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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 NZ Music Month Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa. 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

Event

Me Kōrero Tātou
Series

Jan 8th | 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Shirley Library

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Let's speak and build our te reo Māori skills together! Join us for a friendly kōrero, share your learning and learn from others.

Event

Māori Land Court Drop In Advisory Clinic
Series

Dec 10th | 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Tūranga

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Staff from the Māori Land Court will be available to give advice on a range of topics from succession applications to land trusts.

See what's on
 

2025 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

"50 Years of the Waitangi Tribunal"
"Bonfires on the Ice" by Ricketts, Harry, 1950-
"Behind the Hill" by Robilliard, Robin, 1934-
"Butterfly Alighting" by Shaw, Marc
"Between" by Fitchett, Sue
"Capital Trees" by Goldsmith, Susette, 1952-
"Bonfires on the Ice" by Ricketts, Harry, 1950-
"Butterfly Alighting" by Shaw, Marc
 

Fiction

"The American Boys" by Spooner, Olivia
"How to Paint A Nude" by Mahon, Sam, 1954-
"Good Things Come and Go" by Shapiro, Josie
"Fright on Stage Right" by Ralph, G. B.
"Hoods Landing" by Vincent, Laura
"A Mistletoe Match for the Earl" by Shepherd, Eva
"How to Paint A Nude" by Mahon, Sam, 1954-
"Fright on Stage Right" by Ralph, G. B.
 

Te reo Māori

"Ara" by Elder, Hinemoa, 1966-
"Hare Pota me te pakohu kura huna" by Rowling, J. K., 1965-
"Birdsong" by O'Rourke, Maris
"He pō maumahara" by Tamanui, Virginia
"E Kō, Nō Hea Koe" by Bennett, Matariki
"How Many Times?" by Tipene, Tim, 1972-
"Hare Pota me te pakohu kura huna" by Rowling, J. K., 1965-
"He pō maumahara" by Tamanui, Virginia
More NZ new titles
 

Picturing Canterbury

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

Donkey at Christmas Parade: Picturing Canterbury

A shepherd and his donkey walking in the New Brighton Christmas Parade, 9 December 2017. An image 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
 

Me Kōrero Tātou
Series

Jan 8th | 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Shirley Library

View all dates

Māori Land Court Drop In Advisory Clinic
Series

Dec 10th | 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Tūranga

View all dates

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 for exciting free Matariki and Puaka activities and events for you and your whānau to enjoy.

More about Matariki
 
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