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July 2025

 

Haere mai, welcome to our Health and Wellbeing newsletter. Explore the latest books and events for body and mind.

Blog Post

Health and Wellbeing at WORD Christchurch Festival 2025

WORD events you might like if you are interested in health and wellbeing - topics include menopause, resilience, and epic adventures.

Health & Wellbeing at WORD
 

Website

Look back at WORD Christchurch Festival 2025

The Festival is over for the year. Read librarian reports on WORD events.

Blog Post

Literary Top Twelve: My picks of WORD Christchurch 2025

Moata shares what she's loving in this year's WORD Christchurch festival programme, 27-31 August 2025.

WORD Christchurch coverage
 

Online Resource

Mango Languages

Join the conversation. There's more than 70 languages to explore in Mango Languages.

More about Mango Languages
 

What's on

Video

Unconscious Bias on LinkedIn Learning

In this course, diversity expert Stacey Gordon Stacey explores the most common forms of unconscious bias and its implications.

Event

Self-Care Journal Group at Linwood Library
Series

Dec 10th | 10:30am - 11:15am

Linwood Library

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The Self Care Journal group is held every Wednesday at Linwood. Journalling is a great way to gain self-awareness, process emotions & more.

Event

SAYGo Falls Prevention Exercise Class
Series

Dec 12th | 10:00am - 11:00am

New Brighton Library

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Steady As You Go (SAYGo) is the exercise class designed to help older people reduce their likelihood of having a fall.

Knit 'n' Yarn

Event

Knit 'n' Yarn at South Colombo Library
Series

Dec 8th | 10:00am - 12:00pm

South Colombo

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Bring your knitting, crochet or other portable craft project and enjoy time with other crafters.

Event

Knit 'n' yarn

Various times and locations

Selected libraries

Come along and enjoy a chat with others as you knit. For anyone who loves to knit or wants to learn.

More Knitting
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Top picks

Autism digest

The magazine features a diverse range of topics, including the latest research, therapeutic interventions, educational strategies, and personal stories that offer hope and encouragement. By sharing the experiences of families and professionals, Autism Digest fosters a sense of community and support.

 

The gut-brain paradox by Dr Gundry

Dr. Gundry uncovers the complex and multifaceted ways in which our microbes are controlling the health and functioning of our brains, and how the gut-brain connection is made long before we are even born.

 

Happy healthy ADHD by Lisa Dee

A health coach with ADHD offers the ultimate wellness guide for neurodivergent women, full of easy-to-implement and adaptable advice to help you thrive.

 

Coming soon

Smartphone nation by Kaitlyn Regehr

Dr. Kaitlyn Regehr sets out how the content we consume is created, why it's so addictive, and gives us the tools and understanding to protect ourselves, and our families.

 

Pukapuka hou - New titles

"10 Minutes to Beat Anxiety and Panic" by David, Lee
"Big Thoughts" by Dockrill, Laura
"The 5-minute Gardener" by Burke, Nicole Johnsey
"Breath" by Rawat, Prem, 1957-
"Achtsam morden durch bewusste Ernährung" by Dusse, Karsten
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"Big Thoughts" by Dockrill, Laura
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More new Mindfulness books
 
"The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit" by Moryoussef, Kate
"Wellbeing Intelligence" by Bhatti, Kiran
"The Little Book of Ikigai" by Peters, Jo (Writer on wellbeing)
"Pathways to Wellbeing"
"Why Brains Need Friends" by Rein, Ben
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"Wellbeing Intelligence" by Bhatti, Kiran
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More new Wellbeing titles
 
"B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga" by Iyengar, B. K. S., 1918-2014
"30 Things I'd Like You to Know About Bipolar" by Rickson, Katie
"The Neurospicy Guide for Beginners" by Campbell, Luke
"The GLP-1 Handbook" by Marber, Ian
"Autistic & Black" by Omeiza, Kala Allen
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"30 Things I'd Like You to Know About Bipolar" by Rickson, Katie
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More new Health titles
 
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