Latest News Aug 13, 2026 New Zealand Children's Book Week 15-21 August Posted 2 days ago Aug 07, 2026 He toikupu rānei e rere mai ana i a koe? Posted 1 week ago Jul 20, 2026 Family History Month 2026 Posted 3 weeks ago Jul 14, 2026 Have you tried Hoopla? Posted 1 month ago Jul 07, 2026 School Holidays July 2026 Posted 1 month ago Jul 02, 2026 Living Rooms Posted 1 month ago All News I Want To Join The City Library Search The Catalogue Renew Library Items Find Locations Get The City Library App Upcoming Activities Mon 17 Aug 11:00am - 12:00pm National Read Along - Ringakōreko Dazzlehands Get your biggest, brightest dazzlehands ready to celebrate with readers all across Aotearoa. Sun 16 Aug 2:00pm - 3:00pm Family History Month: Preparing your family history for publication Bring your research and work with facilitators from the New Zealand Society of Genealogists Palmerston North Branch to get started on your family publishing project. Mon 17 Aug 2:00pm - 5:00pm Play Rummikub @ Te Pātikitiki Library Come and play or learn how to play the game of Rummikub with us. Tue 18 Aug 9:00am - 12:00pm Pop Up Open Play Come and play with our interactive kit in our First Floor Parenting area. Tue 18 Aug 10:00am - 12:00pm A cup of tea @ Te Pātikitiki Library This is an opportunity to gather to connect with others and combines a hot drink, great chatter, a beautiful library, and one of the best views of Highbury. All Activities Finalists - NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults A guide to rocks Sacha Cotter Koro Wētā Heather haylock Left to Nowhere Ian Chapman Pūkeko who-keko? Toby Morris The only dinosaur in school Leonie Agnew Detective Stanley and the Mystery at the Museum Hannah Tunnicliffe Dreamslinger Graci Kim Kimi the kekeno's big adventure Shelley Burne-Field The terrible trio. 1, The (not so) superheroes Swapna Haddow Violet & The Velvets: The case of the angry ghost Rachael King Hiva & heartbeats Selina Alefosio It's a bit more complicated than that Hannah Marshall In the city of spies Brian Falkner The lost saint Rachael Craw The retreat Helen Vivienne Fletcher Hooked Al Brown Omnibird Giselle Clarkson Survive Aotearoa Bronwen Wall Taniwha Gavin Bishop Whenua : Māori pūrākau of Aotearoa Isobel Joy Te Aho-White At home on the farm Ned Barraud Folk remedy Jem Yoshioka Kupe me te wheke nui a Muturangi Mat Tait Kupe & the great octopus of Muturangi Mat Tait He taonga te toka Sacha Cotter Matariki ki te ao Rangi Matamua Taku ikura tuatahi Qiane Matata-Sipu Te Onehaumako Zeb Nicklin Hunt for niu tupu Inangaro Vakaafi The lost words Kimberley Ngareta Kearney Newsletter Sign up for our Newsletter Sign up and get email updates about new books & more Sign Up
