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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

May 2025

 

Haere mai and welcome to our Older Adults newsletter.

Discover library services and useful information for older adults.

 

Events

Staff List

DNA for Genealogy

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

Video

Unconscious Bias on LinkedIn Learning

In this course, diversity expert Stacey Gordon Stacey explores the most common forms of unconscious bias and its implications.

Knit 'n' yarn

Various times and locations

Selected libraries

Come along and enjoy a chat with others as you knit. For anyone who loves to knit or wants to learn.

SAYGo Falls Prevention Exercise Class
Series

Dec 12th | 10:00am - 11:00am

New Brighton Library

View all dates

Steady As You Go (SAYGo) is the exercise class designed to help older people reduce their likelihood of having a fall.

What's on for older adults
 

What's new

New titles

"Life of Brian" by Hirst, Brian, 1950-
"Dobre Dobre" by Kratochvila, Laurel
"SWNZ Guide to Star Wars Collectible Cards and Stickers New Zealand 1977-1997" by Glasgow, Matt
"Media Bias" by Arndt, Thomas (Adjunct professor)
"The Neurospicy Guide for Beginners" by Campbell, Luke
"The Maze" by Allen, Hania
"Dobre Dobre" by Kratochvila, Laurel

Large Print

"The Impossible Fortune" by Osman, Richard, 1970-
"The Last Death of the Year" by Hannah, Sophie, 1971-
"Too Old for This" by Downing, Samantha
"Problematic Summer Romance" by Hazelwood, Ali
"Polkinghorne" by Braunias, Steve, 1960-
"A Different Kind of Power" by Ardern, Jacinda, 1980-
"The Last Death of the Year" by Hannah, Sophie, 1971-
Explore more New For You
 

Read New Zealand eBooks

Staff List

Listen in! Donna's best audiobooks of 2025

The fave audiobooks Donna listened to in 2025 - fiction and non-fiction - true crime, apocalyptic dystopias, weird fiction, memoirs, & more.

Audio

Listen to Alexander McCall Smith's new book on BorrowBox

The Winds from Further West is a story of chance encounters and is packed with compassion and humour. Read by James Rottger. Available now.

More eBooks
 

Get some help with technology

Dec
10
Auahatanga - Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre Creative Time
Dec 10th | 10:00am - 11:30am
Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre
Dec
10
Intro to Creative Design - Tinkercad - 13 years+
Dec 10th | 10:30am - 11:30am
New Brighton Library
Dec
10
Technology help drop in sessions
Dec 10th | 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Lyttelton Library
View more events
More tech events at libraries
 

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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