On the 18th of June at 6pm, in celebration of Matariki, Tawa will be hosting a Choices workshop run by the Sustainable Trust. This will be a workshop run by the Trust and will start with an intro and mihi (welcome) to Matariki and what it represents (Maori New Year, new life and the time to plant, showing of the Pleiades - star cluster in the dawn sky). Following this there will be an intro to the workshop and a wellbeing mapping exercise. All welcome.
Thursday morning, 23 April, saw Tawa Library being overrun by bunny rabbits (you may have seen the write up in the Kapi-Mana newspaper, Kapi-Mana News, 28 Apr 2009. Page 39. ). This was all part of our very successful holiday programme based on Margery Bianco's classic story, The Velveteen Rabbit.
After listening to an adaptation of The Velveteen Rabbit, children created their own sock bunnies, rabbit ears and were made up with face-painted whiskers. We even had a special visit from a real rabbit and his minder, Nick from CareVets Johnsonville.
Tawa Historical Society have published a number of excellent books which can be purchased from the library. These make fabulous gifts!
NOTE: Lending copies are also available and can be reserved online via our catalogue by clicking the links below:
Did you know that a traditional Manuka preparation was used relieve upset stomachs and kidney pain? Our Mataraki display has further interesting examples of native medicinal plants and other cultural insights into the Maori New Year festival!
We might just have the answer on display this month at Tawa Library.
Each month we will focus on a particular country and offer a range of materials for you to borrow such as fiction, non-fiction, bi-lingual picture books, DVDs, magazines, as well as a selection of foreign language magazines and books.
We're constantly getting fresh and exciting new books here at Tawa Library. New books are now displayed near the bestseller magazines, opposite the service counter.
BookBusters is the library-wide reading group for kids aged 7 to 8. Tawa's BookBuster club meets on the first Wednesday of every month.
BookSeekers is the library-wide reading group for kids aged 9-12. Tawa's BookSeeker club meets on the second Wednesday of every month.
Pre-schoolers are invited to join us each week on Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:30am for a fun-filled half hour.
Our current trial of the Saturday pre-school story time will end on the last Saturday of June. We will not be continuing this session.
This seniors group meets at 10.30am on the first Tuesday of every month except January. This has proved very popular with everyone joining in sharing items of interest and laughs.