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The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, collects, preserves, and shares Aotearoa New Zealand’s knowledge and stories for everyone. This Flickr Commons account shares images from our collections. These images are made available for reuse and discovery, to support research, creativity, and storytelling about Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Customs Street East, Auckland, 1924

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  • blightsmite said:
    Where is everyone? Where is anyone?

Grotto in an iceberg, photographed during the British Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1913, 5 Jan 1911

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  • Janus said:
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  • Jens Roesner said:
    Simply stunning to see these shots hundred years after the fact. They seem so fresh and clear and considering the conditions and equipment there and then, I think they are humbling for today's photographers.
  • National Library NZ on The Commons said:
    @J e n s - considering the conditions, the equipment and the downright enormous gloves I have to agree - they're almost miraculous. -- Courtney
  • Robert Carrier said:
    Incredible.
  • SharkBait1313 said:
    great proportion. I didn't realize how big it actually looked until i saw the ant-sized people on the bottom. Took my breath away.

Sailing ship Examiner in the Port Chalmers graving dock, February 1893

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