Summertime Reading Challenge - He Wero Pānui Pukapuka mō Raumati
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 is on from Thursday 1 December 2022 to Tuesday 31 January 2023.

Winners
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Justice welcomes you to this year's Summertime Reading Challenge - He Wero Pānui Pukapuka mō Raumati
Orana Wildlife Park
Wild about Summertime Reading? Head down to Orana Wildlife Park to meet and hear librarians reading to you and your favourite animal. Meet a meerkat, read to a rhino, laugh with a lion, go ape with a gorilla! Fill in your Summertime Reading Challenge entry and be in to win.
BorrowBox
Always available titles on BorrowBox this Summer
Writers and performers have their say on Summertime Reading
Prizes
Check out the amazing prizes on offer! You could win a gaming keyboard and mouse, power bank, vouchers, or even a tractor!
TSB:
- Power Banks
- Metal Drink Bottles
- Frisbees
Spark:
- Plastic drink bottles
- Waterproof phone protectors
- Jellybeans
- Tote bags
- Pens
Riverside Market:
- Vouchers
Other prizes:
- Wireless ear buds
- Fitness Trackers
- Gaming Keyboards and Mice
- Bluetooth speakers
- Ride on tractor and trailer (for under 6 years)
- Audiobooks from Borrowbox
- Pool, Hydroslide and Tumbletimes passes - Christchurch City Council
- Vouchers for holiday programmes - Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Sponsors
Thanks to our sponsors and supporters:
Prizes for Schools
Schools that actively support and promote Summertime Reading Challenge can win one of five bookpacks from Peter Pal.
Enter
Summertime Reading Challenge - He Wero Pānui Pukapuka mō te 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 is on from Thursday 1 December 2022 to Tuesday 31 January 2023."*" indicates required fields
Summertime Reading Challenge stuff
Look out for stickers and black & white bookmarks you can colour in, and check out the Summertime Reading Challenge on display around libraries.
Reading Ideas
Looking for some reading recommendations for your summer reading?
Best Books of 2022 for Kids & Teens
New for Kids
New for Rangatahi
Entry forms
You can download entry forms.
Terms and Conditions
- The Summertime Reading Challenge 22/23 is open to all Christchurch residents aged 0-18 years.
- The competition is open between 1 December 2022 and 31 January 2023.
- Entries must be complete to be eligible for the prize draw.
- Prizes will be advertised. Winners will be drawn at random and announced on christchurchcitylibraries.com during the second week of February 2023.
- Prize allocation is at the discretion of the Christchurch City Council.
- All decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
He Wero Pānui Pukapuka mō te Raumati
- Kei te wātea te Wero Pānui Pukapuka mō te Raumati 22/23 ki te hunga katoa kei Ōtautahi e noho ana, i waenga i te 0-18 tau te pakeke.
- E wātea ana ki ngā pakeke 0-18.
- E wātea ana te whakataetae i waenga i te 1 Tīhema 2022 - 31 Hānuere 2023.
- Me mātua whakakī te katoa o te tono e āhei ai kia whiria mō tētahi paraihe.
- Ka whakaaturia ngā paraihe whakamutunga.
- Ka whiria pokerehūtia te hunga toa, ā, ka whakapuakina ki christchurchcitylibraries.com i te wiki tuarua o Pēpuere 2023.
- Ka puritia e te Kaunihera o Ōtautahi te mana whiriwhiri i ngā paraihe.
- Kia whakatauria, e kore e hoki anō ki te wewete tohanga paraihe, e kore hoki ngā reta e whakautua.