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For over a decade, the Department of Internal Affairs has led cross government collaboration to shape digital services around the moments that matter most to New Zealand citizens.
Mahara is a flexible portfolio platform that helps learners deepen their connection to learning. The latest release builds on what already works, with improvements across the experience for learners, educators, and administrators.
Koha is built by the libraries that use it. Every release has improvements contributed by communities around the world, so the updates in the latest release benefit everyone. Here's what's new in Koha 26.05.
Read Koha tips and tricks for updating your holiday hours, extending due dates, using carousels to display new items, and where to find additional resources.
Read insights on what it means to be kaitiaki of digital taonga from Aleisha Amohia, Chris Cormack, and Wainui Witika-Park’s presentation at the LIANZA 2025 Conference.
Koha, the most widely used open source global library system, is set to be celebrated across Wellington, with KohaCon25 returning to the city 17-23 November 2025.
Learn how Jessie Street National Women's Library preserves Australian history in Koha library software, honouring the stories of women and Aboriginal Torres Strait Island people.
Aleisha Amohia, Technical Lead – Rōpū kohinga at Catalyst, shares insights from the Everything Open conference, held in Tarntanya (Adelaide), South Australia in January 2025.
Alex Buckley, Rōpū kohinga developer at Catalyst, shares the flexibility of solutions like Koha, DSpace, and VuFind and how they can care for collections.