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June 2025

 

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

 

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Matariki: Māori New Year

Join us in June and July for exciting free Matariki and Puaka activities and events for you and your whānau to enjoy.

Event

Stop Motion Workshop - Magic and Make-Believe

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.

Event

Magic Trick Workshop - Magic and Make-Believe Day

Jul 8th | 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Shirley Library

Have you ever wanted to know how to do magic tricks with a deck of cards? Come down to Shirley Library and learn how.

More Matariki
 

Event

Stop Motion Workshop - Magic and Make-Believe

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.

Toiora exhibition & events
 

New For You - Aotearoa New Zealand - June 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
 

New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

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The NZCYA Book Awards feature four finalists from Ōtautahi

The finalists in this year's national awards for children's and young adults books have been announced with some familiar names featuring.

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New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults

The shortlist of the 2026 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced.

More about the finalists
 

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New Zealand films and documentaries on Beamafilm

Watch movies and documentaries from Aotearoa New Zealand on Beamafilm.

More about Beamafilm
 

Pukapuka hou - New titles

Non-Fiction

"AInthropology" by Carapiet, Jon, 1963-
"Bad Teacher" by Bartholomew, Robert E.
"All in" by McHardy, Karina
"Between Dreams"
"Among Kinabuhi Sa Aotearoa"
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"Bad Teacher" by Bartholomew, Robert E.
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Fiction

"Slash" by Strawhan, Gavin
"The Antiquarian's Object of Desire" by Holton, India
"Icefall" by Connolly, Marie, 1954-
"The Sculptor From Rūnanga" by Maunder, Paul
"The London Girls" by Lane, Soraya
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"The Antiquarian's Object of Desire" by Holton, India
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Te reo Māori

"A Ariā me te motu pouākai" by Ihimaera, Witi, 1944-
"The Other Catherine" by Keenan, Lauren
"Ko ngā whetū raupī o Matariki"
"Pepeha Portal" by Tikao, Ariana, 1971-
"Kupe me te wheke nui a Muturangi" by Tait, Mat, 1970-
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"The Other Catherine" by Keenan, Lauren
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More NZ new titles
 

Picturing Canterbury

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

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NZ Music Month: Picturing Canterbury

Christchurch City Libraries celebrates NZ Music Month during May every year. Here are some musical highlights from Canterbury Stories.

More Canterbury images
 

Blog posts

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Tina Makereti's incredible credible book: The Mires

Fee reviews Tina Makereti's novel, a magical story about place, identity and prejudice.

More NZ blog posts and reviews
 

Top pick

A different kind of power by Jacinda Ardern

A deeply personal memoir chronicling her extraordinary rise and offering inspiration to a new generation of leaders.

 

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New Zealand fiction reading guide

Explore adult fiction by New Zealand writers. Stories in a range of genres revealing something of our national character.

Explore NZ fiction
 
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