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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi
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Official account of Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi located in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social · Jun 9
Kia ora! This account is managed by Donna and Moata of the Christchurch City Libraries Web Team from our secret lair/open plan office.
We’ll be sharing info about library events, services and collections.
Two middle aged women with nice smiles sitting at office desks.
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Your Weekend has best books of 2025, as picked by a range of interesting New Zealanders. www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609... #booksky #pukapuka
The 44 best books of 2025
From local thrillers to international fantasy, essays to photobooks, biographies to romantasy, we asked the experts to choose the best books of 2025.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Kia ora! I've unleashed my fave NZ book covers of 2025. My top pick is Sick Power Trip by @erikkennedy.com
Published by @thwupbooks.bsky.social
Designed by @toddatticus.bsky.social
Todd talks about the making of the cover: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/b... ^DR
#booksky #pukapuka
Various versions of Sick Power Trip
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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We've got a summer of great events and activities taking place at libraries all over the city. Pick up a What's on brochure next time you're at a library to find out more. ^MT
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/events
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Join us at Tūranga for an hour of festive community singing with L.A. Mitchell and friends.
Sunday 7 December, 2pm to 3pm.
More in fo: christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/69...
Promotional graphic with text "Just for joy - choir/Christmas edition" above an image of a woman kicking her leg up and looking riotously joyful.
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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The dinosaurs of Christchurch City Libraries have been up to more shenanigans this week
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/d...
#dinovember
DINOvember Dino Diary: Week 4
Have a look at what the dinosaurs got up to in the fourth week of DINOvember.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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It's hard to believe that Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre is TEN YEARS OLD today! 🎉
Have a look at these photos from opening day in 2015. Many happy returns!
More photos: www.flickr.com/photos/chris... #halswellchristchurch ^MT
A small group including 2 older men and several children are the first people through the doors at Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre. View from behind of the community sitting in folding chairs in front of the combined library and pool complex. An aisle between the chairs gives a view of the row of seated dignitaries with one man standing giving a speech. Gathered community members, including parents and children, standing watching the opening ceremony. Two older men and two children holding scissors cutting two red ribbons strung in front of the main entrance.
November 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Check out what's new to the library collection this week with our lists of new non-fiction, new fiction, and just ordered titles: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/new-titles/#...
#pukapuka #pukapukahou
Graphic showing 10 book covers with text "New this week". Covers included "Shadow Ticket" by Thomas Pynchon, " The Eye of the Bedlam Bride" by Matt Dinniman, and "Music Without End: A Book of Listening" by Roger Horrocks.
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Stranger Things Season 5 (volume 1) is dropping in Aotearoa NZ today. We've got a bunch of graphic novels if you want even more ... christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?qu... ^DR
#booksky
a man stands in front of a sign that says " advanced dungeons & dragons "
Alt: a man stands in front of a sign that says " advanced dungeons & dragons "
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November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Behold! The Burgeriffic glory of the Cameron Japanese Family Restaurant, ファミリーレストラン キャメロン, on Main South Road, Hornby. #canterburystories
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/c... ^MT
Cameron Japanese Family Restaurant: Picturing Canterbury
Cameron Japanese Family Restaurant, ファミリーレストラン キャメロン, on Main South Road, Hornby. An image from Canterbury Stories.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Use our creative software and tech to design a Christmas decoration and lasercut it!
$5.85 per person, next Wednesday 3 December, 12 noon to 1.30pm, Tūranga.
Book online: events.humanitix.com/turanga-auah... ^MT
Tūranga - Auahatanga Maker Sessions: Christmas Decorations H4w
Buy Tickets on Humanitix - Tūranga - Auahatanga Maker Sessions: Christmas Decorations H4w hosted by Christchurch City Libraries. Tūranga , 60 Cathedral Square, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch ...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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I DINO what to say but nothing TRICERATOPS these great DINOVEMBER outfits. Are you RAPTOR what?
(Okay, no more PTERRIBLE puns.) 🦖
A librarian sitting in a chair. She is wearing a Jurassic Park tshirt over which is a shirt that features a bone print. In her lap is a stuffed triceratops toy. Balanced on her shoulder is a tuatara plushie. Two images showing a librarian in a dinosaur onesie posing in between some bookshelves. The image on the left is front on. The image at right shows the spines running down their back and tail. Two images of a librarian dressed as Dr Alan Grant (Sam Neill) from Jurassic Park. She wears a wide-brimmed sunhat, a red and cream neck scarf, a denim top and shorts, and boots, with a denim look duster. She is standing in a garden and holding a small plastic dinosaur. The left image is a "straight" pose, looking into the camera. The image on the right is more dramatic with a look of fear directed and the comically small dino in her hand. A librarian holding the book "Dinosaur Therapy" while wearing a tshirt featuring a Dinosaur Therapy character. It is a pale blue stegosaurus with pink back spikes and white thagomizer. It is saying "You're doing a good job and your hair looks nice".
