March 2025

Welcome to our Heritage newsletter.

Letting you know about interesting library events and resources related to local history, whakapapa/family history and heritage of all kinds.

What's new - Canterbury Stories

Anthony McKee collection

Photographic collections by Anthony McKee including photographs taken of The Strip c.2000, portraits of people a year after the 2011 earthquake, and a study of men in Oamaru between 1993-1994.

Tai Morunga in Victoria Square, 2012, CCL-AnMc-090 © Anthony McKee.

Linwood Avenue Union Church collection

A collection of photographs relating to Linwood Avenue Union Church (378 Linwood Avenue).

Christmas carollers in Portman Street, 1950s by Lyndsay Jacobs, CCL-UnCh-022, In copyright.

Focus on: Soldiers and War

In the lead up to Anzac Day find library resources and events about soldiers and New Zealand military history.

The Great Stash Swap

Feb 22nd | 11:00am - 2:00pm

Upper Riccarton Library

Repair, Remake and Reuse @ Lyttelton Library

Unconscious Bias on LinkedIn Learning

Excel Essential Training on LinkedIn Learning

More Heritage events

Staff List

We will remember them

Titles that help you locate information about your New Zealand ancestor's military past or learn about the conflict they were involved in.

Video

Unconscious Bias on LinkedIn Learning

In this course, diversity expert Stacey Gordon Stacey explores the most common forms of unconscious bias and its implications.

Video

Unconscious Bias on LinkedIn Learning

In this course, diversity expert Stacey Gordon Stacey explores the most common forms of unconscious bias and its implications.

Easter Hours

Good Friday 18 April: All libraries closed
Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 April aren't public holidays, so libraries will be open their normal hours except:

Linwood Library at Eastgate will be closed on Easter Sunday

Monday 21 April: Easter Monday our central library Tūranga is open from 10am to 5pm. All other libraries are closed.

More about Easter

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