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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

Ngā Pakiwaitara - Bilingual Storytimes
Series

Jun 23rd | 10:30am - 11:00am

Tūranga

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Nau mai hoki mai rā, join us every Tuesday between 10:30-11am for our Ngā Pakiwaitara, bilingual story times.

Event

Ngā Waiata Rongonui
Series

Jun 24th | 10:30am - 11:00am

Linwood Library

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Join Tuahine Justice as she sings and dances her way through te ao Māori with Ngā Waiata Rongonui.

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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.

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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.

Video

Period pieces on Kanopy

Watch movies and TV series set in a range of historical periods on Kanopy with your library card.

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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 Antiquarian's Object of Desire" by Holton, India
"Banjara" by Chandra, Shana
"Archangel's Eternity" by Singh, Nalini, 1977-
"The Black Monk" by Grimshaw, Charlotte, 1966-
"The Ballad of Joe Taihape" by Colquhoun, Glenn, 1964-
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Te reo Māori

"A Ariā me te motu pouākai" by Ihimaera, Witi, 1944-
"The Other Catherine" by Keenan, Lauren
"Ko ngā whetū raupī o Matariki"
"Pepeha Portal" by Tikao, Ariana, 1971-
"Kupe me te wheke nui a Muturangi" by Tait, Mat, 1970-
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NZ non-fiction

"A Year at Awakino Station" by Mathisen, Jaz
"The Clean" by Langston, Richard, 1959-
"The Good Settler" by Shaw, Richard, 1964-
"Let's Go Native" by Hessell, Guy
"Haunted by Erewhon" by Robinson, Roger, 1939-
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More NZ new titles
 

Discover Canterbury

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

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NZ Music Month: Picturing Canterbury

Christchurch City Libraries celebrates NZ Music Month during May every year. Here are some musical highlights from Canterbury Stories.

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