Nau Mai, Haere Mai

He Purapura Marara Scattered Seeds Digital Archive preserves Ōtepoti Dunedin’s living history through stories, photographs, memories, and voices. Bringing together community contributions, contemporary photographic records and treasures from Dunedin Public Libraries’ Heritage Collections, the archive offers an inclusive, collaborative space celebrating both past and present. By capturing everyday life alongside major events, our aim is to keep the city’s collective memory alive for future generations.

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Heritage Collections

Heritage Collections includes the McNab New Zealand Collection, the Alfred and Isabel Reed Collection, and Special Collections.

Cedars of Lebanon

Reed Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection

Paul S Allen Collection

Southern Heritage Trust

Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature

Dunedin Punch and Otago Punch

McNab Maps Collection

Visions for Dunedin: Our Heritage, Our Future

The Southern Heritage Trust’s regular monthly Visions talks, in partnership with Dunedin Public Libraries and Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga,

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