What's On at the National Library - December 2021
Kia ora
Below is our suite of free events for December 2021, and online events at the National Library, Thorndon. For more information visit our website: natlib.govt.nz
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Digital Pasifik live - Solomon Islands National Museum
Join on an online tour of the Solomon Islands National Museum with the Deputy Director Lawrence Kiko, who will be showing a selection of items from the Museum.
Date: Tuesday 30 November 2021 Time: 6pm to 7pm Cost: Free Venue: Online by Zoom please see the website
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Te pānui o Te Awhi Rito — Te hā, te kupu, te kōrero
Te Awhi Rito, Ben Brown, presents his pānui / inaugural address about the importance of reading to children and the way stories give us a deeper understanding of our relationships to each other and the world we live in.
Date: Thursday 2 December 2021 Time: 6pm to 7pm Cost: Free Register online before 29 November 2021 Venue: Online by Zoom please see the website
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Ngā Tānga Reo Māori: An introduction to the Books in Māori collection of printed Māori taonga.
The Library has begun to digitise its collection of printed Māori, and the first items will be made available on a new books portal in the Papers Past website. Join Māori Digitisation Advisor Clare Butler (Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa) and Curator, Māori Paul Diamond (Ngāti Hauā, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) online, to take a closer look at part of the Library’s extensive collection of printed Māori language material, and this exciting development which will make them available beyond the Library’s walls.
Date: Tuesday 7 December 2021 Time: 1pm to 2pm Cost: Free Register online Venue: Online by Zoom please see the website
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Human Rights Day – ‘A Thousand Cuts’ documentary screening and panel discussion
Join the Netherlands Embassy and the High Commission of Canada in New Zealand for a screening of the multiple award-winning documentary A Thousand Cuts, which portrays the drive of Philippine journalist Maria Ressa to defend freedom of expression.
Date: Tuesday 7 December 2021 Time: 5.30pm to 8.30pm Cost: Free Booking from website
Venue: Taiwhanga Kauhau Auditorium Lower Ground Floor
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He Tohu Audio and Sign Language Guides
Discover the new He Tohu Audio and Sign Language Guides at the National Library of New Zealand. Come and explore He Tohu in one of seven languages; English, Te Reo Māori, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, French, German and NZ Sign Language.
Date: Monday 29 November 2021 onwards Time: 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday 9am to 1pm Saturdays Cost: Free Venue: He Tohu, Te Ahumairangi Ground Floor
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Trouble in Paradise: Climate change in the Pacific
A photographic exhibition documenting the effects of the climate crisis in the Pacific, artworks by Sheyne Tuffery, and a selection of historical rare books from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library.
Date: Thursday 4 November 2021 to Saturday 30 April 2022 Time: 10am to 5pm, Monday to Friday 9am to 1pm Saturdays Cost: Free Venue: National Library Gallery, Ground Floor
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Imagining Dante exhibition
Imagining Dante showcases some of the illustrated editions of the Divine Comedy held by the Alexander Turnbull Library from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries.
Date: 1 November 2021 to 28 January 2022 Time: 10am to 5pm, Monday to Friday 9am to 1pm Saturdays Cost: Free Venue: Turnbull Gallery, Level 1
Christmas Service & Events in Karori
Kia Ora Neighbours,
We have a range of Christmas church services and events that you are warmly welcome to attend.
*We have four Advent services at 10am on Sundays, beginning this Sun 1 Dec.
* We're carol-singing to raise money for the Karori Food Bank at 10:30am, Karori Mall, on Saturdays 14 & 21 Dec. All are welcome to join in the fun, and help spread some Christmas cheer to our community.
* At 6pm on Christmas Eve, the popular Christmas in Karori Park is back with a nativity play. Meet at the Paviliion and bring a deck chair to enjoy a retelling of the Christmas story. Kids are welcome to don a costume to join in the fun.
* On Christmas Day we have a short, family-friendly service at 10am.
For more info, call our office on 476 7137.
Live Q&A: Garden maintenance with Crewcut
This Wednesday, we're having another Neighbourly Q&A session. This time with John Bracewell from Crewcut.
John Bracewell, former Black Caps coach turned Franchisee Development Manager and currently the face of Crewcut’s #Movember campaign, knows a thing or two about keeping the grass looking sharp—whether it’s on a cricket pitch or in your backyard!
As a seasoned Crewcut franchisee, John is excited to answer your lawn and gardening questions. After years of perfecting the greens on the field, he's ready to share tips on how to knock your garden out of the park. Let's just say he’s as passionate about lush lawns as he is about a good game of cricket!
John is happy to answer questions about lawn mowing, tree/hedge trimming, tidying your garden, ride on mowing, you name it! He'll be online on Wednesday, 27th of November to answer them all.
Share your question below now ⬇️
What's your favourite recipe for courgettes?
Kia ora neighbours. If you've got a family recipe for courgettes, we'd love to see it and maybe publish it in our magazine. Send your recipe to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, and if we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of our January 2025 issue.
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