Haere mai, welcome to our Aotearoa New Zealand newsletter. Explore new books, upcoming events, and heritage collections.
There were 543 entries this year - and the winners include photos of tandem paragliding, a basketball team, and dragon boat racing.
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Library staff have compiled reports to discover 2024's popular items. Find out what customers loved!
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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.
This list is mostly by Kiwis - Here's a list of my favourite crime and thriller reads of the last year.
Ages 0 to 18. Keep reading this summer & win. Pick up a postcard, do 3 challenges, & drop the postcard in. Enjoy events & win prizes!
Event
Aug 28th | 11:00am - 4:00pm
Tūranga
This zine workshop is for everyone. Whether you’re an experienced maker and writer or new to the world of zines—nau mai, haere mai!
Aug 28th | 5:30pm - 6:30pm
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Casual, monthly reading group that celebrates our Ngā Pounamu Māori Collection. All welcome, bring the whānau! Free! No booking required!
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.
Sep 8th | 5:45pm - 7:00pm
Take part in a rehearsal room process in this 1-hour workshop unpacking a scene with Director Kathleen Burns.
We look at the history of the Queen Mary Hospital at Hanmer Springs as demolition work begins on its South Block, or Rutherford Ward.
Explore our Picturing Canterbury and Discover Canterbury posts for an insight into Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Christchurch City Libraries celebrates NZ Music Month during May every year. Here are some musical highlights from Canterbury Stories.
Fee reviews the latest mystery by J.P. Pomare. It has her hooked from the first line.
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.
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