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May 2024

 

Haere mai and welcome to our new 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 - May 2024

Our selectors look at some of our newest titles that explore history and global issues including politics, climate change, racism and more.

 

New titles

History

"Iran and the Revolution" by Katouzian, Homa, 1942-
"The Christian Past That Wasn't" by Throckmorton, Warren
"This Vast Enterprise" by Fehrman, Craig
"This Land Is your Land" by Gage, Beverly
"Cultural Treasures of the World"
"The Two Hundred Years War" by Livingston, Michael, 1975-
"The Christian Past That Wasn't" by Throckmorton, Warren
More history

New Zealand history

"The Chief and the Empire" by Bingham, Eugene
"A Year at Awakino Station" by Mathisen, Jaz
"The First Anzacs" by Hulse, George
"The Good Settler" by Shaw, Richard, 1964-
"Kicking up A Storm" by Rea, Ken
"Haunted by Erewhon" by Robinson, Roger, 1939-
"A Year at Awakino Station" by Mathisen, Jaz
More NZ history

Featured topic: Climate change

"How to Fall in Love With the Future" by Hopkins, Rob, 1968-
"Ghost-eye" by Ghosh, Amitav, 1956-
"The Effects of Combustion"
"The Knights of Nature" by Hawking, Lucy, 1970-
"Kill Billionaire" by Lustgarten, Anders
"2084" by Ackerman, Elliot
"Ghost-eye" by Ghosh, Amitav, 1956-
More climate change titles
 

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New Zealand Garden Bird Survey - 27 June to 5 July 2025

Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research runs the NZ Garden Bird Survey annually at the end of June. Find out more and take part!

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Blog Post

New Zealand Garden Bird Survey - 27 June to 5 July 2025

Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research runs the NZ Garden Bird Survey annually at the end of June. Find out more and take part!

Website

Library from Home

Access library services from home or when you are out & about — streaming movies, eBooks, audiobooks, magazines, newspapers, and more!

 

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Christchurch Streets and Places

Discover the history and origins of Ōtautahi streets. NEW: the map now connects to Canterbury Stories images of 1,400 Christchurch streets.

 
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