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Arts and Culture

Explore our resources on arts and culture.

Arts and Culture

Architecture

Explore Christchurch architects, local architectural landmarks, digitised building plans of historical buildings and more.

Arts and literature reading guide

Find fun reads that shed light on your favourite music, theatre or literature. Reads that inform and entertain just like great works of art.

Crafts and Collecting

Explore resources to improve your craft skills. If you enjoy collecting, we have guidebooks, catalogues and online resources to help.

Games and gaming

Take a leap into a universe of gaming - PlayStation, table football or board games.

Poetry

Explore the world of poetry, including poetry from New Zealand, with lyrical library resources.

Public art in Christchurch

Learn more about public art in Christchurch. SCAPE Public Art Season is on from 23 November 2024 to 15 February 2025.

Movies and TV

Movies, indie documentaries, or binge-worthy dramas. Stream them for free. Or read about your favourite films, directors, and actors.

Māori arts and music

Explore traditional and contemporary Māori arts and music.

Pūoro - Music

Listen online, research, or make music of your own at the library.

Waka toi – Contemporary Māori art

This page highlights established and up and coming contemporary Māori artists working in different media.

Toi Māori – Traditional Māori art

Resources about traditional Māori arts such as whakairo (carving) and raranga (weaving).

Writing

Resources for people who want to improve their writing and / or get published.

AHR net

Art History Research Net provides full text access to a range of late 19th and early 20th century art, architecture and design publications.

Read It Before You See It 2025: Nosferatu and Bridget Jones

Hayley breaks down the films and TV series based on books due to hit screens in the coming months.
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2024 in books, and Tracking your reading in 2025 📚

Donna looks at what she read in 2024, and how you can track your reading if you want to make it a very booky 2025.
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Recent necrology, December 2024

Some well-known people who have died recently including former US president, Jimmy Carter, and Kiwi composer Martin Lodge.
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Art

Our art resources include pages on local artists and information on how to locate art resources. We have pages on Māori art and public art.

Bill Elderton shares a page with Richard and Justine McKeogh
Bill Elderton shares a page with Richard and Justine McKeogh. Flickr CCL-Star-526

Books and reading

We link you to the best books. Recommended reading, literary prizes, and information on book festivals and events.

Dance

Links and resources for those interested in dance - where to find dance classes, performances and events, and online resources.

Fashion

Resources for the dedicated follower of fashion – books, magazines and web sites on the elements of style. Our New Zealand fashion page has information on Kiwi fashion and designers.

Photography

Find out some famous Christchurch photographers, and explore our resources for photographers and those interested in looking at photos.

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