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Blog Post
Listen to Julia, Ngapiu, Māia, Alexandra discuss their reading picks in the Māori Lit Reading Challenge 2025.
May is NZ Music Month Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa. Find out about music events at libraries, and explore our music resources.
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.
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research runs the NZ Garden Bird Survey annually at the end of June. Find out more and take part!
Event
Aug 14th | 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Tūranga
Intergenerational Māori weaving - a discussion with senior Kāi Tahu weaver Rānui Ngarimu who is on passing on her weaving practice.
The winners have been announced for New Zealand's most prestigious literary awards.
Explore our Picturing Canterbury posts for an insight into Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Interior of the Coronation Library (103 Rue Jolie), Akaroa, 2019. An image from Canterbury Stories.
Fee reviews Tina Shaw's novel about a mother and daughter attempting to deal with early onset dementia.
In May 2025, Alice in Videoland turns 40! Donna takes a look at this legendary Christchurch institution.
A look back at Victory in Europe Day in New Zealand on 9 May 1945, celebrations that marked the end of the Second World War.
Jul 14th, All day
Lyttelton Library
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You can listen to the first memoir by Ruth Shaw The bookseller at the end of the world on uLibrary.
Join us in June for exciting free Matariki and Puaka activities and events for you and your whānau to enjoy.
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