festival.  

To find out more about the longlisted titles go to http://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards/2021-awards/longlist/

The Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, which offers $57,000 to the winner in 2021, will be judged by writer and reviewer Kiran Dass; books editor and award-winning feature writer Paul Little; and writer Claire Finlayson, former Programme Director of the Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival. They will be joined by an international judge, whose identity will be revealed in March 2021, to decide the ultimate winner from their shortlist of four.
 
Finalists and the ultimate winner in the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry will be selected by writer, poet, academic and 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards finalist Briar Wood (Te Hikutu ki Hokianga, Ngāpuhi Nui); teacher and award-winning poet and novelist Anne Kennedy; and professor of English at the University of Otago Jacob Edmond.
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The Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction will be judged by Dale Cousens (Ngāruahine) of the National Library of New Zealand; bookseller and former publisher Brian Phillips; and writer, multi-award-winning graphic designer and magazine art director Jenny Nicholls.
 
The General Non-Fiction Award will be judged by editor and associate professor of English at the University of Waikato Sarah Shieff; filmmaker and lecturer in Māori history at Victoria University Wellington Arini Loader (Ngāti Raukawa, Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Ngāti Whakaue); and Dunedin bookseller Michael Yeomans.
 
The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are supported by Ockham Residential, Creative New Zealand, Jann Medlicott and the Acorn Foundation, Mary and Peter Biggs CNZM, MitoQ, Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand and the Auckland Writers Festival.
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Your guide to reading happiness

28/1/2021

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Now your readers can find and borrow ebooks and audiobooks from your library in just a few taps with Libby, OverDrive’s award-winning free app.
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With Libby, readers can:
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Learn more about why Libby is trusted by millions of library patrons around the world.

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KETE -  new online review site for NZ Books

28/1/2021

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Kete (www.ketebooks.co.nz) was developed in July 2020 thanks to a grant from Creative New Zealand to provide a place for New Zealand books to be listed and reviewed. It was initially conceived as we watched numerous magazines disappear, threatening to leave NZ books out of our daily lives. Thankfully, post lock-down, things are looking a little more positive for the books of Aotearoa with a number of key magazines returning to the market and new publications starting up. However, we still see value in providing a place for the books of Aotearoa to be showcased alongside the work of other authors from Aotearoa.
 
And we continue to be a place for reviews of local work. Dionne Christian (former deputy editor of Canvas and Arts/Books Editor for the New Zealand Herald) is the Reviews Editor for Kete. She is always keen to hear from people with a specialist interest in or knowledge of Aotearoa books who are keen to review or compile helpful articles directing readers to our country’s books.
 
Kete aims to translate approximately 25% of its reviews into te reo Māori, a service which may be of interest to library users.
 
The Coalition for Books – which manages Kete – is an organisation formed in 2019 encompassing a number of key organisations in literature in Aotearoa. As such, the Coalition has been successful in accessing funding to continue review work for Kete in the first half of 2021 (at least), which means that reviewers are remunerated for their work. Prospective reviewers should contact Dionne Christian at reviews@ketebooks.co.nz with a brief background paragraph, outlining relevant qualifications or experience, specific interests or expertise (e.g. specific genre of interest, science fiction, young adult fiction, etc.) and – if available – a sample (or link to a piece) of their written work.  She is especially keen to hear from those with an interest in Young Adult and science fiction/speculative fiction.
 
The Coalition has an agreement with Stuff that means reviews from Kete are reproduced in print and online by Stuff, and therefore all reviewers are asked to sign a contract outlining the standard fees for 400-600 word and 1000+ word reviews, along with acceptance that the copyright of reviews belongs with the Coalition, the moral right is the reviewers, and that the Coalition may share
the Review with other publishers, in which case the Coalition will require the Reviewer be attributed, but the Reviewer will not be entitled to further payment or royalty.
 
The parties acknowledge that there may be re-publication on social media and accept that the Coalition has no responsibility for the adequacy of attribution in those circumstances. All reviewers are paid on acceptance of the review for publication by Dionne Christian.
 
