In Aotearoa New Zealand we celebrated Te wiki o te reo Māori (Sept 15 – 20) with the theme being “Ake ake ake – A Forever Language.” For our display we used a combination of our non-fiction titles about Māori culture, Māori cuisine and learning the language and some of our books in te reo. Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: Te Wiki o te reo Māori 2025!
To celebrate Conservation Week NZ, our wonderful student librarian and staff team found books on conservation, native New Zealand animals as well as a few biographies from the infamous Sir David Attenborough. For more information on this week, the events that went on and how you can get involved in the future, visit Department of Conservation here. #ConservationWeek2025 #WhitikiTaiao #TakeActionForNature Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: Conservation Week 2025!
Our most recent display, last week was Tongan Language Week, we displayed a combination of our non-fiction titles about Tonga, its culture and language and other Pasifika cultures. As well as displaying some greetings and key library-related phrases in Tongan language. The theme for 2025 was: ‘Ko ‘etau lea, ko e fe’unu mahu’inga ia ki he mo’ui ‘a e Tonga – Our language is a … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: Tongan Language Week 2025!
One of our most recent displays (and most popular!) in our library was another Bingo inspired display: Guess the Film & TV Show! To celebrate School Libraries Week Aotearoa! This has been one of our most popular displays this term. With 24 images to guess on our ‘bingo board’, stills from films or TV shows that have been adapted from books. We always get a … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: Film & TV Show Bingo 2025!
Running into the end of term, our most recent display has been UBER Reads! Inspired by Uber Eats, our wonderful student librarian team made up bags of books following book “orders”, each student could pick a bag of mystery books to read over the holidays! #UberReads2025 Continue reading Māpuna Library’s UBER Reads Display 2025!
Māpuna Library’s latest display is to celebrate Matariki, Māori New Year. With the help of our Library team they created a fantastic display, featuring the 9 stars (whetu) representing the Matariki cluster with names and information on each star. We also displayed a few of the non-fiction books we have that discuss Matariki and the meaning behind it. —————————————————————————————————————————- Matariki Matariki tāpuapua. Matariki nāna i … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Matariki Display 2025!
To celebrate Samoa Language Week, our student librarian team created this display. Featuring our non-fiction titles about Samoa, the culture and any books written by Samoan authors available in our library. #SamoaLanguageWeek2025 #GaganaSamoaEveryday This year’s theme was: ‘la malu lou sā. Folau i lagimā’. Which means ‘A well-grounded self, is a successful self’. Manuia le vaiaso o le gagana Sāmoa! ~ Happy Sāmoan Language Week! Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: Samoa Language Week 2025!
This week in our library we celebrated Schools’ Pride Week Aotearoa! More info here on this incredible charity: https://pride.school.nz/ #ŌtautahiPride #SPWA2025 #InsideOUT #EveryoneIsMagic Thanks to our wonderful student librarians would helped find some of our many LGBTQ books for this display. Thank you to InsideOUT for creating the very popular Pride Week stickers! Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: Schools’ Pride Week Aotearoa 2025!
Our latest display in our library was inspired by displaying the books which had never been issued, and in so doing, try to encourage students to take them out! #TheseBookAreLonely #TheseBooksHaveNeverBeenOut Thanks to our wonderful student librarians and Library Team who researched and collected these books for display. Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: These books Have Never Been Issued 2025!
The most recent display in our library is in support of Pink Shirt Day 2025! Thank you to our wonderful group of student librarians who worked together to put this display up. #PinkShirtDayNZ #SpeakUp #StandTogether #STOPBullying #KōreroMai #KōreroAtu! #MauriTū #MauriOra Celebrated annually around the globe, Pink Shirt Day began in Canada in 2007 when two students took a stand against homophobic bullying, after a peer was … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: Pink Shirt Day 2025!
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