Haere mai, welcome to our Aotearoa New Zealand newsletter. Explore new books, upcoming events, and heritage collections.
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.
In conjunction with Imagination Station celebrate International Lego Day and Brick Your Book at the Library. LEGO prizes to be won!
Explore eResources about Aotearoa New Zealand.
Event
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.
Jan 8th | 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Shirley Library
Let's speak and build our te reo Māori skills together! Join us for a friendly kōrero, share your learning and learn from others.
Eccentric Christchurch is a Tuakiri Investigates exhibition telling stories of unique characters who have inhabited this city.
Dec 16th, All day
Tūranga
Features protest/celebration banners made as a collaboration with Ron Te Kawa and Hei Whakapiki Mauri, Disability Leadership Canterbury.
A. K. Mulford is back with a sequel! Be prepared for more shape-shifting magic, political intrigue and fantastical romance.
Pete Majendie recounts hilariously growing up in 50s and 60s New Zealand, while tackling grief of family loss. A feel-good trip down memory lane.
Part biography, part legal philosophy. If you want to understand the current state of New Zealand law this is the book to read.
Fee reviews the latest book in the Detective Sam Shephard series by Dunedin crime writing legend Vanda Symon.
Troy reviews Frontline Surgeon by Mark Derby, a book about a surgeon who served in the Spanish Civil War and WW2.
Explore our Picturing Canterbury and Discover Canterbury posts for an insight into Ōtautahi Christchurch.
S.W. Skudder and I. Radovanovich with Christmas trees destined for Antarctica, 1980. An image from Canterbury Stories.
The biennial Family History Expo was last on in August 2025.
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