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August 2025

 

Haere mai and welcome to our History & Current Events newsletter.

Find great reads and resources about wars, revolutions, and extraordinary lives all over the world - in the present day, and the past.

 

Staff List

New For You - History & Current Events - August 2025

The newest additions to the collection that explore history and global issues including politics, media, climate change, racism and more.

 

New titles

History

"Queen Elizabeth II" by Vickers, Hugo, 1951-
"The Shortest History of the United States of America" by Watson, Don, 1949-
"The Chief and the Empire" by Bingham, Eugene
"Afghanistan Sniper" by Shirley, Edward, 1949-
"This Vast Enterprise" by Fehrman, Craig
"To Rule All Under Heaven" by Meyer, Andrew Seth
"The Shortest History of the United States of America" by Watson, Don, 1949-
More history

New Zealand history

"The British Monarch, Māori Chiefs & Sub Tribes of New Zealand" by MacKey-Hoterene, Beau, 1983-
"Refreshment on Rail" by McKee, Alison (Historian)
"Keep Calm We Are Coming" by Crosby, R. D.
"The First Anzacs" by Hulse, George
"The Chief and the Empire" by Bingham, Eugene
"Kicking up A Storm" by Rea, Ken
"Refreshment on Rail" by McKee, Alison (Historian)
More NZ history

Featured topic: Water pollution in New Zealand

"The Fight for Freshwater" by Joy, Mike, 1959-
"Our Freshwater 2023"
"Our Freshwater 2026"
"Our Freshwater 2020"
"The Fight for Freshwater" by Joy, Mike, 1959-
"Engineering A Better New Zealand"
"Our Freshwater 2023"
More water pollution titles
 

Blog Post

Quick questions with Mike Joy - WORD Christchurch 2025

WORD Christchurch Festival 2025 writers answer questions on libraries, books, and JOY!

 

Library events

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.

Staff List

Best of the year so far - 2026 edition | Debora's picks

Olivia Laing has rocked my reading world but there's also room for Kaveh Akbar and other stellar voices.

 

Blog Post

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?

 
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