Come along to Karori Library for some Matariki Magic these school holidays.
Tuesday 23rd July, 11am
Join in games and stories about Maui the trickster god. Catch your fingers and your friends with string games, and find where Maui is hiding in a Matariki treasure hunt.
All welcome – we look forward to seeing you there.
Welcome to day three of the school holidays!
The July school holidays can mean lots of rainy and cold days stuck indoors. But don’t worry! We have lots of warm and free indoor activities going on. Check back here each day to find out what’s going on, or go to our events page for more info.
Here’s what’s happening today:
Special Events – Matariki Magic!
Multicultural Matariki: Take a mythical voyage with us and find out what Matariki means to people around the world. Make your own Matariki star or kite to fly.
Miramar Library, 11am
Maui Matariki: activities and games, including fishing for place names to put on a map of New Zealand.
Tawa Library, 2pm
Baby Rock & Rhyme:
Central Library at 9.30am
Johnsonville Library at 9.30am
Storytimes:
Karori Library at 10.30am
Cummings Park Library (Ngaio) at 10.30am
Kilbirnie Library at 10.30am
Newtown Library at 10.30am
You can also grab loads of books, DVDs, comics and magazines to take home too. Check out the Top 10 lists on this blog. These are the most popular library books, comics and DVDs of each month.
Why not win prizes for the books that you’re reading? All you need to do is write a review on our website and you’ll automatically win prizes. It’s called Kids’ Club, and heaps of kids like you are already taking part.
Welcome to day two of the school holidays!
The July school holidays can mean lots of rainy and cold days stuck indoors. But don’t worry! We have lots of warm and free indoor activities going on. Check back here each day to find out what’s going on, or go to our events page for more info.
Here’s what’s happening today:
Special Event – Matariki Magic!
Matariki Magic: Join in games and stories about Maui the trickster god these holidays. Catch your fingers and your friends with string games, and find where Maui is hiding in a Matariki treasure hunt at Karori library.
Karori Library, 11am
Baby Rock & Rhyme:
Island Bay Library: 9.30am
Miramar Library : 10.15am
Cummings Park (Ngaio) Library: 10.30am
Storytimes:
Karori Library at 10.30am
Central Library at 10.30am
Brooklyn Library at 10.30am
Johnsonville Library: 10.30am
Khandallah Library: 10.30am
You can also grab loads of books, DVDs, comics and magazines to take home too. Check out the Top 10 lists on this blog. These are the most popular library books, comics and DVDs of each month.
Why not win prizes for the books that you’re reading? All you need to do is write a review on our website and you’ll automatically win prizes. It’s called Kids’ Club, and heaps of kids like you are already taking part.
Welcome to day four of the school holidays!
The July school holidays can mean lots of rainy and cold days stuck indoors. But don’t worry! We have lots of warm and free indoor activities going on. Check back here each day to find out what’s going on, or go to our events page for more info.
Here’s what’s happening today:
Special Event – Matariki Magic!
Multicultural Matariki – take a mythical voyage and find out what Matariki means to people around the pacific. Have fun making stars and kites.
Kilbirnie Library, 11am
Baby Rock & Rhyme:
Johnsonville Library at 9.30am
Karori Library at 10.30am
Storytimes:
Miramar Library at 10.15am
Island Bay Library at 10.30am
You can also grab loads of books, DVDs, comics and magazines to take home too. Check out the Top 10 lists on this blog. These are the most popular library books, comics and DVDs of each month.
Why not win prizes for the books that you’re reading? All you need to do is write a review on our website and you’ll automatically win prizes. It’s called Kids’ Club, and heaps of kids like you are already taking part.
Welcome to day two of the school holidays!
The July school holidays can mean lots of rainy and cold days stuck indoors. But don’t worry! We have lots of warm and free indoor activities going on. Check back here each day to find out what’s going on, or go to our events page for more info.
Here’s what’s happening today:
Special Event – Matariki Magic!
Maori stories, songs, legends and badge-making. Free event perfect for 5-12 year olds.
Wadestown Library and Community Space, 11am
Baby Rock & Rhyme:
Island Bay Library: 9.30am
Miramar Library : 10.15am
Cummings Park (Ngaio) Library: 10.30am
Storytimes:
Karori Library at 10.30am
Central Library at 10.30am
Brooklyn Library at 10.30am
Johnsonville Library: 10.30am
Khandallah Library: 10.30am
You can also grab loads of books, DVDs, comics and magazines to take home too. Check out the Top 10 lists on this blog. These are the most popular library books, comics and DVDs of each month.
