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March 2025

 

Haere mai and welcome to our History & Current Events newsletter.

Find great reads and resources about wars, revolutions, and extraordinary lives all over the world - in the present day, and the past.

 

Staff List

New For You - History & Current Events - March 2025

New additions to the library collection that explore history and global issues including politics, media, climate change, racism and more.

 

New titles

History

"Queens at War" by Weir, Alison, 1951-
"Captain Kidd" by Marquis, Samuel (Novelist)
"The Quest for Queen Mary" by Pope-Hennessy, James, 1916-1974
"The Collector" by McKay, Andrew
"An Accidental History of Tudor England" by Gunn, S. J.
"The Discovery of Britain" by Robb, Graham, 1958-
"Captain Kidd" by Marquis, Samuel (Novelist)
More history

New Zealand history

"The Collector" by McKay, Andrew
"Garrison World" by Macdonald, Charlotte
"Gold Under the Mānuka" by Mouat, Bill
"New Zealand History in Bite-sized Chunks" by McCloy, Nicola, 1971-
"Isaac Featherston 'Petatone'" by Martin, John E., 1951-
"Kiwi Country" by Te Radar (Comedian)
"Garrison World" by Macdonald, Charlotte
More NZ history
More documentaries

Featured: Social justice

"The People's Project"
"The Acid Queen" by Cahalan, Susannah
"Becoming Abolitionists" by Purnell, Derecka
"A Steeping of Blood" by Faizal, Hafsah
"The Last Living Cannibal" by Ngarewa, Airana
"Hitler's Deserters" by Peifer, Douglas Carl, 1963-
"The Acid Queen" by Cahalan, Susannah
More titles
 

Library events

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

Excel Essential Training on LinkedIn Learning

Get up to speed with Excel expert Dennis Taylor as he demonstrates how to efficiently manage & analyse data in Microsoft Excel.

For kids

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.

 
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.

 

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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