Reviews can be submitted in a variety of forms – personal response is welcome (see examples here: https://www.ketebooks.co.nz/all-book-reviews/nouns-verbs-etc-fiona-farrell and https://www.ketebooks.co.nz/all-book-reviews/navigating-the-stars-witi-ihimaera-www.ketebooks.co.nz/all-book-reviews/navigating-the-stars-witi-ihimaera-lmz9z ) and a positioning of the work in question within the NZ literary landscape is always welcome. Kete is designed for the average reader of New Zealand books – we aim to highlight new publications on a regular basis, and list all recently published books in New Zealand as per data from Nielsen. We will also add in details for self-published works if authors/publishers contact us but encourage everyone to ensure they list details of their work with Nielsen for accuracy and completeness.
 
The search function under New Books is worth playing around with as we try to tag books with as many useful identifiers as we can.
 
You can also subscribe to the Kete weekly newsletter which highlights new publications, new reviews on Kete, and new reviews elsewhere in the media of New Zealand books. Kete also publishes the latest bestseller lists for New Zealand books on a weekly basis, and this is included in the newsletter on a Thursday lunchtime.
 
Kete also houses a calendar of literary events which may be of use to local libraries.
 
We are always open to suggestions from users and contributors – and we look forward to hearing from the libraries of Aotearoa!
 
 

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National Librarian visits Papaioea

28/1/2021

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Newly appointed National Librarian, Rachel Esson, gave her first public talk in Palmerston North yesterday. We are delighted to share this transcript of her inspiring talk.

​Rachel was welcomed by LIANZA President, Anahera Morehu, Te Rōpū Whakahau Tumuaki, Anahera Sadler, and past Te Rōpū Whakahau ​Tumuaki, Cellia Joe-Olsen. 

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Photo credit: Ana Pickering
Rachel began her talk by saying:

​ "It’s an absolute pleasure to be here this evening and as you may have picked up from my pepeha, the Manawatu and Papaioea - Palmerston North is somewhere that is very special to me. I spent a lot of my childhood here. My father was a scientist at the research station stations out here and his speciality was cicadas, which is why I had an image of one accompanying my pepeha.
This is my first official talk as National Librarian outside of the National Library and it feels very appropriate that it should be here."

​A transcript with accompanying slides follows:

Section 9

Acknowledging the Past
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​In this picture you can see the previous National Librarian, Bill Macnaught with myself and the current LIANZA President, Anahera Morehu. This was taken at the LIANZA Conference in 2019. We are presenting Bill with his Fellowship. I love this photo because of the colour and the smiles but also, it is about acknowledging the contribution that the National Librarian makes both in their role to libraries in Aotearoa and their personal contribution to supporting professional associations, like LIANZA. (Applause)
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LIANZA Conference 2019
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​Another photo acknowledging the past is this photo of me with my parents, it was taken when we were shifting to Nelson. Although I was born in Palmerston North we did move around a bit but we did keep coming back and that was there they ended up. We did just, at the end of last year, sell the family house they were in. So, it’s bitter-sweet being here in that regard. The caption for this photo reads something like “Jim and Angela Esson and little Rachel”. (Laughter)

[The caption from this Nelson April 1966 photo news issue reads “Jim and Angela Esson and little Rachel, have come to Nelson from Wellington. Jim is an entomologist with the D. S.I.R.”]
Role of the Pouhuaki – National Librarian

It is a real privilege to be in a role that has a unique title (Pouhuaki). This title came about through Kommiti Maori who have been an established group since 1989, providing advice and support to the National Librarian. The chair of the committee, Evelyn Tobin, was asked for feedback on the job description and from that sent through a suggestion for the title. It’s inspiring, it’s a privilege and it comes with significant expectations to be a mentor and a stalwart; to protect, preserve and share the nation’s memories for the people of Aotearoa and beyond. And I will do my utmost best to live up to that
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​The name is based on the pepeha and waiata written by Whia Bella Tarawhiti for Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa 
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Kōkiri, kōkiri, kōkiri!
Whakarongo ake au ki ngā reo o te motu
E karanga mai ana
Huakina mai ngā tatau o tō whare
Kia Mahi Tahi tātou, kia inu ai mātou
I Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa

