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Akaroa Lighthouse gains funding to improve public access
History & heritage |
3 Jun 2020
Visitors to the landmark Akaroa Lighthouse will be able to view the original machinery inside thanks to new funding from the Christchurch City Council.
Libraries issue call to return overdue books
28 May 2020
More than 120,000 books are back on Christchurch City Libraries shelves after one week.
28 May 2020
Spotlight on Pasifika images at Tūranga
Libraries |
18 May 2020
Libraries |
18 May 2020
Library users turn the page on virtual book clubs
5 May 2020
Book talk, community connections and conversations are moving online as Christchurch City Libraries’ virtual book clubs ease isolation for hundreds of people.
Chinese language service speaks volumes for library diversity
29 Apr 2020
A Chinese-speaking service is now available at Christchurch City Libraries.
Christchurch City Libraries’ Storytimes goes live
28 Apr 2020
Digital Wā Kōrero is going live as Christchurch City Libraries hosts special online Storytimes sessions featuring several familiar library faces.
Library staff check in for 3D print roles to shield health workers
20 Apr 2020
Christchurch’s multi-skilled library learning team has temporarily swapped after-school programmes for 3D printers to create protective face shields for community-based groups and other frontline medical workers.
Lockdown life in focus on Discovery Wall
14 Apr 2020
Lockdown images that capture the lives of people and their neighbourhood places will help create a historical collective record of life in isolation for the Christchurch City Libraries Discovery Wall.
Face and place recognition puts focus on family photo history
8 Apr 2020
Cantabrians are being asked to identify people and places in tens of thousands of images taken by New Zealand’s longest-running photography studio.
14 Apr 2020
Library services you can access from home
19 Mar 2020
19 Mar 2020
Canterbury Museum cares for tribute collection
History & heritage |
11 Mar 2020
About 100 tributes left across the city in the wake of the mosque attacks have found a new home at Canterbury Museum.
More time for McLean’s Mansion upgrade
History & heritage |
27 Feb 2020
The owner of a landmark Christchurch heritage building has been granted extra time to complete a huge restoration project.
History & heritage |
27 Feb 2020