Soup has long been a winter favourite for keeping the body warm and healthy and the kitchen cosy, and the soup tureen provided an opportunity to celebrate it!

This photograph, taken by local photographer FN Jones, features “radium” flour and semolina from the Brightwater Roller Flour Mill.

This video by our Collections Leader Shae Trewin tells you a bit about an object we have in our collection which connects New Zealand to the Moon

In celebration of New Zealand Music Month we take a look at Nelson-born Sharon O’Neill - an icon of the New Zealand music scene who features in our photographic collection.

Around the world, cultures have been affected by the recent COVID-19 pandemic. In Aotearoa New Zealand, lockdown restrictions have interrupted traditions, such as mahinga kai, practiced by Māori of Te Tau ihu (the top of the South Island).

On 7 May 1945, Germany’s formal surrender ended the Second World War in Europe, however Victory in Europe - ‘VE Day’ - wasn’t celebrated in New Zealand until 9 May.

On 25 October 1916, two cultures came together at a special ceremony held in Whakatū/Nelson to honour and raise funds to support Māori and Pākehā WWI soldiers fighting together on the Western Front.

Hundreds of years ago hot drinking chocolate was a luxury and served thick, requiring stirring and in a special cup, like the one you see here.