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August 2024

 

Haere mai, welcome to our Aotearoa New Zealand newsletter. Explore new books, upcoming events, and heritage collections.

 

WORD Christchurch Festival 2024

Revisit WORD Christchurch 2024 - read our event reports, and find works by WORD writers in our collection.

More about WORD Christchurch
 

Te ao Māori events

Discover te ao Māori events at libraries - from book groups to whakapapa research.

Event

Me Kōrero Tātou
Series

Apr 30th | 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Shirley Library

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Let's speak and build our te reo Māori skills together! Join us for a friendly kōrero, share your learning and learn from others.

Event

Rangahau-ā-Iwi: Ngāti Pikiao

May 5th | 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Tūranga

Interested in Iwi history and research? Come along to our Iwi Research event where the focus this month will be Ngāti Pikiao.

More te ao Māori events
 

New For You - Aotearoa New Zealand - August 2024

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.

More New For You
 

Featured

Blog Post

Local Lives Lived! - a Family History Month exhibition

Katherine gives us a sneak peek at some of the local characters featured in August's Local Lives Lived exhibition.

Staff List

Papanui Library Book Club March 2026

Books read by the members of the Papanui Library book club.

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Family history eResources

Explore online resources for researching family history and genealogy.

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Pukapuka hou - New titles

NZ fiction

"The Ballad of Joe Taihape" by Colquhoun, Glenn, 1964-
"The End and the Beginning" by Holdom, K. J.
"The Black Monk" by Grimshaw, Charlotte, 1966-
"A Fake Betrothal for the Duke" by Shepherd, Eva
"Black Velvet & Vengeance" by Challinor, Deborah, 1959-
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Te reo Māori

"Kupe me te wheke nui a Muturangi" by Tait, Mat, 1970-
"Te akaaka rauwhero" by McGarvey, Haturini
"Rere atu ki Poronihia" by Paul, Tangaroa
"W mō wahine toa" by Matata-Sipu, Qiane
"Seeking A Will" by Hinton, Emma
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NZ non-fiction

"A Year at Awakino Station" by Mathisen, Jaz
"Honu and Blue's Sealife Clues" by Smith, Jez
"Aotearoa in Bloom" by Clare, Rachel
"Ngā Kakahu Māori O Mua" by Mead, Sidney M., 1927-
"Keep Calm We Are Coming" by Crosby, R. D.
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Discover Canterbury

Explore our Picturing Canterbury and Discover 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.

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