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Summertime Reading Challenge 2024/2025

Summertime Reading Challenge

FROM 1 DECEMBER: Keep reading this summer & win. It's easy. Pick up a postcard, complete at least three challenges, & drop the postcard in.

Summertime Reading Challenge 2023/2024

Imagine the taonga that await you
Stories come to life at the library.
Nau mai tauti mai.

Discover summertime reads and events

Events included Campfire stories: Summertime Reading Party, Summertime reading at the pool, summertimes in the park, teddy bears picnic, and more.

Summertime Reading Challenge - He Wero Pānui Pukapuka mō Raumati 2022-2023

Kids and Teens - ages 0 to 18 - tell us about your summer reads in three words and be in to win!
Kōrero mai ki a mātou mō āu pukapuka i pānui ai i te raumati, kia toru kupu anake, ā, ka whiria koe kia whiwhi paraihe pea!

Summertime Reading Challenge was on from Thursday 1 December 2022 to Tuesday 31 January 2023. Winners were notified the week beginning Monday 20 February 2023.

Summertime Reading Challenge will be back later this year!

Winners

Summertime Reading Challenge 2022 / 2023

Summertime Reading Challenge He Wero Pānui Pukapuka mō te Raumati - what happened in the summertime reading in summer 2022/2023.

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Justice welcomes you to this year's Summertime Reading Challenge - He Wero Pānui Pukapuka mō Raumati

Writers and performers have their say on Summertime Reading

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Reading Ideas

Looking for some reading recommendations for your summer reading?

Best Books of 2022 for Kids & Teens

Our selectors pick the best reads of the year for tamariki and rangatahi.

Recommended Reads

Hīkoi!: Māori empowerment, protest, and activism in Aotearoa

A mix of titles looking at the history of Māori protest and activism in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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2024 Alex Awards

The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18.

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2024 Amazing Audiobooks | YALSA

YALSA's Amazing Audiobooks Blogging Team's annual list of notable audio recordings from those released in the past two years.

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2024 ALA Best Graphic Novels for Children

ALA’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) nominations for the 2024 Best Graphic Novels for Children (BGNC) Reading List.

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New for Kids

New for Rangatahi

Entry forms

You can download entry forms.

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