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Youth Week - 18 to 24 May 2026
Library events for Youth Week include Junk journalling, Bullet journalling, and Making friendship bracelets.
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Youth Week - 18 to 24 May 2026
Library events for Youth Week include Junk journalling, Bullet journalling, and Making friendship bracelets.
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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.
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.
Matariki: Māori New Year
Join us in June for exciting free Matariki and Puaka activities and events for you and your whānau to enjoy.
Tabletop Tūranga: Friday 5, Saturday 6, & Sunday 7 June 2026
Enjoy a free festival bringing together game lovers, creator, and curious newcomers for demos, workshops, talks and play.
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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.
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.
Naxos World Featured Albums
Listen to these Naxos World Featured Albums or choose from over 18,000 others.
eResources
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
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
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Ingrid Horrocks' All her lives is available now on Libby
No wait! Read the Ockham Award prize winner for fiction today. All her Lives by Ingrid Horrocks is available now in Libby.
International Booker Prize 2026
Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from Mandarin Chinese by Lin King is the winner of the International Booker Prize 2026.
Author Talk: Jason Tiatia - Sāmoan Made Simple
May 25th | 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Join us for a lunchtime talanoa with author Jason Tiatia author of new book, Sāmoan Made Simple.
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.
Explore
Ingrid Horrocks' All her lives is available now on Libby
No wait! Read the Ockham Award prize winner for fiction today. All her Lives by Ingrid Horrocks is available now in Libby.