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 arrivals for this month including Fiction, Biography, Non-Fiction.
Staff List
Recent additions to our Ngā Pounamu Māori Collections for Adults and Tamariki.
Here is a few titles to get involved with the MāoriLitBlog Reading Challenge.
Explore our Picturing Canterbury posts for an insight into Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Blog Post
Christchurch City Libraries celebrates NZ Music Month during May every year. Here are some musical highlights from Canterbury Stories.
Explore Aotearoa New Zealand and Ōtautahi Christchurch eResources. Free with your library membership.
Website
How to rebuild trust in Journalism. Award-winning journalist Tim Watkin confronts the breakdown in trust between journalism and the public.
Online Resource
Survey plans as imaged by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) for Landonline. Available only on Family History Computers.
Summertime is cricket time. Cricket has a long history in Ōtautahi Christchurch. We have eleven Canterbury cricket questions for you!
Missbeecrafty reads about the history of The Elms, Tauranga heritage building and finds lyrical descriptions and fascinating stories.
Fungi, the 80s, bugs, and crinkled up paper - these are the book covers from Aotearoa that have made Donna go "Ooooo look at that".
The shortlist of the 2026 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced.
Event
Jun 26th | 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Tūranga
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Casual, monthly reading group that celebrates our Ngā Pounamu Māori Collection. All welcome, bring the whānau! Free! No booking required!
Jul 8th | 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Shirley Library
Discover the magic of animation as you create your very own story in this stop motion workshop.
It's on! Embrace the challenge this summer and win prizes. When the mānuka blooms, it’s time to read. Entries open until 30 January!
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