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Holiday hours
Christmas and New Year holiday hours 2023 / 2024
Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete me te Tau Hou. Check our hours and services over Christmas and New Year 2023 / 2024.
Rangatahi - Teens
Sanctuary Exhibition: Ōtautahi Creative Spaces at Tūranga, part of a series
Dec 10th, All day
Amplifying the voices of rangatahi artists, Sanctuary explores the power of creativity for wellbeing, set within a cosy living room space.
Tamariki - Kids
Best of 2023 for Kids and Teens
Our selectors choose the best new titles for tamariki and rangatahi for 2023. Find books that excite, enthuse, enthral and inform.
Local history
QUIZ: The Twelve (slightly tenuous) Days of Christmas
Work your way through the 12 local history questions of this quiz loosely based on the famous Christmas song.
Te Ao Māori
Whakanuia Kirihimete: Celebrating Christmas
Dec 15th | 11:15am - Dec 21st | 2:30pm
Various locations
Join Māori & Multicultural Library Services for Christmas card making and Pasifika decorations.
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Comics Plus Children's Library
Read all the comics with unlimited access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels and manga suitable to children and teens under 16.
Comics Plus
Read all the comics with unlimited access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels and manga, For ages 16+.
Creativebug
Unlimited access to thousands of online art and craft video classes.
Crafty Christmas from Creativebug
Craft projects for a range of abilities, from easy to do with kids to those with craft super skills.
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For Readers
New For You
Best of 2023
Best of 2023
What reads, watches & listens have you enjoyed this year? Find out what staff and customers loved in 2023 - have your say and win prizes!
New Titles
New Titles
Explore the latest eAudiobooks, eBooks, fiction, large print, non-fiction, & stuff for kids and teens.
Reading recommendations - Fiction
Short stories reading guide
Looking for something you can read easily in a lunch break? Find short stories in a range of genres, hand-picked by librarians.
Reading recommendations - Non-fiction
Popular science reading guide
Popular science takes science and makes it engaging and interesting to read. We recommend some great popular science titles and authors.
Join the library. It's free!
Kia ora and welcome to Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi - join online now.
Picnic in the Park - Barrington Park
Jan 26th | 11:00am - 12:30pm
Barrington Park
Bring your blankets & whānau for a sausage sizzle and picnic, fun and games with a Storywalk, giant board games and crafts.
Taiohi Ngāhau - Christmas Dance Party
Dec 15th | 5:00pm - 7:30pm
Come on down and get your boogie on and join us in Tūranga to welcome in Kirihimete with a banger. Spot prizes to be won, free, no bookings
Unfinished and Funny Business
Unfinished Business exhibition reveals the fascinating history of unusual Ōtautahi Christchurch schemes that never took off. 13 Dec-14 Jan.
Ngā Kōrero Auaha – Creative Stories
We talk to creators who have made things happen with Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi.
