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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

Crafternoon Delight at Matatiki Hornby Centre
Series

Dec 20th | 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Matatiki Hornby Centre

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Looking for a moment of calm? Join us for a drop-in wellbeing craft session. Bring your own materials and enjoy working on your project.

Event

Crafting for Wellbeing - Christmas star
Series

Dec 20th | 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Tūranga

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Celebrate the festive season with us and make a star decoration to hang on your Christmas tree!

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

Jan 8th | 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: Ngāi Tahu

Feb 3rd | 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Tūranga

Interested in Iwi history and research? Come along to our Iwi Research event where the focus at this session will be Ngāi Tahu.

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

Crafternoon Delight at Matatiki Hornby Centre
Series

Dec 20th | 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Matatiki Hornby Centre

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Looking for a moment of calm? Join us for a drop-in wellbeing craft session. Bring your own materials and enjoy working on your project.

Brick your Book at the Library competition 2026

In conjunction with Imagination Station celebrate International Lego Day and Brick Your Book at the Library. LEGO prizes to be won!

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

"1985" by Hoey, Dominic, 1977-
"Against the Grain" by Turkby, Bing, 1973-
"58% Too Far" by Noordermeer, M. A.
"All Her Lives" by Horrocks, Ingrid, 1975-
"After the War" by Fenton, Patricia, 1949-
"The Amber Owl" by Marillier, Juliet, 1948-
"Against the Grain" by Turkby, Bing, 1973-

Te reo Māori

"Ara" by Elder, Hinemoa, 1966-
"Hare Pota me te pakohu kura huna" by Rowling, J. K., 1965-
"Birdsong" by O'Rourke, Maris
"He pō maumahara" by Tamanui, Virginia
"E Kō, Nō Hea Koe" by Bennett, Matariki
"How Many Times?" by Tipene, Tim, 1972-
"Hare Pota me te pakohu kura huna" by Rowling, J. K., 1965-

Non- Fiction

"Mana" by Iti, Tame Wairere, 1952-
"Taniwha" by Bishop, Gavin, 1946-
"Eat Wild" by Merkens, Sophie
"Garrison World" by Macdonald, Charlotte
"Tuhoe" by Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931
"New Zealand Place Names" by Dowling, Peter
"Taniwha" by Bishop, Gavin, 1946-
More NZ new titles
 

Discover Canterbury

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

Christmas trees for Antarctica: Picturing Canterbury

S.W. Skudder and I. Radovanovich with Christmas trees destined for Antarctica, 1980. An image from Canterbury Stories.

More Canterbury images
 
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