First up for The Christchurch Heritage Festival is an exhibition at Lyttelton Library entitled Sifting the Ashes: The Great Fire of Lyttelton. The fire that is the subject of this exhibition began late in the evening of 24 October 1870, when a small blaze was kindled in the storeroom of the Queen's Hotel on the…
Te reo place names formally restored to the Peninsula
Thirteen te reo place names around Horomaka/Banks Peninsula have been officially restored and given the same legal status as the European names.
“Make” your way through lockdown with eBooks for crafters
Jo has tips for crafters, with suggestions to help people “Make” their way through lockdown with craft-related eBooks.
Ako: Learning te reo Māori… on the bus
Jo tries out some phone apps to help improve her te reo Māori on her daily commute.
Following the Sumner Road: An exploration of its past and present
On 1 April 1869 a court notice appeared in the Christchurch Star, describing an unusual disturbance of the peace. Ten boys aged between seven and thirteen years old were charged with stealing a quantity of explosives fuse from a magazine on Evans Pass, presumably held there for the purpose of road construction. The boys were…
When Death Jumped Ship exhibition
Hard on the heels on World War One, the 1918 influenza pandemic was the worst health disaster of the 20th century. Worldwide, over 50 million people died and here in Aotearoa 9,000 New Zealanders lost their lives to the flu in only two months. What was it like? How did people deal with this disaster…
Te Reo Māori, niupepa, and Papers Past
The historians and whakapapa researchers among you may already be familiar with Papers Past, an impressive and still-growing online resource from the National library. This site makes digitised versions of Aotearoa newspapers, magazines and journals, letters and diaries, and parliamentary papers available online, for free. The fascinating newspaper section (believe me, it’s easy to fall…
Lighting up the winter nights – Lyttelton Harbour Festival of Lights, Friday 29 June 2018
This week is an exciting one for Lyttelton Library and our customers, with our fabulous Stories after Dark with Lindsey on Thursday night, and the awesome Lyttelton Harbour Festival of Lights on the evening of Friday 29 June. Lyttelton Library’s Stories after Dark starts at 6.30pm on Thursday 28 June – head down to the…
Matariki – a time for garden plans
With Matariki approaching, it’s nearly time to start thinking about our food plantings for the coming year. Three stars of the Matariki cluster, Tupu-ā-nuku, Tupu-ā-rangi, and Ururangi, are important to planning for the coming year’s food crops – and traditionally the way they appear to viewers (hazy or clear, for instance) helped Māori determine when the best…
Auē! Me tangi noa ahau ki muri nei
My grandfather's brother never came back from World War One. He's buried in Armentières, France. My grandmother's brother lost his leg, so the family farm in Southland had to be sold - he couldn't take up his inheritance. My great aunt's fiancé returned a shell-shocked alcoholic - PTSD, they'd call it these days. They parted…
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