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May 2025

 

Haere mai, welcome to our Aotearoa New Zealand newsletter. Explore new books, upcoming events, and heritage collections.

 

Blog Post

Podcast: Māori Lit Reading Challenge 2025

Listen to Julia, Ngapiu, Māia, Alexandra discuss their reading picks in the Māori Lit Reading Challenge 2025.

More about Māori Lit challenge
 

NZ Music Month Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa

May is New Zealand Music Month. Find out about music events at libraries, and explore our music resources.

More about NZ Music Month
 

New For You - Aotearoa New Zealand - May 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

Blog Post

Gene Technology: Speaker Series @ Tūranga: Thurs 9 July 6pm

Professors Tammy Steeves and Jack Heinemann explore a difficult question at the intersection of conservation and genetic biology.

Event

Pou Kohikohinga In Residence

Jun 16th | 10:00am - 3:00pm

Redwood Library

Do you have questions about the Ngā Pounamu Māori Collection? Our Māori Collection Specialists are available to answer any of your queries.

See what's on
 

2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

The winners have been announced for New Zealand's most prestigious literary awards.

Read the winners & shortlist
 

Pukapuka hou - New titles

Non- Fiction

"AInthropology" by Carapiet, Jon, 1963-
"Bad Teacher" by Bartholomew, Robert E.
"All in" by McHardy, Karina
"Between Dreams"
"Among Kinabuhi Sa Aotearoa"
"Between the Tides"
"Bad Teacher" by Bartholomew, Robert E.
"Between Dreams"
 

Fiction

"Slash" by Strawhan, Gavin
"The Antiquarian's Object of Desire" by Holton, India
"Icefall" by Connolly, Marie, 1954-
"The Sculptor From Rūnanga" by Maunder, Paul
"The London Girls" by Lane, Soraya
"The Mother Hood" by Carvalho, Vanessa De
"The Antiquarian's Object of Desire" by Holton, India
"The Sculptor From Rūnanga" by Maunder, Paul
 

Te reo Māori

"A Ariā me te motu pouākai" by Ihimaera, Witi, 1944-
"The Other Catherine" by Keenan, Lauren
"Ko ngā whetū raupī o Matariki"
"Pepeha Portal" by Tikao, Ariana, 1971-
"Kupe me te wheke nui a Muturangi" by Tait, Mat, 1970-
"Rere atu ki Poronihia" by Paul, Tangaroa
"The Other Catherine" by Keenan, Lauren
"Pepeha Portal" by Tikao, Ariana, 1971-
More NZ new titles
 

Picturing Canterbury

Explore our Picturing Canterbury posts for an insight into Ōtautahi Christchurch.

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NZ Music Month: Picturing Canterbury

Christchurch City Libraries celebrates NZ Music Month during May every year. Here are some musical highlights from Canterbury Stories.

More Canterbury images
 

Blog posts

Blog Post

Submerse yourself in Tina Shaw's A House Built on Sand

Fee reviews Tina Shaw's novel about a mother and daughter attempting to deal with early onset dementia.

Blog Post

Happy 40th birthday, Alice in Videoland!

In May 2025, Alice in Videoland turns 40! Donna takes a look at this legendary Christchurch institution.

VE Day in Cathedral Square. Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt. In copyright. CCL-PH19-JoWe-001

Blog Post

VE Day - 9 May 1945

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.

More NZ blog posts and reviews
 

Stop Motion Workshop - Magic and Make-Believe

Jul 8th | 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Shirley Library

Magic Trick Workshop - Magic and Make-Believe Day

Jul 8th | 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Shirley Library

You can listen to the first memoir by Ruth Shaw The bookseller at the end of the world on uLibrary.

 

Matariki: Māori New Year

Join us in June and July for exciting free Matariki and Puaka activities and events for you and your whānau to enjoy.

More about Matariki
 
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