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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

Ngā Pakiwaitara - Bilingual Storytimes
Series

Dec 9th | 10:30am - 11:00am

Tūranga

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Nau mai hoki mai rā, join us every Tuesday between 10:30-11am for our Ngā Pakiwaitara, bilingual story times.

Event

Kawhe & Kōrero
Series

Dec 11th | 10:00am - 11:00am

New Brighton Library

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Want to practise your reo? Drop in for a cuppa and build your conversational kōrero skills with fellow learners.

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

Unconscious Bias on LinkedIn Learning

In this course, diversity expert Stacey Gordon Stacey explores the most common forms of unconscious bias and its implications.

Excel Essential Training on LinkedIn Learning

Get up to speed with Excel expert Dennis Taylor as he demonstrates how to efficiently manage & analyse data in Microsoft Excel.

More eAudiobooks
 

Pukapuka hou - New titles

Fiction

"1985" by Hoey, Dominic, 1977-
"Against the Grain" by Turkby, Bing, 1973-
"58% Too Far" by Noordermeer, M. A.
"All Her Lives" by Horrocks, Ingrid, 1975-
"After the War" by Fenton, Patricia, 1949-
"The Amber Owl" by Marillier, Juliet, 1948-
"Against the Grain" by Turkby, Bing, 1973-

Te reo Māori

"Ara" by Elder, Hinemoa, 1966-
"Hare Pota me te pakohu kura huna" by Rowling, J. K., 1965-
"Birdsong" by O'Rourke, Maris
"He pō maumahara" by Tamanui, Virginia
"E Kō, Nō Hea Koe" by Bennett, Matariki
"How Many Times?" by Tipene, Tim, 1972-
"Hare Pota me te pakohu kura huna" by Rowling, J. K., 1965-

Non- Fiction

"Mana" by Iti, Tame Wairere, 1952-
"Taniwha" by Bishop, Gavin, 1946-
"Kiwi Country" by Te Radar (Comedian)
"How to Paint A Nude" by Mahon, Sam, 1954-
"Eat Wild" by Merkens, Sophie
"Gold Under the Mānuka" by Mouat, Bill
"Taniwha" by Bishop, Gavin, 1946-
More NZ new titles
 

Discover Canterbury

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

Donkey at Christmas Parade: Picturing Canterbury

A shepherd and his donkey walking in the New Brighton Christmas Parade, 9 December 2017. An image from Canterbury Stories.

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
 

Unconscious Bias on LinkedIn Learning

In this course, diversity expert Stacey Gordon Stacey explores the most common forms of unconscious bias and its implications.

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