The message from the people clearly asks us to open our doors so that we may work together and share the information held in Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa. The title is a unique and original compound word that illuminates the role of the National Librarian as on the slide. 
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Photo credit: Mark Beatty, National Library
When I began in this role on December 17, I was welcomed into it with a whakamana - an uplifting. Because I already worked with the national Library it wasn’t appropriate to have a whakatau so I was really privileged to have colleagues around me that could develop the tikanga around this whakamana. How it worked was that there were a number of people and we sat around He Tohu with te Tiriti, He Whakaputanga and the women’s suffrage petition. It felt very appropriate to be there and I really did feel the wairua of those documents. Dale Cousin’s karanga sent absolute chills and we could feel the wairua of being there.
A whakamana is not as formal as a whakatau, colleagues were able to come forward and talk about their hopes for the national library and for me in the role. This photo montage is of a few of those who spoke, including Anahera Morehu and Ana Pickering who spoke for LIANZA. 
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Photo credits: Mark Beatty, National Library
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Photo credit: Mark Beatty, National Library
It really felt like there was a change moving me from Director of Content Services into this new role. I also got a chance to speak. In my speech, I said three things: I thanked my colleagues and my family; I acknowledged the role of libraries and the importance they have in our society – the contribution they can make to our communities; and the third thing was my commitment. My commitment to being in the role and my commitment to the National Library team. I committed to working in partnership; to keep learning; and to be honest and courageous.

​Then I asked my colleagues to do the same, particularly to be honest and courageous because when you are in a role like National Librarian you can’t do your best if you are working in isolation and if people aren’t telling you the things that you need to hear.
​So, like I did at my whakamana, I am committing to those same things with the library community, with the library sector. I am committing to work in partnership; I am committing to keep learning and I am committing to being honest and courageous. I need you to do the same. I need you to work with me, because I can’t be that stalwart and mentor without help from all of you.

This photograph shows Honiana Love, Pou Ārahi of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, and Courtney Johnson who’s the CE of Te Papa, and myself. I think it signals a change – it wasn’t that long ago that those roles were filled with a different demographic. ​
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Photo credit Mark Beatty, National Library

Role of the Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa
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The National Library is more than just a concrete bunker in Wellington; it’s more than just the services that we provide; it is part of a network of libraries in Aotearoa (I like to think it is a vital part); it’s part of an international network of libraries. The national Library was built in 1965. It amalgamated the Alexander Turnbull Library, School Library Services, and the General Assembly Library. It’s currently structured into five areas: Content Services; Services to Schools, DigitalNZ, Alexander Turnbull Library; and our public engagement team, who connect the knowledge in the collections with communities.
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According to the National Library Act, the purpose of the National Library
Purpose of National Library is:
to enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations by, as appropriate,--
(a) collecting, preserving, and protecting documents, particularly those relating to New Zealand, and making them accessible for all the people of New Zealand, in a manner consistent with their status as documentary heritage and taonga; and
(b) supplementing and furthering the work of other libraries in New Zealand; and
(c) working collaboratively with other institutions having similar purposes, including those forming part of the international library community
This last part in particular sets where we are. We are not just that concrete monolith; we are not just that network of services; we are part of the fabric of libraries in Aotearoa and libraries across the world. 

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Looking to the Future
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We have strategic directions. We developed these a few years ago. Turning Knowledge into Value and Looking Forward to 2030 talks about our aspirations and they are grouped into three key themes: 
Removing barriers to sharing knowledge and ideas if we are to increase innovation, solve real-world problems and generate economic value; improving literacy to boost social participation and provide skills to work in a high-productivity economy; and addressing issues related to social cohesion and discrimination that stem from a culturally diverse population, allowing us to enjoy the benefits of that diversity.

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Taonga National – we are looking into a National Documentary Heritage Framework

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Tāhuhu – a series of programmes the government is funding including a new archives building that will be next door to the National Library and joined with an air bridge.

There is also a shared regional repository. It gives us an opportunity to have some of those conversations about how we manage collections across New Zealand and continue to have those discussions about documentary heritage – where are the gaps? Where are the overlaps? What are our priorities? How do we make sure that things are being well looked after and well preserved?

​Reading – the Nation of Readers strategy. This is something where the National Library has a really key role to play but we know we are not the only ones. The Ministry of Education, PLNZ, School Librarians. We know there are a whole range of people with a vested interest in supporting reading throughout New Zealand.  The reason it is important to support reading because literacy, reading for pleasure, is one of the things that give good outcomes regardless of socio-economic situation in studies across a whole range of measures as helping with success in life. New Zealand’s literacy rates are not great at the moment so we need to invest.

