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August 2025

 

Haere mai and welcome to our Older Adults newsletter.

Discover library services and useful information for older adults.

 

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Look back at WORD Christchurch Festival 2025

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

What's on at WORD!
 

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Family history eResources

Explore online resources for researching family history and genealogy.

Explore Family History
 

Events

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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

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.

What's on for older adults
 

What's new

New titles

"The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence" by Gracián y Morales, Baltasar, 1601-1658
"Choose your Hard" by Schofield, Grant
"Women in the Middle Ages" by Hollman, Gemma
"Beyond the Border and Other Poems" by Marshall, Owen, 1941-
"What Every American Needs to Know About the Qur'an" by Federer, William J. 1957-
"Black Out Loud" by Bennett, Geoff (Journalist)
"Choose your Hard" by Schofield, Grant
 
 

Large Print

"Yesteryear" by Burke, Caro Claire
"Dear Debbie" by McFadden, Freida
"London Falling" by Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
"A World Appears" by Pollan, Michael
"Strangers" by Burden, Belle
"It's Not Her" by Kubica, Mary
"Dear Debbie" by McFadden, Freida
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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?

More about VJ Day
 

Grand Day Out - Weds 1 October
International Day of Older Persons

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.

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.

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.

More about Grand Day Out
 
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