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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

Make @ Tūranga Lunchtimes: Matariki earrings
Series

Jun 19th | 11:45am - 12:30pm

Tūranga

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Celebrate Matariki by creating some earrings using pre-designed templates! Choose your design, shape, material, size, & earring hook type.

Event

Matatiki Board Game Club - ages 15+
Series

Jun 19th | 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Matatiki Hornby Centre

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New to board games? A seasoned strategist? Somewhere in between? Come along, meet new people, and enjoy the selection of board games.

More about WORD Christchurch
 

Te ao Māori events

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

Event

Celebrate Matariki with Dr Hinemoa Elder FULLY BOOKED

Jun 19th | 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Tūranga

Join bestselling author & psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder for a thoughtful and engaging session on the Māori lunar calendar, manaaki and more.

Event

He kai kei āku rika - Matariki Whānau Day

Jun 20th | 10:00am - 3:00pm

Tūranga

Join us for a day of whānau / family fun including stalls with a special focus on food sovereignty and food security.

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

Make @ Tūranga Lunchtimes: Matariki earrings
Series

Jun 19th | 11:45am - 12:30pm

Tūranga

View all dates

Celebrate Matariki by creating some earrings using pre-designed templates! Choose your design, shape, material, size, & earring hook type.

Stop Motion Workshop - Magic and Make-Believe

Jul 8th | 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Shirley Library

Discover the magic of animation as you create your very own story in this stop motion workshop.

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

"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-
"Rere atu ki Poronihia" by Paul, Tangaroa
"The Other Catherine" by Keenan, Lauren

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-
"Keep Calm We Are Coming" by Crosby, R. D.
"The Clean" by Langston, Richard, 1959-
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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