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As Seen on the Screen: Spring School Holidays 2025
Bring your favourite films, TV shows, and games to life at the library these holidays! With programmes for all ages and interests, there's something for everyone. -
Listen in to eAudiobook September!
Listen along with us during the month of September as we highlight a weekly eAudiobook pick and offer unlimited downloads on Libby. -
Library Collection Reserves
We’re preparing to move! Building 7km of shelves and moving over 250,000 library items is a huge under-taking which will take many months.
Recent stories
- Being Sun Smart: an interview with Dr Tony Bittar, Front End Solar. Part 2
- New Equipment for Loan: Podcast/Zoom Kit
- Introducing Comics Plus!
- You can't beat Wellington on a good day... in 1924
- Fur-niture with flair : An interview with Bess and Stu of Beloved Pet Furniture
- Heritage Highlight: 160 years ago in Manners Street
- Shine bright like a diamond: Interview with Ian Douglas, Village Goldsmith
Kids featured stories
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As Seen on the Screen: Spring School Holidays 2025
Bring your favourite films, TV shows, and games to life at the library these holidays! With programmes for all ages and interests, there's something for everyone. -
Highlights from Books Alive 2025
On the 13th of August a horde of children's librarians, writers, illustrators, translators, and students descended on Wellington for a day filled with book talks, workshops, and presentations. -
Remembering children's author Allan Ahlberg
Beloved children's author Allan Ahlberg has died at age 87. We look over some favourite books of his in our collection.
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- Winter School Holidays Wrap-Up 2025!
- Kia ora, Canada: Letters to Huron County Library
- Out on the Shelves: Rainbow books for kids recommended by our librarians
- What's on for Out on the Shelves 2025
- Baby Rock and Rhyme comes to Brooklyn Library!
- The Prehistoric Earth | School Holidays Wrap-Up!
- The Fish Doorbell: Help a fish on the other side of the world
Youth featured stories
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The Wellington Comic Lover's Guide to... Iron Man and Ironheart
He's the cool exec with a heart of steel! She's the self-made teen genius! It's the Wellington Comic Lover's Guide to Iron Man and Ironheart! -
Highlights from Books Alive 2025
On the 13th of August a horde of children's librarians, writers, illustrators, translators, and students descended on Wellington for a day filled with book talks, workshops, and presentations. -
The Wellington Comic Lover's Guide to... Supergirl
Your go-to site for the Maid of Might, it's the Wellington Comic Lover's Guide to Supergirl!
Recent stories
- The Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide to... The Fantastic Four
- Matariki me Puanga Reading Challenge 2025: Pakeke (13+)
- The Wellington Comic Lover's Guide to... Superman
- Out on the Shelves: YA books recommended by our real-life librarians
- What's on for Out on the Shelves 2025
- The Wellington Comic Lover's Guide to... The Thunderbolts
- G'Day, Kia ora, Hello! A Global Hangout for Rangatahi
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Guest Post: Holding the Heavy Stuff
Wellington based psychologist Ben Sedley shares a section of the introduction to his latest book, Holding the Heavy Stuff. -
Sex in the City: an interview with Nicola Relph, founder of Adulttoymegastore
This month we sit down with Nicola Relph, founder and CEO of Adulttoymegastore to learn more about developing an award-winning international e-retail business. -
Say what? : Jargon in the workplace
Have you ever sat in a meeting and wondered if you had landed on a planet where they didn’t speak your language? Do workplace cliches and buzzwords make you shudder?
Recent stories
- Guest post: The Benefits of Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace by Amy Jacobson
- Lessons from Aotearoa Business People
- Being Sun Smart: an interview with Dr Tony Bittar, Front End Solar. Part 2
- Being Sun Smart: an interview with Dr Tony Bittar, Front End Solar. Part 1
- Guest post: Retirement Ready by Martin Hawes
- Linking In with LinkedIn
- All Ears: Improving Your Listening Skills - World Listening Day July 18
Local History featured stories
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New Zealand Railways and the Remutaka Deviation
Photographs from the New Zealand Railways Department capture the modernisation of train routes in the Wellington region, with a focus on the Upper Hutt to Wairarapa connection. -
Bringing History Into 2024: A Recap
This year our heritage team have digitised and uploaded over 1500 unique items to our platform Wellington City Recollect, including posters, photographs, books, documents, maps and more! -
Author Interview: Daniel Beban
Riki Gooch interviews author Daniel Beban about his new nonfiction book Future Jaw-Clap.
Recent stories
- RAD: Radio Active Digest now on Wellington City Recollect
- New online resource: the Wellington Provincial Council Gazette, 1854-1876
- The Spectacular Cinemas of Wellington
- The Rise of Vernacular Architecture in Wellington
- The Flowering of The Tulip
- New online genealogical resource: The Scholefield Papers
- ‘The Streets of My City’: the Legacy of Fanny Irvine-Smith
Māori featured stories
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Te Māori Exhibition: 40 Years On
10 September 1984. On this day, 40 years ago, Te Māori exhibition opened at MOMA in New York City. -
Rauemi Reo : a guide to resources to help strengthen your reo Māori
Wellington City Libraries staff have produced an online pamphlet of 'Rauemi Reo : a guide to resources to help strengthen your reo Māori'. -
Remembering Moana Jackson
He Tangata, he tangata, he tangata: of the people, by the people, for the people. He hōnore, he korōria ki te Atua he maungārongo ki te whenua. He whakaaro pai ki ngā tāngata katoa.