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NZ Music Month Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa
May is New Zealand Music Month. Find out about music events at libraries, and explore our music resources.
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NZ Music Month Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa
May is New Zealand Music Month. Find out about music events at libraries, and explore our music resources.
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Get your Library on at Open Christchurch: Fri 1 to Sun 3 May
Open Christchurch 2026: 52 open buildings, 6 guided walks, and a range of special activities (from expert talks and tours to workshops).
New Zealand Sign Language
Find out more about New Zealand sign language and browse NZSL resources. NZ Sign Language Week is from 4 to 10 May 2026.
Our Insect Neighbours exhibition: 21 March – 17 May 2026
Christchurch City Libraries and Canterbury Museum bring you a closer look at the hidden world of insects. Te Pito Huarewa Gallery, Tūranga.
Archaeology
New Zealand Archaeology Week is from Saturday 2 to Sunday 10 May 2026. Browse our archaeology resources - books, magazines, and more.
Get your Library on at Open Christchurch: Fri 1 to Sun 3 May
Open Christchurch 2026: 52 open buildings, 6 guided walks, and a range of special activities (from expert talks and tours to workshops).
New Zealand Sign Language
Find out more about New Zealand sign language and browse NZSL resources. NZ Sign Language Week is from 4 to 10 May 2026.
Our Insect Neighbours exhibition: 21 March – 17 May 2026
Christchurch City Libraries and Canterbury Museum bring you a closer look at the hidden world of insects. Te Pito Huarewa Gallery, Tūranga.
Archaeology
New Zealand Archaeology Week is from Saturday 2 to Sunday 10 May 2026. Browse our archaeology resources - books, magazines, and more.
Featured
Get your Library on at Open Christchurch: Fri 1 to Sun 3 May
Open Christchurch 2026: 52 open buildings, 6 guided walks, and a range of special activities (from expert talks and tours to workshops).
eResources
eResources
I want to listen: eResources you can listen to
Explore eResources you can listen to — eAudiobooks and Music. Free with your library membership.
Why wait? Listen now on uLibrary
These eAudiobooks are exclusive to uLibrary and available right away.
Talking Books Book Club
Join the Talking Books Book Club from uLibrary. This month's title is After the Rain by Aisling Smith.
I want to listen: eResources you can listen to
Explore eResources you can listen to — eAudiobooks and Music. Free with your library membership.
Why wait? Listen now on uLibrary
These eAudiobooks are exclusive to uLibrary and available right away.
Talking Books Book Club
Join the Talking Books Book Club from uLibrary. This month's title is After the Rain by Aisling Smith.
Featured
I want to listen: eResources you can listen to
Explore eResources you can listen to — eAudiobooks and Music. Free with your library membership.
For Readers
For Readers
New For You - May 2026
New For You is a monthly selection of new books, topical titles, and hidden gems — chosen especially for you by our book buyers!
New this week
Every week we publish just ordered, new fiction, and new non-fiction lists. Find out the newest titles added to the library collection.
True crime reading guide
Truth can be stranger than fiction and just as gripping - read tales of murder, investigations, trials, and the wrongfully imprisoned.
Fantasy fiction reading guide
Find Fantasy authors you might like to try and reading lists for a range of Fantasy sub-genres including Epic, Grimdark, and Romantasy.
New For You - May 2026
New For You is a monthly selection of new books, topical titles, and hidden gems — chosen especially for you by our book buyers!
New this week
Every week we publish just ordered, new fiction, and new non-fiction lists. Find out the newest titles added to the library collection.
True crime reading guide
Truth can be stranger than fiction and just as gripping - read tales of murder, investigations, trials, and the wrongfully imprisoned.
Fantasy fiction reading guide
Find Fantasy authors you might like to try and reading lists for a range of Fantasy sub-genres including Epic, Grimdark, and Romantasy.
New For You
New For You - May 2026
New For You is a monthly selection of new books, topical titles, and hidden gems — chosen especially for you by our book buyers!
New titles
New titles
Join the library. It's free!
Kia ora and welcome to Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi - join online now.
Just added
Just Added
Plant it Forward: Houseplant Cutting Share/Swap, part of a series
Plant it Forward! Share, swap and select new houseplants cuttings at our pop-up plant propagation station.
Kia ora Te Kaha! Share your pics of One New Zealand Stadium
We want your pictures of the stadium and the site, past and present, to give them a permanent home in the city’s memory
Craft Snippets with Gina Russell
May 27th | 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Gina Russell, co-founder of Papahoa Fibreworks, wiil give a live demonstration showing how linen begins its journey from plant to fibre.
Fly, Wild Swans is waiting for you in BorrowBox
The long-awaited sequel to Wild Swans, Fly, Wild Swans is available now in BorrowBox.
Plant it Forward: Houseplant Cutting Share/Swap, part of a series
Plant it Forward! Share, swap and select new houseplants cuttings at our pop-up plant propagation station.
Kia ora Te Kaha! Share your pics of One New Zealand Stadium
We want your pictures of the stadium and the site, past and present, to give them a permanent home in the city’s memory
Craft Snippets with Gina Russell
May 27th | 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Gina Russell, co-founder of Papahoa Fibreworks, wiil give a live demonstration showing how linen begins its journey from plant to fibre.
Fly, Wild Swans is waiting for you in BorrowBox
The long-awaited sequel to Wild Swans, Fly, Wild Swans is available now in BorrowBox.
Explore
Plant it Forward: Houseplant Cutting Share/Swap, part of a series
Plant it Forward! Share, swap and select new houseplants cuttings at our pop-up plant propagation station.