Christchurch City Libraries blog hosts a series of regular podcasts from specialist human rights radio show Speak up - Kōrerotia. This show is created by Sally Carlton. In 2017, the Ministry of Education released its International Student Wellbeing Strategy. With a focus on economic wellbeing, education, health and wellbeing, and inclusion, the Strategy intends to ensure…
Fiction A to Z newsletter
Take a walk through the aisles of our general fiction section with our Fiction A to Z newsletter and discover reads to engage and enlighten. This month's newsletter includes: Subscribe to receive this newsletter directly in your inbox every month, or read it online. For more great reads, check out our Literary Prizes page and our…
A distinctly dodgy District Health Officer
You know how sometimes you keep coming across someone's name, get a bit curious and poke around a bit further? Well I seemed to keep coming across a Dr Hugh Earnshaw Finch, Christchurch's District Health Officer in the 1900s and 1910s, so I decided to investigate further. I first came across him in a picture…
Burns Night – Friday 25 January
January 25th will be the 218th Burns night, since the very first held back in 1801 at the Rabbie's cottage in Alloway. Then, it was a commemoration of Burns’ death, while today it is a celebration of his birth. Some things have not changed about this day though - including the traditional meal of haggis…
Kā Huru Manu: Mapping, memories, meaning
Christchurch City Libraries are proud to be hosting a very special exhibition in Te Pito Huarewa/Southbase Gallery, Tūranga. From Friday 25 January, visitors to our new central library, Tūranga, will be able to explore the history, landscape and names of Canterbury and Banks Peninsula through an exhibition of the Ngāi Tahu Cultural Mapping Project, K…
Waitangi Day in Christchurch and Canterbury – Wednesday 6 February 2019
Kia ora koutou. Find out about 2019 Waitangi Day celebrations and events in Ōtautahi. BEFORE WAITANGI DAY - FRIDAY 1 FEBRUARY Te Kerēme, a Ngāi Tahu perspective: A Waitangi presentation. Waruwarutū / Ngā Pounamu Māori, Tuakiri | Identity, Level 2, Tūranga. Friday 1 February, 6pm to 7pm Waitangi Day is the commemoration of the birth…
Michael J Fox and Peter Jackson on the Frighteners set: Picturing Canterbury
Michael J. Fox and Peter Jackson on the set of The Frighteners in London St, Lyttelton, Christchurch. The Lyttelton Post Office (now part of Lyttelton Library and Customer Services) is seen in the background, but was turned into Bistro Sundown for the movie. Also pictured, standing next to Jackson is Kiwi cinematographer, Alun Bollinger. May…
In the AV Studio: Know your microphones
The Tūranga AV Studio is up and running and so far it's been great to see so many interested and talented individuals using the studio facilities. We have noticed a lot of people have been recording vocals and they aren't aware of differences between the two main microphone types: Dynamics and Condensers. Condenser Microphones Condenser…
Reading More Intentionally in 2019
Well here we are. 2019. It's a new year, and another opportunity to challenge yourself to try something new! I work in a library, so I like to have a book challenge to work towards - reading a certain number of books, reading books from different countries, or reading books I've been meaning to read…
Model of a whale on a forklift truck: Picturing Canterbury
Model of a whale on a forklift truck. Circa 1990s. Neil Chandler, workshop technician, stood underneath a large model of a humpback whale in the carpark at Science Alive, Moorhouse Avenue. Do you have any photographs of Science Alive, Moorhouse Avenue? If so, feel free to contribute to our collection. The Discovery Wall is a large interactive exhibition which allows several…
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