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October 2024: Aotearoa New Zealand

 

Haere mai, welcome to our Aotearoa New Zealand newsletter. Explore new books, upcoming events, and heritage collections.

 

Christchurch Photo Hunt: 1 to 31 October 2026

The Photo Hunt is on now! Share your photos old and new and be in to win Riverside Market vouchers

Drop-in digitisation events

Need help to get your photos online? Come along to a digitisation event and we will help you digitise your photos and enter them into Photo Hunt.

More about Photo Hunt
 

Te ao Māori events

Event

WHAIAO presents: Adults - Storytelling Workshop FULLY BOOKED

Oct 18th | 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Tūranga

Event

Ngā Pakiwaitara - Bilingual Storytimes
Series

Oct 20th | 10:30am - 11:00am

Tūranga

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More Māori events
 

Te reo Māori

"He aha tāku e rongo nei?" by Tapiata, Hana
"He kete kiwaha" by Black, Hona
"He aha te raru ki tai?" by Sørly, Rita
"Kia hīteki i te rā whakanui māmā" by Wilson, Norah, 1981-
"He iti te kupu" by Black, Hona
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More te reo Māori books
 

New For You - Aotearoa New Zealand - October 2024

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
 

Local history events

Event

What did your ancestors do? Discovering local occupations

Oct 21st | 10:00am - 12:00pm

Tūranga

This two-week course will introduce you to resources and research tips to help to help you discover what your ancestors did for their jobs.

Event

Digitise Your Photos: Scan, sip and share at Linwood Library

Oct 21st | 10:00am - 2:00pm

Linwood Library

Add to our digital collection and share memories in this interesting conversation starter. Bring along your photos to scan & enjoy a cuppa.

Local & Family history events
 

Pukapuka hou - New titles

Fiction

"The Antiquarian's Object of Desire" by Holton, India
"Banjara" by Chandra, Shana
"Archangel's Eternity" by Singh, Nalini, 1977-
"The Black Monk" by Grimshaw, Charlotte, 1966-
"The Ballad of Joe Taihape" by Colquhoun, Glenn, 1964-
"Black Velvet & Vengeance" by Challinor, Deborah, 1959-
"Banjara" by Chandra, Shana

Non- Fiction

"Dirty Work" by Hager, Nicky, 1958-
"Another Day Like Yesterday" by Clapshaw, Guy
"Lucky You're Tough" by Law, Mark (Helicopter pilot)
"A Bushman's Book of Yarns" by Gibson, Sam (Trapper)
"Home Again" by Toogood, Jon
"Roadscapes" by Smith, Derek, 1957-
"Another Day Like Yesterday" by Clapshaw, Guy
More NZ new titles
 

Discover Canterbury

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

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NZ Music Month: Picturing Canterbury

Christchurch City Libraries celebrates NZ Music Month during May every year. Here are some musical highlights from Canterbury Stories.

More Canterbury images
 

Bold Types: Indie Bookshops of Aotearoa New Zealand

Read a review of the book Bold Types: Indie Bookshops of Aotearoa New Zealand.

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