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Tō Tātou Karere WELLINGTON CITY LIBRARIES NEWS
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pakeke adults
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Baby Rock and Rhyme A fun and educational programme for parents and carers to interact with their babies through songs and stories. Recommended for children aged 0 - 2 years with their caregivers. • • • •
Cummings Park Island Bay Johnsonville Karori
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Kilbirnie Miramar Tawa Te Awe
CRAFTerschool Free arts and crafts for school-aged children. Get stuck into activities such as drawing, beading, origami, mask-making and much more while making friends with other crafty kids. Registrations required; runs weekly during term-time. • • •
Johnsonville Miramar Tawa
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Calling all adventurers — seasoned questers and fresh-faced recruits alike — for Dungeons and Dragons campaigns at your local library. We’ll provide the Dungeon Master, dice, books and gear; you provide the imagination. Registrations required. Recommended for ages 9 - 19. • • •
children and youth
tamariki / rangatahi
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Dungeons and Dragons
Johnsonville Karori Miramar
Family Movie Nights Come in your pyjamas, bring a cushion and a blanket, and relax at our fun family movie nights. A different G-rated movie is selected from our library collections each month. Check with the library to find out which movie is showing. • • • •
Johnsonville Karori Newtown Tawa
Kōhunga Kōrero
Preschool Storytime
Pakiwaitara i roto i te reo Māori. E 30 meneti
Fun and interactive stories, songs and rhymes to
pakiwaitara, rotarota, waiata hoki i roto i te reo Māori
inspire your preschooler and help grow a love of
mō ngā kōhungahunga me ō rātou mātua kaitiaki.
literacy.
Stories, rhymes and songs in te reo Māori for preschoolers and their caregivers. These sessions are open to anyone, and are recommended for children aged 2 - 6 years. • • • •
Johnsonville Karori Miramar Newtown
Recommended for children aged 2 - 4 with their caregivers. • • • • • •
Brooklyn Cummings Park Island Bay Johnsonville Karori Khandallah
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Kilbirnie Miramar Newtown Tawa Te Awe Wadestown
Preschool Storytime
LEGO® Time Come down to the library and get creative in these free-build sessions with our extensive LEGO®
Our Languages
Join us for a unique interactive experience featuring
collections. Recommended for ages 5 - 105.
stories and songs from different cultures and
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Recommended for children aged 2 - 6 years with
Johnsonville Te Awe
languages in our community. their caregivers. •
Let’s Go LEGO®
Johnsonville
Youth Nights
Let’s build -- let’s explore -- let’s create -- Let’s Go
Come to our after-hours Youth Nights to find a space
LEGO®! Join us for these themed building sessions,
to be yourself and meet other like-minded teens.
where you will use the library’s LEGO® collections to
Check out the cool tech in the HIVE, record music,
create your masterpiece. Recommended for children
play games, watch movies, read a book, or just hang
aged 5+ with their caregivers.
out -- our space is yours! Pizza provided. Suitable for
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Cummings Park Johnsonville Karori Khandallah
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Miramar Newtown Tawa
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Stepping Up
Book club Some of our libraries host social
These are practical sessions on
book groups for adults. Come along
library computers covering the
and share what you’ve been reading,
basics of digital technology and
and get recommendations from
computing. A different topic is
other keen readers.
covered at each session, so check
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Island Bay
with the library to find out more information. Registrations are required. •
Kilbirnie
Tea and Tales
Movie Nights Join us for free films screening every
Join us for Tea and Tales at the
month. Movies are selected from the
library. Enjoy a cup of tea or coffee
library’s collections and are suitable
and lively book discussions with
for adults. Check with the library to
like-minded people, while sharing
find out which movie is showing.
poems, excerpts and anecdotes with others for an hour at the library.
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Johnsonville Newtown Te Awe Wadestown
Bring along something to share with the group. New members are always welcome; just pop along. •
Johnsonville
Tea and Tales
Social English
Chinese
Come along to our free English conversation groups. We meet
Join us for Chinese Tea and Tales
every week to chat and improve our
to get to know other Mandarin-
English conversation skills. All levels
speaking migrants in the
are welcome!
community, practice your English,
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Karori Kilbirnie Newtown
Mandarin-learning speakers of other languages are also welcome. 如果您喜欢阅读, 喜欢结交有共同爱好的 新朋友, 海阔天空的侃聊人生故事……或
adults
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share your stories, and much more.
是想学习如何运用图书馆内的设施; 学习 简单的生活实用英语, 那就来乔森威尔图 书馆吧, <<悠雅书舍>>欢迎您的加入. •
Johnsonville
Movie Night
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TUESDAYS 5.45 - 7.15pm
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Tūhura HIVE is our new makerspace located inside the new Johnsonville Library at the Waitohi Community Hub. Giving our customers the oportunity to play with new technology and creative tools Tūhura HIVE offers 3D printing, VR expiriences, sewing machines, laser cut, a compact music studio and so much more.
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Code Club level 1 Code Club Level 1 is a free coding club for children at the beginning of their coding journey. Students will work their way through a range of fun coding projects supported by coding experts. Registrations are required. Recommended for coders aged 9 - 13.
