JANUARY 2021 | VOL. IX
Tō Tātou Karere WELLINGTON CITY LIBRARIES NEWS
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We are taking a break! Our regular programmes will be on a break from 11 December 2020 to late January 2021. Check our full schedule.
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
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such as drawing, beading, origami, mask-making and much more while making friends with other crafty kids. Registrations required; runs weekly during term-time. • • •
children and youth
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Free arts and crafts for school-aged children. Get stuck into activities
Johnsonville Miramar Tawa
Dungeons and Dragons 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. • •
Johnsonville Karori → waiting for a new Dungeons Master
Family Movie Nights
Let’s Go LEGO®
Come in your pyjamas, bring a cushion and a
Let’s build -- let’s explore -- let’s create -- Let’s Go
blanket, and relax at our fun family movie nights. A
LEGO®! Join us for these themed building sessions,
different G-rated movie is selected from our library
where you will use the library’s LEGO® collections to
collections each month. Check with the library to
create your masterpiece. Recommended for children
find out which movie is showing.
aged 5+ with their caregivers.
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Karori Newtown Tawa
Kōhunga Kōrero
Cummings Park Johnsonville Karori Khandallah
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Miramar Newtown Tawa
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. • • • • • •
LEGO® Time
Brooklyn Cummings Park Island Bay Johnsonville Karori Khandallah
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Kilbirnie Miramar Newtown Tawa Te Awe Wadestown
Youth Nights
Come down to the library and get creative in these
Come to our after-hours Youth Nights to find a space
free-build sessions with our extensive LEGO®
to be yourself and meet other like-minded teens.
collections. Recommended for ages 5 - 105.
Check out the cool tech in the HIVE, record music, play games, watch movies, read a book, or just hang
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out -- our space is yours! Pizza provided. Suitable for ages 14+. •
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Tea and Tales
We are taking a break!
Join us for Tea and Tales at the Our regular programmes will be on a break from 11 December 2020 to late January 2021. Check our full schedule.
library. Enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and lively book discussions with like-minded people, while sharing poems, excerpts and anecdotes with others for an hour at the library. Bring along something to share with
Movie Nights Join us for free films screening every month. Movies are selected from the library’s collections and are
the group. New members are always welcome; just pop along. • •
Johnsonville Tawa
suitable for adults. Check with the library to find out which movie is showing. • •
Tea and Tales
Te Awe Wadestown
Chinese
Join us for Chinese Tea and Tales
Social English Come along to our free English conversation groups. We meet every week to chat and improve our English conversation skills. All levels
to get to know other Mandarinspeaking migrants in the community, practice your English, share your stories, and much more. Mandarin-learning speakers of other languages are also welcome.
are welcome!
如果您喜欢阅读, 喜欢结交有共同爱好的
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新朋友, 海阔天空的侃聊人生故事……或
Karori Kilbirnie Newtown
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.
Stepping Up
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These are practical sessions on basics of digital technology and computing. A different topic is covered at each session, so check
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library computers covering the
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Kilbirnie
Zine Make n’ Swap Spend some time making zines and socialising with other local zinemakers. We’ll supply plenty of materials, but feel free to bring your own as well. •
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Summer Reading Challenge
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Tūhura HIVE is our makerspace and sound studio, located on the lower ground floor of Johnsonville Library at the Waitohi Community Hub. It is a community space where people of all ages can explore, create, innovate and engage with all kinds of maker technology. From 3D printing, audio recording, coding, robotics and electronics, to sewing, weaving and more, we offer endless opportunities for everyone to get inspired and create. Come
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What is available in the space? •
3D printing
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3D scanning
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Laser cutting
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Sewing — we also have an
How much does it cost?
Activity
Cost
3D printing
$0.10 per gram $4.00 per 500x300mm plywood sheet; machine use free Free Free for first two hours, then $17.90/ hour
3D scanning
overlocker! •
Audio recording studio
Sewing/overlocking Audio recording studio
opening hours
the hive
Tūhura hive - johnsonville library at the waitohi hub
visit us — we’d love to see you!
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
12pm-6.45pm 10am-6.45pm 12pm-6.45pm
Thursday
10am-6.45pm
Friday
10am-6.45pm
Saturday
10am-3.45pm
Sunday
10am-3.45pm
Check the detailed information on the equipment we have here.
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Help inspire a new artwork in Newtown! Artist Liana Leiataua is returning to How to enter: connect with the Newtown community to • Get creative on the blank canvas which co-design a new mural to welcome people you can download here. You can also into the Newtown Library. Liana created pick up copies from Newtown Library, the original eye-catching mural in 1991, Newtown
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which was a colourful focal point on this Centre, local churches and cafes around busy corner in Newtown.
Newtown. • Drop your art ideas to the Newtown
Liana is collaborating with Gorse (Ruth Library at 13 Constable Street, or Newtown Robertson-Taylor) to design a new mural Community and Cultural Centre at the – and they want you to share your ideas! corner of Rintoul and Columbo Streets. They are keen for the new design to reflect • Email it to the arts@wcc.govt.nz what people love about the Newtown community.
Entries need to be submitted by Monday 1 February 2021.
Your creative canvases will be on display at the Newtown Library throughout Read the full article. February 2021.
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Grab a bargain at our Book Sale Wellington City Libraries is having its first big sale of withdrawn books, magazines, CDs and DVDs since 2019 and there will be bargains galore for everyone! The sale will be at the Ngaio Town Hall (1 Ottawa Rd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; map) on: Friday 29th Jan, 10am to 6pm Saturday 30th Jan, 10am to 4pm Sunday 31st Jan, 10am to 4pm Most items will be $1 or 50 cents and new stock will be put out each day. Come and find some treasures! 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 Library 29B 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
