April 2025

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New For You - Aotearoa New Zealand - April 2025

Have a taste of home-grown books! Here are some of our best New Zealand new arrivals for this month. Fiction, Biography, Poetry, and more.

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What's on

Hoake ki te Taiao City Nature Challenge (24-27 April 2026)

Help put Ōtautahi Christchurch's biodiversity on the map! Come along to our City Nature Challenge events in April.

More City Nature Challenge

Exhibitions

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NZ Music Month Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa

May is NZ Music Month Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa. Find out about music events at libraries, and explore our music resources.

Blog Post

Dr Morgane Merien introduces Our Insect Neighbours

Dr Morgane Merien introduces you to Our Insect Neighbours and the exhibition on at Tūranga until 17 May.

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NZ Music Month Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa

May is NZ Music Month Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa. Find out about music events at libraries, and explore our music resources.

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Pukapuka hou - New titles

Non- Fiction

"Alone in the World" by Lancewood, Miriam, 1983-

Te reo Māori

"Kupe me te wheke nui a Muturangi" by Tait, Mat, 1970-

"Rere atu ki Poronihia" by Paul, Tangaroa

"Te akaaka rauwhero" by McGarvey, Haturini

More NZ new titles

Coming soon

Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea and Cake and Death by Gareth and Louise Ward

The highly anticipated sequel is coming! Another case to solve for the number-one bestselling Bookshop Detectives.

Sea change by Jenny Pattrick

This riveting and charming story of survival by award-winning author Jenny Pattrick celebrates tenacity, self-sufficiency, and a fierce love of home, even against dire odds.

Visas Now!: Aotearoa's response to global refugee emergencies by Murdoch Stephens

The book is essential reading for anyone interested in solidarity and advocating for humanitarian protection in a time of crisis.

Blog posts

Blog Post

Moe mai rā, e Robyn Kahukiwa

Moata considers the work of iconic Māori artist, Robyn Kahukiwa.

Blog Post

Deborah Challinor's Lady Undertaker: Black Silk & Sympathy

Fee reviews the first book in a new series by Deborah Challinor following the struggles and trials of lady undertaker, Tatty Crowe.

Blog Post

Ghostcat stirs up memories of places of the past

"Ghosts On Every Corner" brings iconic Christchurch places back to life with his miniature artworks. See our photos in Canterbury Stories.

More NZ blog posts and reviews

Picturing Canterbury

Explore our Picturing Canterbury posts for an insight into Ōtautahi Christchurch.

John Britten: Picturing Canterbury

Born in Christchurch in 1950, John Britten found fame as the designer of motorcycles. The Britten Museum opened Wednesday 18 February 2026.

More Canterbury images

Easter and Anzac Day hours

Friday 18 April: All libraries are closed on Good Friday
Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 April aren't public holidays, so libraries will be open their normal hours except Linwood Library at Eastgate and South Colombo Library will be closed on Easter Sunday.
Monday 21 April: Our central library Tūranga is open from 10am to 5pm. All other libraries are closed on Easter Monday.
Friday 25 April: All libraries are closed on Anzac Day.

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