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July 2025

 

Welcome to our Home & Living newsletter.

Letting you know about interesting library events, books and other resources related to crafts, gardening, cooking and more!

 

Staff List

New for you - Food & Drink - July 2025

Find healthy eating, exotic cuisine, ideas for family meals, and baking in our latest cookbook picks.

 

Library events

The Great Stash Swap

Oct 4th | 11:00am - 1:00pm

Tūranga

Bring your unwanted fabric, haberdashery, buttons, wool, lace, trims, paints, brushes, zips etc then choose what you want to take away.

The Great Stash Swap

Nov 26th | 9:00am - 11:00am

Aranui Library

Bring along your unwanted fabric, haberdashery, buttons, wool, lace, trims, paints, brushes, zips etc then choose what you want to take away

WHAIAO presents: Folk Tales Performance

Nov 20th | 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Tūranga

Dark tales from the folklore of two cultures come together, to bewitch and inspire. with Kim Te Pairi Garrett and Lizzie Tollemache.

WHAIAO presents: Mōkihi & the Maramataka

Oct 3rd | 11:00am - 1:30pm

Tūranga

Mōkihi Wānanga. Join us to learn more about traditional Māori watercraft known as mōkihi or mogi here in Te Waipounamu/South Island.

 

Coming soon

Keep an eye out for these on order titles.

Casting Flowers: A Step-by-step Guide To Creating Beautiful Botanical Art by Juliet Roberts And Rachel Dein

Casting Flowers encourages even the most basic beginners to revel in the ability to record a plant's texture, pattern, and delicacy in fine detail, creating compositions as small as a single stem.

 

Glorious Gardens: Private Edens of the World's Leading Interior Designers by Dara Caponigro

Glorious Gardens offers a glimpse into the outdoor sanctuaries that serve as sources of endless inspiration for renowned interior designers.

 

House Rules: 100 Ways to Feel at Home by Emma Beryl Kemper

Emma Beryl Kemper defines 100 insightful rules to help you transform your space into a home you'll never want to leave.

 

New titles

Cookbooks

"Loaf Tin Bakes" by Smith, Shane
"Prep It, Freeze It, Cook It!" by Burne, Abeygale
"Sweet Heart" by Paull, Natalie
"20 Minute Meals" by Oliver, Jamie, 1975-
"Weber's Ultimate Aussie Barbecue" by Romeo, Laura
"Food Network Magazine"
"Prep It, Freeze It, Cook It!" by Burne, Abeygale

Gardening

"The Productive Garden Companion" by Morgan, Natasha
"The Mushroomery" by Mira, Buttons
"Floramama" by Roy, Chloé, 1984-
"New Small Garden" by Kingsbury, Noël
"Home Greenhouse Revival" by Halleck, Leslie F.
"The Little Book of Advice for Flower Gardeners" by Ledward, Daphne
"The Mushroomery" by Mira, Buttons

Home organisation

"Danshari" by Yamashita, Hideko
"Let Go" by Yosumi, Daisuke
"Rightsize your Home" by Woolrych, Belinda, 1973-
"Getting Sh*t Done" by Day, Roo
"Tidy-up Time" by Walter, Jackie
"Tidying up" by Fuqua, Ea
"Let Go" by Yosumi, Daisuke

Sewing

"Fäden des Glücks" by Warncke, Marit
"Dopamine Dressmaking" by Allard, Brogan
"It Starts With A Square" by Wood, Cris
"The Point of the Needle" by Burman, Barbara
"Sewing Quiet Books for Children" by Zunic, Lily
"Workwear"
"Dopamine Dressmaking" by Allard, Brogan
 

Staff List

Change for the better: Plastic Free July

Find out how to do your bit in the global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution.

 
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