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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

June 2025

 

Haere mai and welcome to our Older Adults newsletter.

Discover library services and useful information for older adults.

 

Events

Digital animation in Blender (Level 2) - 18 years +
Series

Sep 26th | 10:30am - 4:00pm

Tūranga

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After completing our Intro to Blender (Level 1) course, step up your skills further with more complex scenarios.

Yarnarchy Silent Disco Tour
Series

Sep 26th | 12:00pm - 12:45pm

Tūranga

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Choose your personalised yarn bomb headset and explore Yarnarchy (yarn bomb festival) in Cathedral Square with Joy Fool guides,

What's on for older adults
 

What's new

 

Large Print

"The Calamity Club" by Stockett, Kathryn, 1969-
"The Unknown" by Sager, Riley, pseud
"Lost Lambs" by Cash, Madeline
"Beginning Middle End" by Luiselli, Valeria, 1983-
"Country People" by Mason, Daniel
"The Shippers" by Center, Katherine
"The Unknown" by Sager, Riley, pseud
 
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Movies for free on Beamafilm

Ageing Positively Week: 17 to 24 October

Free events for good times and curious minds! Find out what's happening in Ageing Positively Week - it's on from 17 to 24 October.

News

It's goodbye for some of our streaming video services

Tuesday 30 June is the last day you can access Beamafilm, Access Video On Demand and Just for Kids as part of your library membership.

Staff List

Really awkward family Christmas movie suggestions

Movies to watch with your family over the holidays if you want to have a really awkward Christmas, via the Kanopy and Beamafilm apps.

Find more Beamafilm
 

Video

"Libby's just wonderful. She's my best friend."

Judy is a big fan of Libby, and listens to lots of audiobooks. Watch the interview and hear about her audiobook experience.

Watch the video
 

Keeping On: The official voice of Age Concern Canterbury

Keeping On is a free quarterly publication produced by Age Concern Canterbury. It contains a wide range of articles on subjects and issues of interest to older people. Pick up a copy at your local library. It's also available at shopping malls, medical centres and clubs.

Find out more and read online
 

Top picks

Wall pilates for seniors over 60 by Addison Mitchell

Step-by-step workouts for women, men, and beginners over 60, with low impact wall pilates and strength training.

 

Coming soon

Original sin by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson

An explosive account of what the authors call one of the most hubristic mistakes in American political history - Joe Biden's decision to run for re-election despite mounting evidence of his decline, and his team's increasingly desperate efforts to hide it.

 
Into North Korea. Norman Pierson : Korean War Photographs. CCL-Pierson-CCL-PH-0007

Website

The Korean War 1950 to 1953

Explore our resources on the Korean War. It began 75 years ago on 25 June 1950.

More about the Korean War
 

Website

Christchurch Family History Expo at Tūranga: 2-3 August 2025

The biennial Family History Expo was last on in August 2025.

More about the Expo
 
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