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December 2024

 

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

 

Christchurch Photo Hunt 2024 - The Winners

There were 543 entries this year - and the winners include photos of tandem paragliding, a basketball team, and dragon boat racing.

See the winners
 

Most Popular in 2024

Most Popular in Canterbury Stories 2024

Discover the most popular images and collections in 2024!

Most Popular in 2024: Aotearoa

Library staff have compiled reports to discover 2024's popular items. Find out what customers loved!

See what was popular in 2024
 

Best of 2024

Staff List

Donna's Best Aotearoa Books of 2024

I read a range of great NZ pukapuka this year. Here are some favourites, both fiction and non-fiction. I listened to NZ audiobooks too.

Staff List

Fionaccl's Top Mystery / Thrillers of 2024

This list is mostly by Kiwis - Here's a list of my favourite crime and thriller reads of the last year.

View the best of the year
 

Summertime Reading Challenge on until 31 January

Ages 0 to 18. Keep reading this summer & win. Pick up a postcard, do 3 challenges, & drop the postcard in. Enjoy events & win prizes!

More about Summertime Reading
 

Te ao Māori events

Event

Tuia atu, Tuia mai - Tukutuku with Māori Library Services
Series

Apr 14th | 10:00am - 11:30am

New Brighton Library

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Join Māori Library Services to learn about, design and then make to take home Māori decorative panels using contemporary…

Event

Tuia atu, Tuia mai - Tukutuku with Māori Library Services
Series

Apr 16th | 10:00am - 11:30am

Tūranga

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Join Māori Library Services and learn about, design and then make to take home Māori decorative panels using contemporary materials.

More Māori events
 

New For You - Aotearoa New Zealand - December 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
 

eAudiobooks

An exquisite debut from Gina Butson

Fee reads The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds by Kiwi author, Gina Butson and finds it a memorable, lyrical read.

Recent necrology, March 2026

Some well-known people who have died recently including Herbs member, Dilworth Karaka; author, Len Deighton; and artist, Philip Trusttum.

More eAudiobooks
 

Pukapuka hou - New titles

Fiction

"The Ballad of Joe Taihape" by Colquhoun, Glenn, 1964-
"Fast & Fastidious" by Caldwell, R. M.
"The Black Monk" by Grimshaw, Charlotte, 1966-
"Fiery Attraction" by James, Sophia
"Black Velvet & Vengeance" by Challinor, Deborah, 1959-
"The First Law of the Bush" by Parkes, Geoff
"Fast & Fastidious" by Caldwell, R. M.

Te reo Māori

"Kupe me te wheke nui a Muturangi" by Tait, Mat, 1970-
"Te akaaka rauwhero" by McGarvey, Haturini
"Rere atu ki Poronihia" by Paul, Tangaroa
"W mō wahine toa" by Matata-Sipu, Qiane
"Seeking Will" by Hinton, Emma
"The Whale and the Snapper" by Van Dam, Jo
"Te akaaka rauwhero" by McGarvey, Haturini

Non- Fiction

"Te Araroa" by Watson, Mark, 1971-
"Ko Roimata Te Awa"
"Honu and Blue's Sealife Clues" by Smith, Jez
"Ngā Kakahu Māori O Mua" by Mead, Sidney M., 1927-
"New Zealand's Kiwi" by Boaz, Alyse
"Weaving Baskets, Backpacks, Boxes and Other Projects" by Brown, Ali, 1952-
"Ko Roimata Te Awa"
More NZ new titles
 

Discover Canterbury

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

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.

More Canterbury images
 

Recommended Reads

J.P. Pomare's 17 Years Later

Fee reviews the latest mystery by J.P. Pomare. It has her hooked from the first line.

The strange & unlikely tale of Montgomery: Antony Elworthy

Tanya reports back on a sparkly gem of a new children’s novel: The Strange and unlikely tale of Montgomery, The Mysterious Bird of Mystery.

More NZ stuff
 

An exquisite debut from Gina Butson

Fee reads The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds by Kiwi author, Gina Butson and finds it a memorable, lyrical read.

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