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January 2025

 

Haere mai, welcome to our Aotearoa New Zealand newsletter. Explore new books, upcoming events, and heritage collections.

 

New For You - Aotearoa New Zealand - January 2025

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
 

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
 

Blog Post

Te reo Māori challenge in 2025: Story starter card kupu

Moata's family challenge for 2025 is learning a word a week in te reo Māori using the library's bilingual story starter cards.

Try the kupu challenge
 

Aoteaora New Zealand

Find library resources, facts, and history about our country, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Aotearoa New Zealand history

Explore the history of Aotearoa New Zealand with library resources.

Aotearoa New Zealand
 

Te ao Māori events

Event

Ngā Pakiwaitara - Bilingual Storytimes
Series

Mar 10th | 10:30am - 11:00am

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and Community Centre

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Nau mai hoki mai rā, join us for our Ngā Pakiwaitara, bilingual story times.

Event

Me Kōrero Tātou
Series

Mar 12th | 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
 

Booklists

Staff List

Hīkoi!: Māori empowerment, protest, and activism in Aotearoa

A mix of titles looking at the history of Māori protest and activism in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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.

More NZ booklists
 

New magazine

Symbiosis is a new local artist magazine dedicated to amplifying Otautahi’s vibrant creative community.

More about Symbiosis
 

Exhibitions

New Year | New Wishes - 新年 新期望 18 Dec 2024 to 23 Feb 2025

Discover the vibrant history of Chinese folk art through the traditions of shadow puppetry, New Year pictures and clay sculptures.

Library closures or changes in hours or services

Check for the latest information on changes in opening hours or closures.

Tūranga Exhibitions
 

Pukapuka hou - New titles

Te reo Māori

"Te akaaka rauwhero" by McGarvey, Haturini
"Both Versions of the Treaty of Waitangi" by Mason, Bruce, 1949-
"W Mō Wahine Toa + W Is for Wahine Toa" by Matata-Sipu, Qiane
"Hare Pota me te pakohu kura huna" by Rowling, J. K., 1965-
"Birdsong" by O'Rourke, Maris
"He pō maumahara" by Tamanui, Virginia
"Both Versions of the Treaty of Waitangi" by Mason, Bruce, 1949-
More NZ new titles
 

Discover Canterbury

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

John Britten: Picturing Canterbury

Born in Christchurch in 1950, John Britten found fame as the designer of motorcycles. The Britten Museum opened Wednesday 18 February 2026.

More Canterbury images
 
Early Cashel Street looking east

Blog Post

Ōtautahi Christchurch Central City Living History Walk

Christchurch City Council Archives & Christchurch City Libraries have launched the Ōtautahi Christchurch Central City Living History Walk.

Ōtautahi Living History Walk
 
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