Our most recent display in the library, our first of the year, was to celebrate Ōtautahi Christchurch’s Pride Month in March! More info here on events: https://www.chchpride.co.nz/ #ŌtautahiPride #ChristchurchPrideMonth Thanks to our wonderful student librarians would helped find some of our many LGBTQ books for this display. Continue reading Māpuna Library’s: Ōtautahi Christchurch PRIDE Month Display!
Last week was Sāmoan Language Week 2022! Our display this year included some of our non-fiction titles, with our title on traditional Sāmoan tattooing being popular; Tatau : a history of Sāmoan tattooing, books about Sāmoa, its culture, myths and legends and language and other Pasifika cultures, and fiction titles written by Sāmoan authors. As well as displaying some Sāmoan greetings. This year’s theme was: … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: Sāmoan Language Week 2022!
#PINKSHIRTDAYNZ With the help of our Library Team! Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu, Mauri Tū, Mauri Ora – Speak Up, Stand Together, Stop Bullying! 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 bullied for wearing a pink shirt. In Aotearoa, Pink Shirt Day works to create schools, workplaces, communities and … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s: Pink Shirt Day 2022
Our most recent display in our library is to celebrate the 2020/1 Olympics Games #TokyoOlympics2020 #GoNZ! Thanks to our wonderful student librarians who put this display together, could be in for the Gold medal contention I’d say! Happy Friday everyone! Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Olympics’ 2021 Display!
Feast your eyes on our spooky, creepy Halloween display featuring a great selection of our horror and thriller reads. We enlisted the help of our skeleton (on loan from the Science department, thanks), creatively placed spiders webs, hanging ghouls, spiders, bats, a crow and our skull, Yorick! The display was finished off with our cauldron framed by ghostly hands filled with our mystery horror reads! … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Halloween Display
There were many activities organised to celerate Te wiki o te reo Māori this last week. On Monday there was traditional weaving at lunch, Tuesday there was chalk drawing in the Cultural Space, Wednesday there was Kī-o-rahi (a traditional ball sport) being played on the fields, Thursday boasted brilliant a Kapa haka performance and on Friday was kai day with Frybread and a traditional Hāngi … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Te Wiki o te reo Māori Week Display!
Māpuna Library has done some awesome displays so far this year. This week we’ve been celebrating Tongan Language Week and this is what we came up with! With a combination of our non-fiction titles about Tonga, its culture and language and other Pasifika cultures, and fiction titles written by Tongan authors. As well as displaying some greetings and key library-related phrases in Tongan language. Loto-poto’ … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Tongan Language Week Display!
Our latest library display highlights book trailers, thanks to EpicsReads YouTube channel who create great book trailers, we’ve put a few together a few of our titles to match these great trailers. Here are a few of the titles we have on display: Almost American Girl by Robin Ha (Graphic Novel Memoir) A Korean-born, non-English-speaking girl who is abruptly transplanted from Seoul to Huntsville, Alabama, … Continue reading Māpuna Library Book Trailers Display
Our latest display in Māpuna Library is Spine Poetry! Our student librarians have been creating some fantastic poems. First the Library Team’s submission below: Continue reading Spine Poetry Display
Māpuna Library has done some awesome displays so far this year. Our newest display is to celebrate Pride month and our LGBTQIA+ community. Some of our new titles include: Heartstopper (Volume 1) by Alice Oseman Charlie, a highly-strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be something more…? Gender … Continue reading Māpuna Library Pride Display
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