Alongside our Nation of Readers strategy we have our Reading Ambassador role. The nominations for that have just closed. We had a significant number of nominations. It’s going to be really exciting – seeing who is appointed to that role. This is run through the Te Puna Foundation. The role will help go out with some of those messages but also help connect some of the work that’s being done across the sector.

​The One Knowledge Network – one of the key things about this is digitisation but the other important part of it is the NZ Libraries Partnership Programme. This comes from the COVID recovery money that the previous government and Minister, Tracey Martin, who was really instrumental in advocating for the role of libraries and the importance of libraries in supporting communities post-COVID.

We know that in times of economic downturn, public libraries see an increase in use, particularly supporting people who are job seeking or up skilling. The Government has invested significantly.

We have over 100 librarians that are going to be in positions around the country in public libraries working in areas like community engagement, digital inclusion, working with iwi Maori and really uplifting what public libraries are aiming to provide to support their communities.

​We are very conscious that this funding is for a limited amount of time so we are asking – what are the discussions we can have now – the plans we can put in place now so we are ready when that funding comes to and end it isn’t just a cliff that people can fall off.  So, we will be starting to have some sector discussions all around the country and with different kinds of libraries (not just public libraries)
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Te Paea Paringatai, Helen Tait, Hon Tracey Martin Carolyn Robertson 2010 and Bill Macnaught. Photo credit: Paula Eskett

​Section 9: Functions and powers of National Librarian
(1AA)The National Librarian has all the powers necessary to perform and carry out the functions and duties imposed on the National Librarian by or under this Act.
(1) The functions of the National Librarian, in achieving the purpose of the National Library, are--
(d) to promote co-operation in library matters with authorities and other persons in New Zealand and elsewhere;
​Again – I am particularly interested co-operation. Because we are a small country, so we have some resourcing challenges but we also have opportunities to work together. We are not like Australia, where they have a State and Federal system, which can make things a bit difficult. We actually have some extraordinary opportunities. I said this to the national Library team, when it was announced that I had the role, “I think our time is now”. I think we can leverage things like Tāhuhu, like the NZLPP, the reading ambassador – we’ve got investment, we’ve got the certainty of a government governing alone for the next few years and a government that is supportive of libraries. Let’s work together to make the most of it! 
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Areas to consider could include supporting the development of nationally organised and funded infrastructure and creative programmes; revising nationally co-ordinated monitoring and evaluation in relation to a hybrid service; sharing guidelines and best practice on the delivery of new or emerging services; exploring the potential of the regional; setting out the pros and cons of certain functions sitting at national, regional, local and hyperlocal levels; and exploring the potential of a national body to co-ordinate e-book licensing and lending.
There will be some challenges – copyright will be a gnarly one but we can contribute to that conversation. Workforce development is an ongoing thing – we want diversity in our libraries, we want them to be reflecting our communities and that’s an ongoing challenge. We also have the National Digitisation Strategy, digital preservation as a service and open access strategies. But I also see all these challenges as opportunities. 

LIANZA & IFLA
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Last year was supposed to be the year that we hosted the IFLA World Library Congress (WLIC). Wow… However, it is important that we remain connected to the global library community. There are things that we can do together as a global library community that we can’t do on our own. LIANZA is our connection to IFLA, it is the important professional body in New Zealand, it’s the way you get to know colleagues across library sectors and where you get to learn to chair meetings, it’s where you get to do presentations in a friendly environment and it’s where you get your professional development. 
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Photo credit: Rachel Esson
So, I really encourage you to keep your connection with LIANZA, keep being part of that community and then, look out beyond Aotearoa and make those connections through the international opportunities with IFLA. We haven’t given up, it may not be a WLIC and it may not be any time soon but there will be other IFLA opportunities.

​​And so, to wrap up, although our context is so, so different I couldn’t help but be struck by the words of the young poet Amanda Gorman who recited her poem The Hill We Climb at President Biden’s inauguration – her message of unity and working together is what I will strive for as Te Pouhuaki, a mentor and stalwart to protect, preserve and most importantly share so that we can achieve together.
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By Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States - 210120-D-WD757-2466, CC BY 2.0
And yes we are far from polished
far from pristine
but that doesn't mean we are
striving to form a union that is perfect
We are striving to forge a union with purpose
To compose a country committed to all cultures, colours, characters and
conditions of man
And so we lift our gazes not to what stands between us
but what stands before us
We close the divide because we know, to put our future first,
we must first put our differences aside
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