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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This is cool news from Read NZ Te Pou Muramura! www.read-nz.org/news/article...
"Thanks to our friends at Mātātuhi Foundation, we'll be leading some mahi for a national Aotearoa New Zealand Children's Book Week in 2026." ^DR
#ReadNZ #Booksky #pukapuka
Aotearoa NZ Children's Book Week illustrated collage, 2026
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Looking for stocking stuffers for Christmas?
Have you considered our Bilingual Story Starter Cards ($19 for a pack of 60), or our "Stories come to life at the Library" tote bags ($9). Both available at your local library. ^MT
Bilingual Story Starter Cards promotional graphic with text that says "Ignite your imagination / Perfect for Christmas gifts / Learn more at christchurchcitylibraries.com/ along with a photo of a pack of cards. Includes a Christchurch City Council logo. Promotional graphic with a black tote bag with a white book design and "Stories come to life at the library" in a cursive font and 3 children's books coming out of the top. Text below it says "From shelf to shoulder! Get your new library bag today". There is also a circle inside which is "$9". A selection of story starter cards spread out. Includes words like "Beach/Takutai one", "Pohutukawa tree", and "Camping/Noho Hōpuni". A middle-aged woman holding a library tote bag.
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Good nonfiction books stand as a testament to the value of curiosity and thinking deeply about our lives, our world, and all the people in it. Here are our favorites of the year.
Electric Lit’s Best Nonfiction of 2025 - Electric Literature
Books by Edgar Gomez, Maris Kreizman, and Zefyr Lisowski are among the year's most celebrated nonfiction
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November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Celebrate the launch of Beneath Our Feet, a powerful new YA novel by Christchurch author, Jack Hartley, published by Scholastic New Zealand - next Wednesday, 3 December at Tūranga, 6pm–7pm. Free, but bookings required.
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/69... #ReadNZ #pukapuka ^MT
Author talk: Jack Hartley — Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi
Join us to celebrate the launch of Beneath Our Feet, a powerful new YA novel by Christchurch author, Jack Hartley, published by Scholastic New Zealand.\nSet in the aftermath of the 2011 Christchurch e...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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BEST BOOKS OF 2025 FOR KIDS!
It's that most wonderful time of the year. Our selectors have picked the best books of 2025 for tamariki and rangatahi. Find great reads galore, handpicked by the experts! my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/holiday-read... ^DR
#pukapuka #booksky
Best of 2025 for Kids and Teens
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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If anyone has photos or video of this chompy guy or gal we'd love to add them to our collection of Elizabeth photos - upload 'em if you've got 'em
discoverywall.nz/album/706/865 ^MT
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Time for a rewatch? christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S3... ^MT
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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The last Wednesday of the month is Wednesday Fashion Fun day for library staff.
This time we're inviting YOU, the library-loving public to join us!
This month's theme is "Fossil Fun" to tie in with #DINOvember.
See you on Wednesday! ^MT
A childer wearing a plush triceratops costume, standing amongst some greenery. A librarian in an inflatable dinosaur costume at some bookshelves with a dinosaur book in its toothsome maw. A child wearing a blue cardigan with a happy t-rex type dinosaur decal. A librarian wearing a black cardigan with white dinosaur skeletons. She also has dinosaur skull earrings and is holding a paperback copy of Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton.
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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On this day in 1865 the Canterbury Provincial Council Chambers were completed.
They were damaged during the Feb 2011 quakes and remain closed to the public.
Learn more: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/canterbury-p... ^MT
The Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings
The Provincial Buildings are situated on the banks of the River Avon between Armagh, Gloucester and Durham Streets and are one of the…
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November 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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I don't know about you but I LOVE a cheesy Christmas movie. So hear me out - cheesy Christmas NOVELS:
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp... ^MT
a woman with red hair is sitting in a chair and says happy holidays everyone
Alt: Lindsay Lohan sitting in a chair and saying "Happy holidays, everyone!"
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November 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Know a keen reader aged 12-24?
Did you know they can get a bag of summer reads selected and bagged up in time for the start of the holidays?
Bookings are free but close Sunday 23 November, pick up at Upper Riccarton Library.
events.humanitix.com/my-book-bag-... ^MT
My Book Bag Upper Riccarton: Summer Edition - 12-24 years - (25)
Register on Humanitix - My Book Bag Upper Riccarton: Summer Edition - 12-24 years - (25) hosted by Christchurch City Libraries. Upper Riccarton, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand. Monday...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Check out what the library dinosaurs have been up to in this week of #DINOvember!
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/d...
Photo of a library staff member in an inflatable dinosaur costume standing at the door way of the library tech van.
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
Post from Threads user "missjenbeck" Romantasy question: are the fae open source? I had only known them from SJM books, but didn't expect to see them in Quicksilver!
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Get up to speed on the newest titles added to our collection this week with our new fiction, new non-fiction and just ordered lists: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/new-titles/#... ^MT
November 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM