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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

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

Shared Reading at Shirley Library
Series

Sep 2nd | 10:30am - 11:30am

Shirley Library

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Listen to a short story and a poem as a group and then break it down and discuss it. Discover interesting and thought-provoking reading.

Event

Fendalton - Introduction to the Media Conversion Station
Series

Sep 2nd | 10:30am - 11:30am

Fendalton Library

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Learn about how to convert your photographs, videos, cassettes, film negatives, slides or floppy disks into digital files.

More about WORD Christchurch
 

Te ao Māori events

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

Event

Shortland Pounamu: WORD Christchurch Festival 2026

Sep 4th | 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Tūranga

Ngāi Tahu Archive panellists Atholl Anderson, Helen Brown, Takerei Norton, and Michael Stevens share the story of the Shortland Pounamu.

Event

Kawhe Reo ki Tūranga

Sep 14th | 11:00am - 1:00pm

Tūranga

Grab a coffee from the café and join us for some Māori language themed kēmu (games), a kōrero (chat) or explore our te Reo Māori resources.

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

Shared Reading at Shirley Library
Series

Sep 2nd | 10:30am - 11:30am

Shirley Library

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Listen to a short story and a poem as a group and then break it down and discuss it. Discover interesting and thought-provoking reading.

Repair, Revive & Rewear: Clothing Repair & Visible Mending

Sep 17th | 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Tūranga

Got a favourite item that's torn, worn, or in need of a little TLC? Join us for a hands-on clothing repair and visible mending session.

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 video, podcast, 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 te raru ki tai?" by Sørly, Rita
"Kua kore tōku mataku"
"Kia hīteki i te rā whakanui māmā" by Wilson, Norah, 1981-
"Kupe me te wheke nui a Muturangi" by Tait, Mat, 1970-
"Ko ngā whetū raupī o Matariki, ko Pōhutukawa rāua ko Hiwa-i-te-Rangi" by Kamo, Miriama, 1973-
"Ngā maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau" by Wilson, Michelle
"Kua kore tōku mataku"

Non- Fiction

"Lucky You're Tough" by Law, Mark (Helicopter pilot)
"A Bushman's Book of Yarns" by Gibson, Sam
"501s" by Gillies, Angus, 1965-
"Bird Land" by Hall, Ken, 1960-
"Another Day Like Yesterday" by Clapshaw, Guy
"Captain Cook and the Unsettled Afterlives of Empire" by Ballantyne, Tony, 1972-
"A Bushman's Book of Yarns" by Gibson, Sam
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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