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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

Kawhe & Kōrero
Series

Dec 18th | 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.

Event

Me Kōrero Tātou
Series

Jan 8th | 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Shirley Library

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Let's speak and build our te reo Māori skills together! Join us for a friendly kōrero, share your learning and learn from others.

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

Brick your Book at the Library competition 2026

In conjunction with Imagination Station celebrate International Lego Day and Brick Your Book at the Library. LEGO prizes to be won!

Beamafilm Christmas Movies

The end of the year is approaching and so is that time to cozy up with your loved ones and watch a Christmas movie on Beamafilm.

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-
"Eat Wild" by Merkens, Sophie
"Garrison World" by Macdonald, Charlotte
"Tuhoe" by Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931
"New Zealand Place Names" by Dowling, Peter
"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.

Christmas trees for Antarctica: Picturing Canterbury

S.W. Skudder and I. Radovanovich with Christmas trees destined for Antarctica, 1980. 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
 

Brick your Book at the Library competition 2026

In conjunction with Imagination Station celebrate International Lego Day and Brick Your Book at the Library. LEGO prizes to be won!

Check library holiday hours
 
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