Children's Events

Reading Buddies involves reading to therapy dogs to build confidence in reading. This programme is designed specifically for school-aged children/young people who have print disabilities, dyslexia, or other disabilities that impact upon their reading; children who are very frightened of dogs and would like to improve their confidence around dogs through reading; and children who are learning to read in English as their second language, or children who are learning to read in Te Reo.

To find out where and when the next public intake for Reading Buddies is open, keep an eye on our Event Calendar or Facebook page. To enquire about running the Reading Buddies programme at your school, please contact the Whakaahu/Service Development Librarians.

Movie Night is a free monthly or bi-monthly film showing at one of our libraries. We select films from the library's DVD collection, or from our free online streaming service Beamafilm, and show them on a big screen. Most often these are cartoon or family friendly movies featuring children's favourite characters such as Shaun the Sheep, Captain Underpants, Ash Ketchum from Pokémon, Sonic the Hedgehog and various other popular characters. You can also borrow the Movie Night DVDs from our DVD collection.