Tim Kong

Tim leads the fine people of Digital Experience, who maintain and manage the library’s digital discovery services. These services provide access and discoverability to many other parts of the library and include the National Library, DigitalNZ, Digital Pasifik and Papers Past websites. This team work to continuously improve these services based on user feedback and engaging with communities and colleagues.

Tim is Fijian-Chinese and Pakeha. His heritage is informed by the lived experience of growing up in South East Asia for the first 18 years of his life. He joined the National Library in 2020, to lead the Pacific Virtual Museum project. Previously he had worked at the Service Innovation Lab in DIA, as well as periods of time as a roadie touring with British bands and a decade as a primary school teacher and a deputy principal.