We are open for business daily from 8.00 am until 3.30 pm.

The Library is closed for the first 15 minutes of the lunch break.

- Biographies and autobiographies
- Books to read if you liked 'Where the crawdads sing'
- courage
- Crime
- Dyslexia-Friendly Reads
- Dystopia
- Fiction with adult main characters
- Filipino authors
- Graphic novels & non fiction
- Historical Fiction
- The Holocaust and World War II
- Horses
- Humour
- Identity, conformity and non-conformity
- Jenny Han Books
- John Green fans
- Love stories
- Lucinda Riley books
- Maori authors

- Middle grade reads
- Murder fiction
- The New Zealand Army & heroism
- Parihaka
- Pasifika authors
- Quick Reads 2024
- Resilience
- Science fiction
- Sport
- Thrillers
- Treatment of women
- War stories
- What to read after David Walliams
- Young adult books for reluctant readers
- YouTube stars' books

If you would like to have a public library card or have lost one, please come and see Mrs Neilson in the Library and we can issue a card to you, even if you live in the Waimakariri or Selwyn districts.

Quick Reads 2024

What to read after David Walliams

Take a moment or two to relax with online jigsaw puzzles using taonga fromTe Papa collections.
Choose a puzzle, then select your difficulty (the number of pieces) once it has opened.

Orientation Booklet 2024- For all of your key library information

Deep, rich and high-quality New Zealand non-fiction books brought together online for the first time – these are landmark digital resources.
BWB Collections are available to libraries, schools, university departments, businesses, public sector organisations, law firms, think tanks, research centres – anyone with an internet connection.

Filipino Authors

Thrillers

The inheritance games - Jennifer Lynn Barnes
All the broken places - John Boyne
No middle name - Lee Child
White lies, Māori legends and fairytales - Falstaff Dowling-Mitchell
Lessons in chemistry - Bonnie Garmus
Sisters under the rising sun - Heather Morris
The last devil to die - Richard Osman
The secrets she keeps - Michael Robotham
The things that matter most - Gabbie Stroud
The dictionary of lost words - Pip Williams

The reading tribe - David Riley
Mythos - Stephen Fry
Takahē; Bird of dreams - Alison Ballance
Waiwhero: The red waters - Ngāhuia Murphy
The Motunui Epa - Rachel Buchanan
Sevens Sisters - Rikki Swannell
Straight up - Ruby Tui
Impossible; My story - Stan Walker
Killers of the Flower Moon - David Grann
The Womens Suffrage Petition 1893 - Jane Parkin and others

Follow this guide on how to reference, using APA format, in Google Docs. This will help with creating a bibliography and in-text citiations.

Search the whole collection here: https://natlib.govt.nz/
Great for school research!

Meet Libby the new OverDrive app- reading from a device

A brief introduction to the early European settlement of Christchurch which covers significant events, people and buildings.

New Zealand Geographic is a magazine published in New Zealand. It focuses on the biodiversity, geography and culture of New Zealand, New Zealand's interests abroad, and that of the adjoining region: Antarctica and nearby Pacific Islands.

‘Te ara’ in Māori means ‘the pathway’. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand offers many pathways to understanding New Zealand. It is a comprehensive guide to the country’s peoples, natural environment, history, culture, economy, institutions and society.

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Information on plagiarism and best practices for ensuring originality in written work

Follow this link for study tips and tricks

Catherine Ross is the librarian at Diocesan School in Auckland. Today she talks about fictional World War Two themed books for different age levels.