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Exhibition: Our Place, Garden Place
Our new exhibition about Garden Place is now open!
Explore the story of Garden Place through a carefully curated selection of images from our Archives, stories gleaned from the Waikato Collection, and unique artefacts that bring to life the history of this place, highlighting the stages in its journey from garden to public square.
Exhibition information
Halloween at Hogwarts
Prepare your wand and robes, it’s time for some Harry Potter-themed fun! Get sorted into your Hogwarts house and earn points for the House Cup through a series of STEM, craft, and sport-based activities. Which house will be victorious?
Halloween at Hogwarts information and registrationHighlights
Hearing Health Check
Thursday 24 October
Chartwell Library
Ever wondered how your ear health is? Kent Spence, from Resonate Health, will be on hand to check the general health of your ears, look at your hearing aids, answer questions, and provide information and advice.
Hearing Health Check information
YSTS - Youth Speak to Succeed
Starting Thursday 24 October
Central Library
Come along to weekly Youth Speak to Succeed meetings and practice confident conversations, interview skills, and speaking success!
Information and registration for Youth Speak to Succeed
Death Cafe
Monthly
Te Kete Aronui
Death Cafe is a safe place for people to discuss topics around death, dying, life and afterlife with no agenda but open inquiry. This is an international initiative to increase awareness of death to help people make the most of their (finite) lives.
Register for Death Cafe
Mindful Making Mondays with the ReCreators
Monday 4 November, Chartwell Library
Monday 11 November, St Andrews Library
The Re-Creators are coming to a library near you with different creative upcycling workshops for adults. Learn how to make your own cleaning products, make jewellery, paint dot art and more!
Mindful Making Mondays workshops and registration
Halloween Felt Bunting
Wednesday 23 October
Chartwell Library
Come make some cute Halloween bunting to decorate your house.
More information on Halloween Felt Bunting
Digital Literature and Online Safety for Parents and Caregivers
Saturday 2 November
Saturday 30 November
Te Kete Aronui
Join us for a series of engaging workshops tailored to parents and caregivers, and empower yourself to create a secure digital environment for your whaanau.
Register for parents' workshop
French Storytime
Saturday 2 November
Te Kete Aronui
Join us for Histoires et Chansons (stories and songs), a bilingual storytime session for children aged 5 and under and their caregivers.
French Storytime information
STEM Stories with Joan Marie Galat
Friday 8 November
Te Kete Aronui
Joan Marie Galat is an award-winning author whose career began at age 12 when she became a newspaper columnist. Now the author of more than 25 books, including a Canadian best seller, Joan invites students to explore STEM topics in her books. Sessions are for educators and librarians, for youth, and for families.
More information and registration for Joan Marie Galat's events
Genealogy Seminar
Wednesday 6 November
Central Library
Upcoming seminar topic: Brick Walls
Join our Family History Reference Librarian, Shelley North, for some tips to help with those “brick walls” in your family history research.