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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.

Event

Simplify Your Life: Ageing Positively Week

Oct 20th | 10:30am - 12:00pm

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and Community Centre

Learn some tips and tricks from professional de-clutterer Liz Zhang to help you downsize and organise your belongings.

Event

Ngā Pakiwaitara - Bilingual Storytimes
Series

Oct 20th | 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.

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

Oct 20th | 10:30am - 11:00am

Tūranga

View all dates

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

Event

WHAIAO presents: Folk Tales Performance

Oct 23rd | 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre

Dark tales from the folklore of two cultures come together, to bewitch and inspire. with Kim Te Pairi Garrett and Lizzie Tollemache.

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
 

Local history events

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.

Event

Simplify Your Life: Ageing Positively Week

Oct 20th | 10:30am - 12:00pm

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and Community Centre

Learn some tips and tricks from professional de-clutterer Liz Zhang to help you downsize and organise your belongings.

Horroromance (because love is terrifying) 🫀

When you want a love story but to also to be frightened. Love is a battlefield, but also sometimes a slaughterhouse.

More about Women of the Wheel
 

Aotearoa NZ eResources

Family history eResources

Explore online resources for researching family history and genealogy.

Bridget Williams Books BWB Online Collections

Deep, rich and high-quality New Zealand non-fiction eBooks brought together online.

New Zealand Geographic

Writers, photographers and scientists tell the story of NZ in this online magazine archive. Includes videos, podcasts, and photography.

NewsBank - Access New Zealand

The largest online collection of national, regional, rural, and local news sources from across the North and South Islands.

More Aotearoa NZ eResources
 

Pukapuka hou - New titles

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-
"Black Velvet & Vengeance" by Challinor, Deborah, 1959-
"Banjara" by Chandra, Shana

Te reo Māori

"He aha tāku e rongo nei?" by Tapiata, Hana
"He kete kiwaha" by Black, Hona
"He aha te raru ki tai?" by Sørly, Rita
"Kia hīteki i te rā whakanui māmā" by Wilson, Norah, 1981-
"He iti te kupu" by Black, Hona
"Ko Lisa Carrington me te tohu tainanakia"
"He kete kiwaha" by Black, Hona

Non- Fiction

"Dirty Work" by Hager, Nicky, 1958-
"Another Day Like Yesterday" by Clapshaw, Guy
"Lucky You're Tough" by Law, Mark (Helicopter pilot)
"A Bushman's Book of Yarns" by Gibson, Sam (Trapper)
"Home Again" by Toogood, Jon
"Roadscapes" by Smith, Derek, 1957-
"Another Day Like Yesterday" by Clapshaw, Guy
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.

More Canterbury images
 
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