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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!

NZ Music Month Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa

May is NZ Music Month Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa. Find out about music events at libraries, and explore our music resources.

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

NZ Music Month Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa

May is NZ Music Month Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa. Find out about music events at libraries, and explore our music resources.

Dr Morgane Merien introduces Our Insect Neighbours

Dr Morgane Merien introduces you to Our Insect Neighbours and the exhibition on at Tūranga until 17 May.

 

Speakers

NZ Music Month Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa

May is NZ Music Month Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa. Find out about music events at libraries, and explore our music resources.

Dr Morgane Merien introduces Our Insect Neighbours

Dr Morgane Merien introduces you to Our Insect Neighbours and the exhibition on at Tūranga until 17 May.

 

Te Ao Māori events

Event

Me Kōrero Tātou
Series

Apr 23rd | 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Shirley Library

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Let's speak and build our te reo Māori skills together! Join us for a friendly kōrero, share your learning and learn from others.

Event

Te Manu Tītī at Akaroa Library
Series

Apr 24th | 10:30am - 11:00am

Akaroa Library

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Come find Whaea Justice and her manuhiri as she flies around our libraries with a bilingual story time.

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 Ballad of Joe Taihape" by Colquhoun, Glenn, 1964-
"Fast & Fastidious" by Caldwell, R. M.
"The Black Monk" by Grimshaw, Charlotte, 1966-
"Fiery Attraction" by James, Sophia
"The End and the Beginning" by Holdom, K. J.
"The Hidden Way" by Marillier, Juliet, 1948-
"Fast & Fastidious" by Caldwell, R. M.
 

Non- Fiction

"All in" by McHardy, Karina
"Be Brave" by Dreaver, Barbara
"Alone in the World" by Lancewood, Miriam, 1983-
"The Blood Says Otherwise : Murder, Forensics and Hidden Truths" by Miller, Ruben (Forensic scientist)
"Aotearoa New Zealand"
"Blue Is A Cracked Vase in Memory" by Ensing, Riemke, 1939-
"Be Brave" by Dreaver, Barbara
 

Te reo Māori

"Kupe me te wheke nui a Muturangi" by Tait, Mat, 1970-
"Te akaaka rauwhero" by McGarvey, Haturini
"Rere atu ki Poronihia" by Paul, Tangaroa
"W mō wahine toa" by Matata-Sipu, Qiane
"Seeking A Will" by Hinton, Emma
"The Whale and the Snapper" by Van Dam, Jo
"Te akaaka rauwhero" by McGarvey, Haturini
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.

John Britten: Picturing Canterbury

Born in Christchurch in 1950, John Britten found fame as the designer of motorcycles. The Britten Museum opened Wednesday 18 February 2026.

More Canterbury images
 
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