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August 2025

 

Haere mai, welcome to our Aotearoa New Zealand newsletter. Explore new books, upcoming events, and heritage collections.

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Look back at WORD Christchurch Festival 2025

The Festival is over for the year. Read librarian reports on WORD events.

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New Listens on uLibrary

New and exclusive to uLibrary. Available now with no waitlists.

Staff List

Asomdwe ne Komm Wā whakatā FingerTip Faves: March 2026

The Fingertip Team share their favourites from March.

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Challenges to Human Existence: Hong's Picks for WORD 2025

Menopause, resilience, and AI - Hong's WORD Christchurch picks all have a common theme of "challenges", and some great non-fiction reads.

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Teresa’s Picks: NZ fiction & couture: WORD Christchurch 2025

Teresa shares what she's looking forward to at this year's WORD Christchurch festival, on from 27 to 31 August 2025.

More WORD Christchurch
 

New For You - Aotearoa New Zealand - August 2025

Have a taste of home-grown books! Here are some of our best New Zealand new arrivals for this month. Fiction, Essays, Cooking, and more.

More new NZ books
 

What's on

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Tamil Collection Tūranga Launch: Fri 22 August 5.30pm-7.30pm

Anaivarukkum vanakkam அனைவருக்கும் வணக்கம் The library is launching its Tamil Language Collection on Friday 22 August, join us to celebrate.

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NZ Chinese Language Week: 31 August - 6 September 2025

Nĭ hăo! New Zealand Chinese Language Week 2025 is on from 31 August - 6 September. Find out what's on.

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New Listens on uLibrary

New and exclusive to uLibrary. Available now with no waitlists.

Staff List

Asomdwe ne Komm Wā whakatā FingerTip Faves: March 2026

The Fingertip Team share their favourites from March.

See what's on
 

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Family history eResources

Explore online resources for researching family history and genealogy.

Explore family history
 

Pukapuka hou - New titles

Non-Fiction

"Alone in the World" by Lancewood, Miriam, 1983-
"Be Brave" by Dreaver, Barbara
"The ANZAC Table" by Reynaud, Daniel, 1958-
"Blue Is A Cracked Vase in Memory" by Ensing, Riemke, 1939-
"Aotearoa New Zealand"
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"Be Brave" by Dreaver, Barbara
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Fiction

"The Black Monk" by Grimshaw, Charlotte, 1966-
"Remodelling Murder" by Scanlan-Dyas, Nic
"Other People's Bodies" by Reed, Megan Nicol
"The Bone People" by Hulme, Keri, 1947-2021
"Reaper" by Symon, Vanda, 1969-
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"Remodelling Murder" by Scanlan-Dyas, Nic
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Te reo Māori

"Kupe me te wheke nui a Muturangi" by Tait, Mat, 1970-
"The Whale and the Snapper" by Van Dam, Jo
"Te akaaka rauwhero" by McGarvey, Haturini
"Aroha" by Elder, Hinemoa, 1966-
"W mō wahine toa" by Matata-Sipu, Qiane
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"The Whale and the Snapper" by Van Dam, Jo
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More NZ new titles
 

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New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults

The winners of the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced.

Read the winners
 

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VJ Day in Christchurch - 15 August 1945

15 August 2025 marks 80 years since the final surrender of Japan and the end of the Second World War. What was VJ Day like in Christchurch?

More about VJ Day
 

Picturing Canterbury

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

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John Britten: Picturing Canterbury

Born in Christchurch in 1950, John Britten found fame as the designer of motorcycles. The Britten Museum opened Wednesday 18 February 2026.

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