Porirua Peoples Library

08/08/2016

TEZA, or the Transitional Economic Zone of Aotearoa, is a public art project bringing art and the community together. Wellington curators Letting Spaces set ...

22/07/2016

Listen up!

10/02/2016

Porirua Peoples Library ❤︎s Wellington Access Radio. Congratulations on securing your new FM radio frequency! Here's to a new era where diverse voices, sounds and music from our local communities will now be transmitted loud and proud over the airwaves!

08/12/2015

Kerry Ann Lee will be speaking live on air with Caitlin Cherry on Radio New Zealand National's nine-to-noon show (http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon) about the Porirua Peoples Library tomorrow (Wed) at 11:25am !

01/12/2015

We are proud to also present Pip Adam's 'Made-Up Times', alternative newspaper collaborated with passers-by shopping in Porirua last week: http://madetimes.tumblr.com/

01/12/2015

Amazing Free Range Raps & Monologues workshop hosted by Piki Haenga, Onitsuka Samourai Sirene and Te Kupu at the PPL in Porirua last week. Here's a teaser still-image for the videos that we'll upload onto the PPL website and link to here in the upcoming weeks. Stay tuned folks. Some powerful expressions captured in this session.

26/11/2015

ON TOMORROW: Porirua Peoples Library presents a special graphic art workshop run by Sarah Maxey - create alternative typographic signage for Porirua Library! Tomorrow (Friday) morning at museum art studio, 10-12pm. Free & open to all.

OUR LATEST WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT....

PPL Presents: YOU'RE WELCOME!
Alt-signage graphics with Sarah Maxey
Friday 27 NOV 10-12pm @ Pataka Education Studio

Create a range of posters in the form of alternative signs - what you'd like to see on a sign in the Library, either a message to visitors, a suggestion or an invitation. To book, contact: [email protected]

For other workshops and full programme visit: http://www.peopleslibrary.org.nz/workshops.html

25/11/2015

The Porirua People's Library is all go with People's Radio in the house! Come through tomorrow (Thursday) and take over the airwaves for one last session from 12-3pm.

Here's a screen shot of Porirua People's Radio at the Porirua Peoples Library yesterday, taking to the lovely people from Sharemart at TEZA 2015. We'll be back there tomorrow collecting stories from the city from midday-3pm if you'd like to pop in! 10 Lydney St South, Porirua.

22/11/2015

"Porirua needs more champions...just get out there and get involved!" Here's an interview with Radio Active last last weekend. https://www.mixcloud.com/Radioactive_FM/teza-interview/

http://teza.org.nz/porirua-peoples-library/

20/11/2015

Well worth supporting!

Support the kids in Healthy Harbours Porirua and create kaitiaki for our future! Connecting community with Te Awarua o Porirua

19/11/2015

OUR LATEST WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT....

PPL Presents: YOU'RE WELCOME!
Alt-signage graphics with Sarah Maxey
Friday 27 NOV 10-12pm @ Pataka Education Studio

Create a range of posters in the form of alternative signs - what you'd like to see on a sign in the Library, either a message to visitors, a suggestion or an invitation. To book, contact: [email protected]

For other workshops and full programme visit: http://www.peopleslibrary.org.nz/workshops.html

17/11/2015

Where are you local to?... http://www.ted.com/talks/taiye_selasi_don_t_ask_where_i_m_from_ask_where_i_m_a_local?language=en

When someone asks you where you're from … do you sometimes not know how to answer? Writer Taiye Selasi speaks on behalf of "multi-local" people, who feel at home in the town where they grew up, the city they live now and maybe another place or two. "How can I come from a country?" she asks. "How can…