Why not win prizes for the books that you’re reading? All you need to do is write a review on our website and you’ll automatically win prizes. It’s called Kids’ Club, and heaps of kids like you are already taking part.
We love Matariki and Te Wiki o te Reo -Maori Language Week, so much that we are having more free fun activities during the school holidays to celebrate them!
Here’s what’s happening:
Saturday 13th July, 10.30am at Wellington Central Library:
Wellington Children’s Community Choir, featuring 5-12year old choristers, will be putting on a special performance for all. Come along and watch, listen and participate.
Tuesday 16th July, 11am at Wadestown Library and Community Space:
Matariki Magic: Celebrate Matariki, our Aotearoa New Year, with a free school holiday activity session. Story reading, Maori songs and legends and a fun Matariki Badge-making craft activity
Wednesday 17th July, 11am at Wellington Central Library:
Matariki Magic: Celebrate the close of Matariki, our Aotearoa New Year, with a free school holiday activity session at Central Library. Explore our myths and legends with a fun Matariki badge-making craft activity afterwards.
Thursday 18th July, 11am at Kilbirnie Library:
Multicultural Matariki: Take a mythical voyage with us and find out what Matariki means to people around the world. Make your own Matariki star or kite to fly.
Tuesday 23rd July, 11am at Karori Library:
Join in games and stories about Maui the trickster god these holidays. Catch your fingers and your friends with string games, and find where Maui is hiding in a Matariki treasure hunt at Karori library
Wednesday 24th July, 11am at Miramar Library:
Multicultural Matariki: Take a mythical voyage with us and find out what Matariki means to people around the world. Make your own Matariki star or kite to fly.
Wednesday 24th July, 2pm at Tawa Library:
Maui Matariki: activities and games, including fishing for place names to put on a map of New Zealand
Celebrate Matariki 2013 with Wellington City Libraries.
Free family activity and performance day at the Wellington Central Library. Bring your whanau along and watch amazing performances, treasure hunts, learn traditional string and stick games, flax weaving and more!
Saturday 22nd June, Wellington Central Library, from 11am
11am: Te-Whanganui-a-Tara kapa haka group performing waiata and stick and hand games
11.30am: Special Matariki storytime with star librarian Stu
12.30pm: Whai – string games with Frith Driver-Burgess
1pm: Harakeke – simple flax weaving of nga whetu and putiputi withYvonne Mason
1pm: Special performance by Anna Bailey and her String Bean Puppets – feel like a matariki star, have your portrait painted by Evaline the string puppet and artist extraordinaire!
2pm: Special performance by Anna Bailey and her String Bean Puppets – Pasta Arrabiata: a cooking show with strings attached! As the nights get longer come and see string puppet Edmond Snail whip up a matariki feast.
Also on throughout the day:
1pm – 3pm: badge making – make your very own matariki badge to wear
11am – 3pm: family treasure hunt around the library
11am – 3pm: fill our library with matariki stars – make your very own wishing star and hang it in the library.
Have you ever visited the Newlands Community Centre? It’s really cool and they always have fun stuff happening. Here’s what’s coming up:
– Come along to the ‘Legends of Maui story time’ on Monday 10th, 17th, and 24th June from from 9.30–10.15am. snuggle up and listen to stories of Maui’s legendary adventures
– Join us for a weaving session with Ngā Hau e Whā o Paparārangi Marae’s rāranga (weaving) group. We will be making putiputi (flowers) and Taonga Takaro (toys). A koha towards the rāranga group would be appreciated. Wednesday 12 June, 6.30 – 8.30pm
Bring your children to Tawa Library to hear special stories read by people from our community, about Matariki and beyond.No Charge. All welcome.
Monday 25 June, 10.30am – Kura Goldsmith
Tuesday 26 June, 11.30am – Amanda Dobson
Wednesday 27 June, 11.30am – Toa Waaka
Thursday 28 June 11.30am – Hone Harawira
Friday 29 June, 10.30am – Liz Langham
Presented by Mana Tiaki
Celebrating Matariki 25 – 29 June
Nau Mai, Haere Mai!