Code Club level 2 Code Club Level 2 is a free coding club for children who have some coding experience under their belts. Students will select stimulating projects to work through supported by coding experts. Registrations are required. Recommended for coders aged 9 - 13.
Code Club level 3 Code Club Level 3 is a free coding club for experienced coders of all ages. Find your community and explore new coding projects at your own pace. Recommended for coders aged 13+.
Experience VR
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Tūhura hive - johnsonville library at the waitohi hub
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For the full information on days and times visit The HIVE Event Calendar.
Virtual reality (VR) offers us a new and exciting way to learn about and experience the world around us. Use our state-of-the-art facilities to experience VR from the safety and comfort of your local library. Registrations required. Recommended for ages 9 - 99.
Family Maker Saturday/Open Project Time: General Interest Come along to the HIVE and work on your own ideas and projects using our wide range of creative technologies and tools. These sessions are selfguided, but staff will be on hand to assist if needed. Suitable for ages 14 - 140; children with supervising
Open Project Time: Fibrecraft Come along to the HIVE and work on your own ideas and projects, focussing on fibrecrafts including weaving, sewing and knitting. These sessions are self-guided, but staff will be on hand to assist if needed. Suitable for ages 14 - 140. Children with supervising adults welcome.
adults welcome.
Tinker Time
Tech Time: Inspire
Come to the HIVE after storytime for these hands-
Join us at the library to play with and learn about
on sessions for little makers. From simple crafts
exciting new technologies, from simple robotics and
and messy play to fun robots and more, there will
circuit-building to microcomputers and everything
be something different to delight your little ones at
in between. No prior knowledge or experience is
each session. Recommended for ages 2 - 5 with their
necessary. Registrations are required. These sessions
caregivers.
are targeted at interested adults of all ages.
Open Project Time: 3D Printing
Tech Time: Learn
Come along to the HIVE and work on your own ideas
Join us at the library for these seasonal courses
and projects, focussing on 3D design, scanning and
focussing on an aspect of digital technology,
3D printing. These sessions are self-guided, but staff
electronics or robotics chosen by library staff.
will be on hand to assist if needed. Suitable for ages
Registrations are required. Suitable for ages 9 - 99.
14 - 140; children with supervising adults welcome.
Open Project Time: Cut & Etch
Tech Time: Play
Come along to the HIVE and work on your own ideas
Join us at the library to play with and learn about
and projects, focussing on laser cutting, etching, and
new digital technologies in these hands-on
papercrafts. These sessions are self-guided, but staff
adventures through the worlds of robotics and
will be on hand to assist if needed. Suitable for ages
electronics. Registrations are required. Suitable for
14 - 140. Children with supervising adults welcome.
children aged 6 - 12 with their caregivers.
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recent picks from our
collections
Seaward Stories: New Fiction by Paul Veart
The ocean looms large in this month’s new general fiction selection. Lemuel Gulliver seemingly lost at sea in Gulliver’s Wife; Captain Cook’s Endevour wrecked on a coral reef in On a Barbarous Coast; wisdom from octopuses in The Octopus and I; a deadly sea crossing in We are Made of Earth. Also this month: the French literary sensation All About Sarah by Pauline DelabroyAllard and Love by Roddy Doyle. Love has been compared to James Joyce’s Dubliners, and has received great reviews from the New York Times, Boston Globe and more. Read the full article.
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Mistry Law and More: New Mystery Fiction by Paul Veart
July’s new mystery titles include the latest and London-based writer Jessica Moor. novel from author Sujata Massey, best Moor’s debut novel The Keeper centres known for her Agatha Award-winning Rei on a women’s refuge, and is based on Shimura series. Massey’s most recent work Moor’s own experiences. For more on her is A Murder at Malabar Hill, described by time writing The Keeper, have a read of The Spinoff as “a sumptuous crime story this interview at Crimespree Magazine. starring a rule-breaking badass in a sari”. We’ve also got great new work from Berlin Read the full article.
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contact us Arapaki Manners library 12 Manners Street 803 8303
Brooklyn Library Cnr of Harrison & Cleveland Streets, Brooklyn 384 6814
Cummings Park (ngaio) Library 1a Ottawa Road, Ngaio 479 2344
He Matapihi Molesworth Library National Library of New Zealand 70 Molesworth Street 801 4122
Island Bay library 167 The Parade, island bay 383 7216
Miramar library 68 Miramar Avenue, Miramar 388 8005
Newtown library 13 Constable Street, Newtown 389 2830
Ruth Gotlieb (Kilbirnie) library 101 Kilbirnie Crescent, Kilbirnie 387 1480
te awe 28 brandon street 801 3529
Wadestown library Corner of Moorhouse Street and Lennel Road, Wadestown 473 5211
Johnsonville library 34 Moorefield Road, Johnsonville 477 6151
Karori library 247 Karori Road, Karori 476 8413
Khandallah library 8 Ganges Road, khandallah 479 7535
Mervyn Kemp (Tawa) library 158 Main Road (Cnr Cambridge Street & Main Road), Tawa 232 1690
general enquiries enquiries@wcl.govt.nz 801 3065