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Tamariki - Kids
Join us for school holiday fun and learning
We have bookable programmes & free activities on in libraries. The holidays run from 25 September to 8 October.
Rangatahi - Teens
Graffiti art
25 September to 8 October
Selected libraries
Express yourself and create your own unique signature! Free, no bookings required. This is an unsupervised activity.
Te Ao Māori
Te Hokinga a mai… Te Rā – the Māori Sail
"Undoubtedly the biggest question on everyone’s lips is where does Te Rā come from and who made it? ... I feel Te Rā belongs to all of us."
Local history
Christchurch Heritage Festival 6 - 23 October 2023
Explore the interesting and fun local history events, exhibitions, and activities on at the Christchurch Heritage Festival.
Explore
New Zealand Geographic Archive
Over 600 in-depth features about natural history and culture. Includes NZGeo TV which contains hundreds of hours of natural history video.
National Geographic Virtual Library
The digital archive of the world-renowned magazine National Geographic.
Together We Read: Remember me 27 September-11 October 2023
Together We Read digital book club Remember me by Charity Norman. Read - or listen - on the Libby app from OverDrive.
MyHeritage Library edition
Family history/genealogy resource including more than 6 billion historical records from around the world
Newsletters
Sign up to get email updates about new books & more.
For Readers
New Titles
New Titles
Explore the latest eAudiobooks, eBooks, fiction, large print, non-fiction, & stuff for kids and teens.
Reading recommendations - Fiction
Horror fiction reading guide
Recommended reading lists for a range of horror fiction sub-genres, horror authors to try, and other horrific resources.
Reading recommendations - Non-fiction
Reading recommendations - Non-fiction
History, biographies, science and more - find your next favourite factual read at the library.
Join the library. It's free!
Kia ora and welcome to Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi - join online now.
Christmas Balls Knitting Workshop
Dec 4th | 10:30am - 12:00pm
Get ready for Christmas with gorgeous Norwegian style knitted Christmas Balls. Not suitable for beginners. Free, no bookings required.
Sustainable Wrapping
Dec 20th | 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Design and create a fabric bag to keep or gift using material and other supplies gathered from the stash swap.
Sustainable Gift Wrapping, part of a series
Come and learn some sustainable gift-wrapping techniques, great for the lead up to Christmas! Some materials will be provided but please…
Quake-damaged South Library and Service Centre to be rebuilt
Oct 04, 2023
Councillors have supported a recommendation from the Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board and decided on a full rebuild.
