June 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

Low Budget Cooking

Penny-Pinching Plates: Delicious Recipes for Less.

Green-fingered? Try these!

Repair, Remake and Reuse @ Lyttelton Library

Are you a fan of The Repair Shop? Do you love fixing things yourself? We have a programme of events for you, and plenty of books to help too

Shed Stash Swap at New Brighton: Sat 29 Feb & Sun 1 March

Come along to New Brighton Library for a Shed Stash Swap. Bring along your fixings, fastenings, & other small items & find new treasures.

Staff List

Houseplants are my Best Fronds!

A collection of favourite houseplant books.

Featured magazine: GreenCraft

GreenCraft Magazine shares stylish and sustainable DIY craft projects. From paper crafts and wearable arts to home decor and more, you'll discover hundreds of creative uses for old items and Earth-friendly materials. Give normally discarded items new life by turning them into functional, eco-chic creations!

New titles

Cookbooks

"The Little Book of Marmalade" by Deedes, Lucy

"The Complete Anti-inflammatory Cookbook"

Gardening

"A History of Gardening, 1800-1960" by Youngman, Angela

Handicrafts

"Das große Ravensburger Kindergarten-Bastelbuch" by Andresen, Ina

"Hiapo Printing With Niutupu Pulapulaola" by Pulapulaola, Niutupu

Sewing

More from the Library: Matariki

This June we celebrate Matariki and Puaka. Learn more about Māori New Year and find library resources, activities and events.

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