What's on at Miramar Library?
Welcome!
Nau mai haere mai, welcome. On this page you'll find information about what's happening at Miramar Library - news, events, photos, book reviews and more!
Holiday Activities
We have a different theme for our activities session each school holiday. Last holidays it was Hideous and hilarious history.
The participants joined in with a will with our Medieval Fun and Games session. We had a blast with piggyback races, Horrible Histories quiz, colouring in, costume paper dolls, and a scavenger hunt.
Ring us on 388 8005 for information about future holiday events, and watch this space.
Passion at Miramar
You may have noticed a romantic new section in Miramar Library. Those distinctive pink covers can mean only one thing - Mills and Boon! We have new titles coming in regularly to add to this growing collection. Check them out for a fun romantic read. Perfect for a rainy day.
Baby Rock & Rhyme
This popular programme, aimed at 0-2 year olds, is held every Tuesday during term time. It is an interactive fun-filled session of rhymes, songs and fingerplays for babies and their caregivers. Starts at 10:15 and runs for approximately 20 minutes.
More information, including full details for all libraries is available on the libraries' Parents' Services page.
Kōhunga Kōrero
Our new Kōhunga Kōrero storytime in te reo Māori is at 10.15 am the fourth Thursday of the month here at Miramar Library. Join us for 30 mins of stories, rhymes and songs in te reo Māori for preschoolers and their caregivers. Check out here for times at our other libraries!
Pre School Storytime
Storytime is every Thursday at Miramar Library at 10:15am in the children's area. Storytime runs for about half an hour, with stories and songs. Pre-school storytimes are fun and free - there's no charge, and you don't have to book. Storytime is aimed at pre-school age children (three and four years old) - but younger siblings are always welcome!
More information on storytimes, including full details
for all libraries is available on the libraries'
Parents' Services page.
Matariki
In July we hosted a Matariki festival, featuring Matariki stories by local Miramar Central School, Strathmore School and Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Mokopuna students. There was also a Matariki quiz and other activities, including getting stuck into some clay sculpture with Nicola Dench.
Chinese New Year Storytime
To celebrate The Year of The Rabbit we had a special bilingual storytime with traditional fan dancing and erhu.
Other happenings
We now have several internet computers giving free access to thousands of selected sites including newspapers, government, university, encyclopedia and iwi websites. A paid internet service provides access to email and search engines. These computers are proving very popular, especially after school.
