We all have ambitions of starting the year afresh. We meant to make time during our holidays to have a good go-through the house and garage, chuck out all the junk, and reorganise it all beautifully. Oh but there are so many more tempting things to do than tidy up on a summer's day and…
Motherhood Missed: Stories from Women Who Are Childless by Circumstance – NZ launch
An evening with Dr Lois Tonkin discussing her book Motherhood Missed is on on Tuesday 27th November 6pm Spark Place, He Hononga | Connection, Ground Level, Tūranga. You are invited to hear Dr Lois Tonkin who has written a book honouring women who are childless by circumstance. She has interviewed women who are straight, gay, partnered and…
Be an Eco-Champ for Science Week
Start championing the environment. Become an Eco Champ - here's how: This year's Primary Science Week (14-18 May) is where the action is. Have a look to see how you can take part. Find something that is important to your school Record observations like the number of pieces of litter picked up on the beach…
Remembering the Wahine Disaster – 10 April 1968
The Wahine Disaster took place fifty years ago. Today we reflect on the loss of fifty one people on the 10th of April 1968. This tragedy resonates strongly down the decades. The Wahine Disaster played out across the nation’s television in grainy black and white, and the newsroom brought the story to our living rooms…
The Boat Runner
When you read Devin Murphy's immersive coming of age novel The Boat Runner, you are carried away into a world where doing the morally right thing no longer seems so straight forward. Devin Murphy spent eight years working on this debut novel, inspired by his own and his wife's family history. He draws on the…
Fake news – What is the real deal?
Fake news is the Word of the year for 2017, according to Collins Dictionary. Facebook knows fake news is a real issue so how do we know what is going on? Can we trust the news media? Is the newspaper, if you still read it, worth the paper it is printed on? Can you trust…
Remembering Lawrie Metcalf – Plantsman
Lawrie Metcalf passed away on 18 August 2017. Lawrie Metcalf had a long association with the Christchurch Botanic Gardens as the Assistant Curator from 1955 - 68 and the Assistant Director from 1968 -1977. It was important to him to demonstrate how gardeners could incorporate natives into their garden and create a garden that truly…
The Atomic Weight of Love
The Atomic Weight of Love is the debut novel of Elizabeth J. Church and I hope we see a lot more books from her. This book is an ideal Christmas present. It appeals to a wide audience and will make a great holiday read and is not without a little racy love interest. The Atomic Weight…
DECONSTRUCTION RECONSTRUCTED – an exhibition at Central Library Peterborough
Hard hats on … you are about to enter a construction zone! Helen helps us wrestle back control of our demolished city - taking us on a journey past our city's older buildings. Some are under threat of demolition and susceptible to destruction and decay. Capturing them photographically, deconstructing and reconstructing them, giving them a…
“All Eyes” – Justin Cronin – WORD Christchurch
"All eyes" I sure will keep my eyes out for those “virals,” “flyers,” “slims” or “smokes”. Justin Cronin had us all eating out of his hand during his interview with local young adult author Karen Healey. His motivation for writing his virals trilogy - still can't bear to call them vampires - was his daughter…
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