FREE: Family History Workshop: Australian and Pacific Island Research
Central City Library
Whare Wānanga, Central Library, Level 2,
44 Lorne Street, Auckland CBD, Auckland
Saturday 6 December 2025 10:30am - 2:30pm
Bookings essential. Book via Eventfinda
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Please bring your own laptop and your Australian and/or Pacific Island research.
10.30am-1pm:
Presentation: Research in Australia – resources on the shelves and online (includes tour of family history collection, focusing on GEN and AUS).
- Also includes an overview of Pacific Island resources
- Opportunity for hands-on learning how to fill in a pedigree chart and family group sheets.
- BYO laptops to practice live-guided searching.
- Interactive discussion about difficulties encountered, and tips and tricks for overcoming them.
- Discuss discoveries found.
- Learning from each other – family historians are very collaborative and enjoy working together.
1pm: Tour of Research Centre
1.30pm: Lunch
2.pm: Research: After lunch, join us for hands-on research afternoon where attendees are welcome to stay and continue their research, assisted by staff if needed. Learning by doing, allowing attendees to reinforce what they learned in the morning.
Research Central closes at 5pm
This workshop is one of a series focussed on "countries of interest."
Upcoming workshops:
*England and Wales - Saturday 7 March, 2026
*Scotland - Saturday 2 May, 2026
*Ireland - Saturday 1 August, 2026
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Illuminate Market 2026 is this Saturday 28th March!
With every Illuminate Market, we’re proving that diversity of mind is a strength! 💪
Recreate NZ's annual Illuminate Market is taking place this Saturday 28th March at Mt Albert War Memorial Hall & Reserve.
At Illuminate Market you can:
✨ Meet and purchase products from a wide range of disability-led microenterprises
✨ Experience performing arts and creative workshops from the disability community
✨Learn more about Moxie, Recreate NZ's work experience and training programme for young people with disabilities
✨Hear from and meet world-ranked T54 wheelchair racer and disability advocate, Jaden Movold (Guest Speaker & MC)
✨Participate in fun activities for the whole family
✨Enjoy delicious food from our vendors (vegetarian, vegan and GF options available)
✨Connect with friends, whānau, neighbours, colleagues and the wider community
Illuminate Market 2026
🗓️Sat 28th March, 4pm – 8pm
📍Mt Albert War Memorial Hall & Reserve
Free entry, all welcome!
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