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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 2025

The annual Christchurch Photo Hunt is on from 1 to 31 October. Share your photos old and new - and 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

Celebrate Matariki with Dr Hinemoa Elder FULLY BOOKED

Jun 19th | 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Tūranga

Event

He kai kei āku rika - Matariki Whānau Day

Jun 20th | 10:00am - 3:00pm

Tūranga

More Māori events
 

Te reo Māori

"A Ariā me te motu pouākai" by Ihimaera, Witi, 1944-
"The Other Catherine" by Keenan, Lauren
"Ko ngā whetū raupī o Matariki"
"Pepeha Portal" by Tikao, Ariana, 1971-
"Kupe me te wheke nui a Muturangi" by Tait, Mat, 1970-
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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

Open Archives - Ahakoa He iti, He Pounamu

Jun 20th | 11:00am - 12:00pm

Tūranga

Even small treasures can have a big impact, what treasures will you find hiding in the Tuakiri Archive?

Event

Heritage Highlight: 154 years of Funerals in Canterbury

Jun 23rd | 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Tūranga

Bell, Lamb & Trotter have provided funeral services in Canterbury for 154 years. Andrew Bell will discuss the changes seen over the years.

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

"A Year at Awakino Station" by Mathisen, Jaz
"The Clean" by Langston, Richard, 1959-
"The Good Settler" by Shaw, Richard, 1964-
"Let's Go Native" by Hessell, Guy
"Haunted by Erewhon" by Robinson, Roger, 1939-
"Keep Calm We Are Coming" by Crosby, R. D.
"The Clean" by Langston, Richard, 1959-
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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