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May 2025

 

Haere mai, welcome to our newsletter for people from ages 13 to 24. Take a look at some fresh new books and check out what's on.

 

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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.

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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

More about NZ Music Month
 

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
 

Like Bodies Like Minds

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

Supported by the Mental Health Foundation, YWCA Auckland, and Christchurch City Council.

More: Like Bodies Like Minds
 

Coming soon

The Lost saint by Rachael Craw

Ana must endure a treacherous journey and find the legendary mystic everyone calls 'The Saint' who is said to have the power to send Ana home.

 

Sunrise on the reaping by Suzanne Collins

As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem.

 

Top picks

Games untold by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Romance, luxury, and secrets abound in this story collection that take readers deeper into the world of the Inheritance Games series.

 

Leo Martino steals back his heart by Eric Geron

Leo Anthony Martino loves love. Unfortunately, love doesn't love Leo back.

 

New!!!

Take a look at the newest of new books and find your next great read.

Fiction

"Song of the Saltings" by King, Rachael, 1970-
"A Flame in the Dark" by Gill, Maria, 1961-
"I Could Give You the Moon" by Liang, Ann (Young adult author)
"I Know What You're Hiding" by Heath, Jack, 1986-
"Shadow Reaper" by Noni, Lynette
"The Neon Sky" by Villaire, Alyssa
"A Flame in the Dark" by Gill, Maria, 1961-

Graphic novels

"Witch Hat Atelier" by Shirahama, Kamome
"Oshi No Ko" by Akasaka, Aka
"Blue Lock" by Kaneshiro, Muneyuki
"The Summer Hikaru Died" by Mokumokuren (Manga writer)
"To All the Boys I've Loved Before" by Perez Marquez, Barbara
"The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't A Guy at All" by Arai, Sumiko
"Oshi No Ko" by Akasaka, Aka
New for teens
 

Coming up

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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.

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Period pieces on Kanopy

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

Events for teens & new adults
 
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