Watching TV after a family tea: Christchurch Photo Hunt 2019
We have hit 10,000!
The Discovery Wall launched nearly a year ago with 5,000 accessible images, and now has over 10,000!
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‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ with Dr Nick Barratt
Fans of the world's most popular family history TV show won't want to miss Dr Nick Barratt's free talk at Tūranga on 8 August.
A fond farewell
Due to changing circumstances this will be my last blog for Christchurch City Libraries. I've had a whole lot of fun writing about all sorts of interesting things. In total I've written 56 blogs for the library (including this one) and three for our professional development Bibliofile site. I'm going to look back briefly at…
Ōtautahi Advent Calendar 2018
24 Christmas images from the Discovery Wall. Meri Kirihimete ki a koutou. Monday 24 December Sunday 23 December Saturday 22 December Friday 21 December Thursday 20 December Wednesday 19 December Tuesday 18 December Monday 17 December Sunday 16 December Saturday 15 December Friday 14 December Thursday 13 December Wednesday 12 December Tuesday 11 December Monday…
Christchurch Photo Hunt 2018 – The winners
October 2018 saw the opening of Tūranga, our new Central Library. The Discovery Wall is one of the showcase attractions in the library, and is also where Photo Hunt entries can be found. The images can viewed online, and on the Discovery Wall in Tūranga - as well as at the mobile wall that is…
Tāngata Ngāi Tahu – WORD Christchurch 2018
Tāngata Ngāi Tahu: People of Ngāi Tahu. Volume One is a new book celebrating the rich and diverse lives of fifty people of Ngāi Tahu. It was published by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and Bridget Williams Books in late 2017, and released to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement.…
Diana Wichtel – Driving to Treblinka: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
I must admit I have not yet read Driving to Treblinka, but I am on the long list of library customers who have reserved it to read. I have, however, read all The Listener articles that were the precursors for this book. Driving to Treblinka The moderator for this session was Philip Matthews, former colleague of…
Quick Questions with Diana Wichtel – WORD Christchurch
We are asking quick questions of writers and thinkers coming to the WORD Christchurch Festival 2018 (Wednesday 29 August to Sunday 2 September). Diana Wichtel is a multi-award-winning journalist and a feature writer and television critic at the New Zealand Listener. She has been a New Zealand Herald columnist, a television reviewer for Radio Live and…
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