Free movie night at Johnsonville Library!

Come along to our free movie night on Friday 8th November at Johnsonville Library. 

This month we have a double feature.

First up at 4pm.  For spooky Halloween we have a vampire with a hotel hidden away for tired monsters to visit. He is horrified when a human stumbles in and books a room. What’s worse is that the hotel is full of monsters there to celebrate his daughter’s birthday! He has to keep the human away from the monsters, and also away from his daughter who seems to like the human much more than her father thinks she should.

This film is rated PG and runs for 88 minutes.

At 6pm. A disgruntled girl and her family move into a new house, full of weird and eccentric other tenants. She finds a secret door hidden in her new home and discovers a new world on the other side, one just like her own world only much better! But the world on the other side of the door isn’t all it seems to be and it’s up to the girl and her new feline friend to get back home and save her family.

This movie is rated PG and runs for 96 minutes. Note: Scary scenes may upset younger viewers.

Can’t guess what films we’re talking about? You can call the library or talk to a librarian to find out what is playing each month.

Bring your own cushion for a comfy night in. Movies will play in the Children’s section of the library.

Free Movie Night at Johnsonville Library!

It’s the school holidays so come along to our free movie night on Friday 4th October at Johnsonville Library. 

This month we have a double feature.

First up at 4pm.  A little girl living with an awful family who just don’t appreciate books decides that sometimes her parents need to be taught a lesson. When she starts school her teacher is wonderful, but the headmistress is even more awful than her parents. But then this little girl discovers that she has magical mind powers! How can she use these powers to teach the headmistress to be nicer to everyone?

This movie is rated PG and runs for 95 minutes.

At 6pm. A family of foxes are living happily in their new home, but when father fox starts filching fowl from the nearby farms they get in trouble! The three farmers vow revenge and try to dig the foxes out of their burrow. How will the foxes and their friends outsmart these horrible humans?

This movie is rated PG and runs for 87 minutes.

Can’t guess what films we’re talking about? You can call the library or talk to a librarian to find out what is playing each month.

Bring your own cushion for a comfy night in. Movies will play in the Children’s section of the library.

Board Game Night at Johnsonville Library

Join us for a Games Night at Johnsonville Library this Friday 27 September at 5pm.

We have a range of board games to choose from including popular classics like Settler of Catan, Risk or Trivial Pursuit and less common games like Starfluxx, Munchkin or King of Tokyo.

Most games are for ages 8+ though we have a few games for younger children too. You could also bring a game of your own to play with new people.

Games Night starts at 5pm but you are welcome to arrive late, you might just need to wait a little before you can join in the next round.

We’re looking forward to seeing you there

Flicks @ Six at Tawa Library!

Come along to our free movie event on Thursday 19th September at Tawa Library. This month we have a double screening of the same movie. You can choose either  4pm or 6pm.

This month an anxious and insecure young woman is cursed with an old body by a nasty witch. She sets off on an adventure to break the spell. The only way to do that is to befriend a young wizard and his friends in his moving castle.

This movie is rated PG and runs for 119 minutes.

Not sure what movie we are talking about. You can call the library or talk to a librarian to find out what is playing each month.

Bring your own cushion for a comfy night in. Movies will play in the Children’s section of the library

 

Make a Bee Hotel at Tawa Library!

To celebrate Bee Aware Month come along to the library and have a go at making your own Bee Hotel.

Marvyn Kemp (Tawa) Library, Thursday 19th September, 3.30 – 4.30pm

Please bring an empty, clean 425g tin can.  All other material will be supplied.

Spaces are limited so secure a spot by registering at the desk or contact the library on 04 232 1690.

Suitable for children aged 5+ with their caregivers

Free Movie Night at Johnsonville Library

Come along to our free movie night on Friday 6th September at Johnsonville Library. This month we have a double feature.

First up at 4pm. When a goldfish princess is rescued by a small boy she decides that she wants to become human. Her father finds out and tries to stop her, but she manages to escape back to her new friend who promises to keep her safe. Together they hide from the storm that the goldfish princess’s escape created, and her father, because he wants to stop his daughter from becoming human. What will the two friends have to do to stay together.

This movie is rated G and runs for 101 minutes.

At 6pm. Long ago in Japan a boy looks after his sick mother and entertains the people in his village with music and origami. One dark night the village is attacked and the boy’s mother magically transports him away to safety, calling after him to find his father’s lost enchanted armour. Will the boy be able to find the amour and return to his village to defeat the vengeful spirits that threaten him?

This movie comes highly recommended by one of our librarians, and will be enjoyed by all.

This movie is rated PG and runs for  101 minutes.

Can’t guess what films we’re talking about? You can call the library or talk to a librarian to find out what is playing each month.

Bring your own cushion for a comfy night in. Movies will play in the Children’s section of the library.

Make a Bee Hotel at Johnsonville Library

To celebrate Bee Aware Month come along to the library and have a go at making your own Bee Hotel.

Johnsonville Library – Thursday 5th September – 3.30 – 4.30pm

Please bring an empty, clean 425g tin can.  All other materials will be supplied.

Spaces are limited so secure a spot by registering at the desk or contact the library on ph:477 6151.

Suitable for school age and up.

Games Night at Johnsonville Library!

Join us for a Games Night at Johnsonville Library this Friday 30 August at 5pm.

We have a range of board games to choose from including popular classics like Settler of Catan, Risk or Trivial Pursuit and less common games like Starfluxx, Munchkin or King of Tokyo.

Most games are for ages 8+ though we have a few games for younger children too. You could also bring a game of your own to play with new people.

Games Night starts at 5pm but you are welcome to arrive late, you might just need to wait a little before you can join in the next round.

We’re looking forward to seeing you there

Flicks @ Six at Tawa Library

Come along to our free movie event on Thursday 15 August at Tawa Library. This month we have a double screening of the same movie. You can choose either  4pm or 6pm.

This month on the lush and tropical Hawaiian Islands, a lonely girl adopts what she thinks is an innocent puppy, but she is wrong!

Her new pet is a dangerous alien experiment who escaped from his captors, and he is hiding on Earth from the alien bounty hunters sent after him. What will happen when these bounty hunters track him to Hawaii?

This film is rated G and runs for 82 minutes.

You can call the library or talk to a librarian to find out what is playing each month.

Bring your own cushion for a comfy night in. Movies will play in the Children’s section of the library