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Top reviews from our Summer Reading Adventurers
We received so many fantastic book reviews from tamariki for Summer Reading 2025 - have a read! -
Guest post: The Wellbeing Program Paradox
Author and culture consultant Colin D. Ellis examines how money channelled into employee wellness programmes could be better spent first addressing unhealthy workplace culture. -
February's WCL eBook Club: Poorhara by Michelle Rahurahu
Our WCL eBook Club pick for February is Poorhara by Michelle Rahurahu. Unlimited copies available 1-14 February! -
Staff Picks CDs & Vinyl: The Best of 2024 Part 1
Our music loving staff pick their favourite albums from 2024. -
Being a Justice of the Peace: interview with Juping Zhou
At some point, most of us will require the services of a Justice of the Peace but many of us aren't sure what a JP does. We had a chat with local JP Juping Zhou to find out more. -
Love, death and other scenes: New biographies and memoirs
Poetry, lost love, a Wiggle, animal lovers, and more in our latest picks of the new biographies. Have a browse! -
Guest post: What can we take from movies?
In this week's Business story, guest author Lance Burdett looks at some of the life lessons that can be learned from popular family movies. This post has been reproduced with his permission. -
Summer Reading Suggestions from our Business Specialist
We've compiled a list of reading for the active relaxers who like to multitask while chilling in the sun at the beach, on the deck, or wherever you may be holidaying. -
Congratulations to Lee Murray
Our warmest congratulations to multi–award-winning author Lee Murray; recipient of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2025 New Years Honours list for services to literature. -
Our 2024 picks: Young Adult favourites of the year
We're very lucky that YA books keep getting published and we keep getting to read them. And even luckier that we get to write about the YA books we like! Read on for our librarians' top picks of 2024. -
Our 2024 picks: Kids' fiction, comics, and more
There have been so many fantastic children's books published in 2024, and this is our chance to share our top picks of the year with you. -
Spotlight on: JC Sturm
One of NZ's leading female Māori short story writers & poets was a key member of our library team -
New Books on Sustainability and the Environment
From small actions that we can do in our lives, to picturing global change, these new books are worth a look. -
New Science Books
Explore fascinating topics such as the history of stones, what lives in the depths of the ocean and the huia bird. -
Our 2024 picks: International science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction
Love SF, fantasy and speculative fiction? Join us as we pick our favourite titles from 2024. -
Our 2024 picks: Aotearoa New Zealand science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction
Here are our picks of this year's Aotearoa science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction. -
Our 2024 picks: International crime and thriller novels
One of the most popular genres - so many of us like to curl up with a good thriller or mystery. Enjoy our 2024 picks! -
Our 2024 picks: Aotearoa New Zealand crime and thriller novels
Have a browse of our our picks of the New Zealand crime and thriller books for 2024.