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March 2025

 

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

 

Book Sale on next week!

Period pieces on Kanopy

Watch movies and TV series set in a range of historical periods on Kanopy with your library card.

More about the Book Sale
 

New For You - Aotearoa New Zealand - March 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
 

What's on

Author talks

Gene Technology: Speaker Series @ Tūranga: Thurs 9 July 6pm

Professors Tammy Steeves and Jack Heinemann explore a difficult question at the intersection of conservation and genetic biology.

Celebrate Matariki with Dr Hinemoa Elder FULLY BOOKED

Jun 19th | 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Tūranga

Join bestselling author & psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder for a thoughtful and engaging session on the Māori lunar calendar, manaaki and more.

 

Speakers

Gene Technology: Speaker Series @ Tūranga: Thurs 9 July 6pm

Professors Tammy Steeves and Jack Heinemann explore a difficult question at the intersection of conservation and genetic biology.

Celebrate Matariki with Dr Hinemoa Elder FULLY BOOKED

Jun 19th | 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Tūranga

Join bestselling author & psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder for a thoughtful and engaging session on the Māori lunar calendar, manaaki and more.

 

Te Ao Māori events

Event

Celebrate Matariki with Dr Hinemoa Elder FULLY BOOKED

Jun 19th | 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Tūranga

Join bestselling author & psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder for a thoughtful and engaging session on the Māori lunar calendar, manaaki and more.

Event

He kai kei āku rika - Matariki Whānau Day

Jun 20th | 10:00am - 3:00pm

Tūranga

Join us for a day of whānau / family fun including stalls with a special focus on food sovereignty and food security.

See what's on
 

Read Poorhara by Michelle Rahurahu on Libby now!

A tragicomedy set in the confines of a 1994 Daihatsu Mira, Poorhara is a journey of epic proportions. No wait list for our featured eBook.

Borrow Poorhara now
 

Pukapuka hou - New titles

Fiction

"The Antiquarian's Object of Desire" by Holton, India
"Childish Palate" by Burke, Shariff
"Archangel's Eternity" by Singh, Nalini, 1977-
"Club Kiwi" by Poshoglian, Yvette
"Banjara" by Chandra, Shana
"The End and the Beginning" by Holdom, K. J.
"Childish Palate" by Burke, Shariff
 

Non- Fiction

"AInthropology" by Carapiet, Jon, 1963-
"Bad Teacher" by Bartholomew, Robert E.
"Among Kinabuhi Sa Aotearoa"
"Between Dreams"
"Anzac Stories"
"Between the Tides"
"Bad Teacher" by Bartholomew, Robert E.
 

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-
"Rere atu ki Poronihia" by Paul, Tangaroa
"The Other Catherine" by Keenan, Lauren
More NZ new titles
 

Recommended Reads - Fee's picks!

Leave the Girls Behind? Not on Jacqui Bublitz's watch...

Fee reviews the latest from award-winning writer, Jacqueline Bublitz - a tale of a woman obsessed with a serial killer and his victims.

Charity Norman keeps the Home Truths burning

Fee reviews Home Truths, the latest mystery by Charity Norman.

More NZ blog posts and reviews
 

Picturing Canterbury

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

NZMM-picturing-canterbury

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
 
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