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May 2025

 

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Explore what's happening this month, and find out what's new in our collections.

 

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.

Explore NZ Music Month
 

What's on for teens

Video

Period pieces on Kanopy

Watch movies and TV series set in a range of historical periods on Kanopy with your library card.

Event

Spotlight on: How to create your family story

Jul 30th | 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Tūranga

This 2-week course is designed to help and encourage family history researchers to write the story of their ancestors. Free, bookings needed

About Like Bodies, Like Minds
 

Youth Week - 18 to 24 May 2026

Library events for Youth Week include Junk journalling, Bullet journalling, and Making friendship bracelets.

What's on for Youth Week
 

Listen to BorrowBox

Too close to home? Read NZ crime stories in BorrowBox

Read New Zealand crime and thriller fiction set in our back yard in BorrowBox's eBook collection.

New New Zealand non-fiction eBooks in BorrowBox

BorrowBox has new and popular New Zealand non-fiction in eBook format.

Listen to eAudiobooks
 

New For You - June 2026

New For You is a monthly selection of new books, topical titles, and hidden gems — chosen especially for you by our book buyers!

Find your next great read
 

New Fiction

"Land" by O'Farrell, Maggie, 1972-
"First Place" by Andelfinger, Nicole
"Whistler" by Patchett, Ann, 1963-
"Baby-sitters Little Sister" by Martin, Ann M., 1955-
"Taiwan Travelogue" by Yang, Shuangzi, 1984-
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"First Place" by Andelfinger, Nicole
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New Non-Fiction

"The Titanic Story of Evelyn" by Wilkinson, Lisa
"I Eat the Stars" by Wilson, Sarah, 1974-
"Haunted by Erewhon" by Robinson, Roger, 1939-
"The Nuremberg Women" by Livingstone, Natalie
"No Pit Stops" by Baker, Grant
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"I Eat the Stars" by Wilson, Sarah, 1974-
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New from Aotearoa

"Haunted by Erewhon" by Robinson, Roger, 1939-
"Der Buchladen am Ende der Welt" by Shaw, Ruth (Bookseller)
"The Sculptor From Rūnanga" by Maunder, Paul
"They Carved A Wider Place for Women" by Wood, Beulah, 1943-
"No Pit Stops" by Baker, Grant
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"Der Buchladen am Ende der Welt" by Shaw, Ruth (Bookseller)
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Discover new books
 

WORD Christchurch events coming soon!

Video

Period pieces on Kanopy

Watch movies and TV series set in a range of historical periods on Kanopy with your library card.

Close reading, creative writing — RF Kuang WORD Christchurch

"It is bad for souls and all knowledge to be processed through a lens of commerce.” Cate reports back from RF Kuang's sold out WORD event.

Louise Erdrich: Land, Legacy, & the Python’s Kiss: WORD Chch

"How lucky we were to have Louise Erdrich visit Ōtautahi!" Ray reports back from a captivating WORD Christchurch event with Louise Erdrich.

Read about WORD & book now
 

Recommended reading

Fantasy fiction reading guide

Find Fantasy authors you might like to try and reading lists for a range of Fantasy sub-genres including Epic, Grimdark, and Romantasy.

True crime reading guide

Truth can be stranger than fiction and just as gripping - read tales of murder, investigations, trials, and the wrongfully imprisoned.

Reading recommendations
 

Pasifika events

Gasav Ne Fäeag Rotuạm Ta - Rotuman Language Week

Ḁlalum 'ḁus 'e gasav ne fäeag rotuḁm te'is. Gasav Ne Fäeag Rotuạm Ta - Rotuma Language Week is on from Sunday 10 to Saturday 16 May 2026.

Wan Solwara: Pasifika Storytimes at Ōrauwhata

Jun 23rd | 10:30am - 11:00am

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and Community Centre

Stories, rhymes & action songs celebrating the languages and cultures of the Pacific - tied together by our special friendship with the sea.

Explore Pasifika resources
 

Naxos Music Library

Online classical music library of streaming music. Includes standard and rare recordings, album notes, reference and tuition material.

Online Resource

Naxos Jazz

Stream over 32,000 jazz albums, from jazz legends to contemporary jazz.

Online Resource

Naxos Music Library World

Streaming over 10,000 world music albums, from legendary historical performances to contemporary world music.

More about Naxos
 

Coming soon: Matariki

Website

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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