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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

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

"The Kennedys and the Windsors" by Hallemann, Caroline
"Rebirth" by Issa, Antoun
"Coastline" by Robinson, Ben
"The Theater" by Verini, James
"Freedom Round the Globe" by Pearsall, Sarah M. S.
"Big Sky" by Pascoe, Bruce, 1947-
"Rebirth" by Issa, Antoun
More history

New Zealand history

"Styx Mill Oral History Collection" by Styx History Group
"Kicking up A Storm" by Rea, Ken
"Ngāti Kuia" by Williams, Madi
"The Good Settler" by Shaw, Richard, 1964-
"The Clay That Connects Us"
"Haunted by Erewhon" by Robinson, Roger, 1939-
"Kicking up A Storm" by Rea, Ken
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

Staff List

Redwood Reads July 2026

What the library staff and Book Group members have been reading and recommending this month.

Event

Workshop: Writing about Artefacts: WORD Christchurch

Sep 6th | 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Tūranga

Book a workshop with Heather McQuillan and use fabulous artefacts as writing prompts. Create new stories and poems. Ages 11 and over.

 

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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