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.
Discover the most popular images and collections in 2024!
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
Jul 22nd | 10:30am - 11:00am
Tūranga
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E te tī, e te tā, kua tae mai nei te wā. Kuhu mai ki roto i te whare o Tūranga mō te kaupapa ko Ngā Pakiwaitara.
Jul 25th | 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Each month you’ll choose any book from the Ngā Pounamu Māori collection - Fiction, Non-Fiction, English or Te Reo - & share with the group
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.
Aug 29th | 10:30am - 11:30am
Professor Michael Belgrave invites us to take a deeper, thoughtful look at our shared history.
Aug 27th | 5:30pm - 7:45pm
Have you got what it takes to be the WORD Lost the Plot champion of 2025? Join your effervescent host Claudia Jardine for a fun quiz!
Explore our Picturing Canterbury and Discover Canterbury posts for an insight into Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Lucy Daws performing at the Harbour Street Jazz and Blues Festival 2025 in Oamaru. An image 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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