Aug2024
Join Friends of Lutheran Archives online book launch
Join Friends of Lutheran Archives on 15 August for the online launch of Enlightened Aboriginal Futures and Sandhill Girl.
Mar2024
Explore Archives collection online
The expansive Lutheran Archives collection can now be explored online, thanks to the release of a new website showcasing the close to 2500 linear metres of records held by the archive.
Aug2023
LCA’s treasured hymnbook turns 50
A fixture in many homes and churches across the LCANZ, the ‘Lutheran Hymnal’ turns 50 this year.
Jul2023
Trans-Tasman treasures join Australian archive
by Lisa McIntosh and Rosie Schefe
With a total weight of almost a tonne and measuring more than 30 linear metres, a precious collection of documents, books, magazines, audio-visual items and photographs that tell the story of the Lutheran Church of New Zealand across 180 years were officially ‘welcomed’ to Lutheran Archives.
Mar2023
Lutheran Archives talks go live online
Lutheran Archives has opened up its stories to the whole Lutheran Church membership and beyond, with monthly talks streaming live on the Friends of Lutheran Archives (FoLA) YouTube channel.
Feb2023
Lutheran family treasure hides in plain wrapping
by Rosie Schefe
Three plastic-wrapped pallets sit in a Wellington loading dock. Not much to see here. But this 945-kilogram load holds taonga (treasure), both historical and spiritual – sacred even. This is the archive of the Lutheran Church of New Zealand, bound for Lutheran Archives in Adelaide.
