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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

May 2025

 

Welcome to our Heritage newsletter.

Letting you know about interesting library events and resources related to local history, whakapapa/family history and heritage of all kinds.

 

What's new - Canterbury Stories

Adrienne Rewi collection

A collection of photographs by Adrienne Rewi depicting Christchurch both before and after the earthquakes.

 

Library events

The Great Stash Swap
Series

Jul 14th, All day

Lyttelton Library

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Bring along your unwanted fabric, haberdashery, buttons, wool, lace, trims etc then choose what you want to take away. No cash involved!

"Library" Books

Books set in or centred around a library.

More Heritage events
 

Suggested reading

Staff List

DNA for Genealogy

The books look at DNA testing, analysing your results and dealing with new information and secrets revealed.

 

Top picks

Our pick of the best of the newest crop of heritage titles.

Ashdon to Akaroa: Stories of the Haylock Family's Journey to Aotearoa New Zealand and Their Early Years in the Country by John Haylock

Follow the story of the Haylock Family on their journey to New Zealand in 1850.

 

The Origins of an Experimental Society: New Zealand, 1769-1860 by Erik Olssen

In this major work, one of our leading historians offers a new account of the origins of New Zealand: how Pākehā settlers - nurtured on Enlightenment thought and evangelical humanitarianism - encountered Māori, and how the two peoples together developed a distinctively experimental society.

 

Uncommon Land, An: From an ancestral past of enclosure towards a regenerative future by Catherine Knight

Uncommon Land is a story of enclosure, dispossession, colonisation and - ultimately - hope for a better future.

 

Website

Christchurch Family History Expo

Coming to Tūranga Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 August 2025? Fill out our expression of interest form to receive updates and information.

 

More from the Library: Matariki

This June we celebrate Matariki and Puaka. Learn more about Māori New Year and find library resources, activities and events.

 
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