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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!

Rangahau-ā-Iwi: Ngāi Tahu

Feb 3rd | 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Tūranga

Interested in Iwi history and research? Come along to our Iwi Research event where the focus at this session will be Ngāi Tahu.

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

Rangahau-ā-Iwi: Ngāi Tahu

Feb 3rd | 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Tūranga

Interested in Iwi history and research? Come along to our Iwi Research event where the focus at this session will be Ngāi Tahu.

Christchurch Photo Hunt 2025 - The Winners

Explore the winners and highly commended photos and collections in the 2025 Christchurch Photo Hunt.

 

Speakers

Rangahau-ā-Iwi: Ngāi Tahu

Feb 3rd | 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Tūranga

Interested in Iwi history and research? Come along to our Iwi Research event where the focus at this session will be Ngāi Tahu.

Christchurch Photo Hunt 2025 - The Winners

Explore the winners and highly commended photos and collections in the 2025 Christchurch Photo Hunt.

 

Te Ao Māori events

Event

Kawhe & Kōrero
Series

Dec 11th | 10:00am - 11:00am

New Brighton Library

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Want to practise your reo? Drop in for a cuppa and build your conversational kōrero skills with fellow learners.

Event

Rangahau-ā-Iwi: Ngāi Tahu

Feb 3rd | 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Tūranga

Interested in Iwi history and research? Come along to our Iwi Research event where the focus at this session will be Ngāi Tahu.

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

"58% Too Far" by Noordermeer, M. A.
"Angel Train" by Smither, Elizabeth, 1941-
"All Her Lives" by Horrocks, Ingrid, 1975-
"Angels of Clay" by Eskedahl, Madeleine
"The American Boys" by Spooner, Olivia
"Beyond the Reef" by Lay, Graeme, 1944-
"Angel Train" by Smither, Elizabeth, 1941-
 

Non- Fiction

"50 Years of the Waitangi Tribunal"
"Between" by Fitchett, Sue
"Anything Could Happen" by Robertson, Grant, 1971-
"Bonfires on the Ice" by Ricketts, Harry, 1950-
"Behind the Hill" by Robilliard, Robin, 1934-
"Butterfly Alighting" by Shaw, Marc
"Between" by Fitchett, Sue
 

Te reo Māori

"Ara" by Elder, Hinemoa, 1966-
"Hare Pota me te pakohu kura huna" by Rowling, J. K., 1965-
"Birdsong" by O'Rourke, Maris
"He pō maumahara" by Tamanui, Virginia
"E Kō, Nō Hea Koe" by Bennett, Matariki
"How Many Times?" by Tipene, Tim, 1972-
"Hare Pota me te pakohu kura huna" by Rowling, J. K., 1965-
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.

Donkey at Christmas Parade: Picturing Canterbury

A shepherd and his donkey walking in the New Brighton Christmas Parade, 9 December 2017. An image from Canterbury Stories.

More Canterbury images
 
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