Editing National Library of New Zealand (section)

===Origins===
The National Library of New Zealand was formed in 1965 when the General Assembly Library, the Alexander Turnbull Library, and the National Library Service were brought together by the National Library Act 1965.

The General Assembly Library was founded from money voted by Parliament in 1856 and soon became "a magnificent national treasure house in a splendid building".<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Parliamentary Library |url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/visit-and-learn/how-parliament-works/fact-sheets/history-of-library/ |publisher=[[New Zealand Parliament]] |access-date=1 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126190315/https://www.parliament.nz/en/visit-and-learn/how-parliament-works/fact-sheets/history-of-library/ |archive-date=26 November 2021 |date=29 January 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> From its beginnings until it became the National Library, it always comprised a parliamentary information service of documents and newspapers plus an extensive library of international research and literature.<ref>Parliament's Library 150 Years, John E. Martin, Crown Copyright, 2008.</ref>

The Alexander Turnbull Library was founded in 1920 and grew to hold a "comprehensive collection" of primarily New Zealand culture and history, Māori and non-Māori.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Turnbull Library Collections |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/collections/a-z/alexander-turnbull-library-collections |publisher=National Library of New Zealand |access-date=1 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020073810/https://natlib.govt.nz/collections/a-z/alexander-turnbull-library-collections |archive-date=20 October 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> The National Library Service, established in 1945, was made up of four divisions: the Country Library Service, the School Library Service, a National Library centre and Library School in Wellington.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Country Library Service – Mobile Books!|url=https://digitalnz.org/stories/5d33bfe31257575e249c6c9b|access-date=14 September 2021|website=DigitalNZ|publisher=National Library of New Zealand|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219041720/https://digitalnz.org/stories/5d33bfe31257575e249c6c9b|archive-date=19 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>