Newtown Library

05/02/2026

Kia ora tātou e te whānau - Ngā Puna Waiora, Newtown Library will be closed āpōpō, Friday 6th of February to commemorate Te Rā o Waitangi.

We will be open our usual ours on Saturday 7th February from 10am-4pm.

29/01/2026

Tēnā koutou library fans! Coming up we have afabulous free te taiao/ nature inspired art workshop. Tomorrow at Ngā Puna Waiora Newtown Library, Saturday 31 January, 2- 3pm. The workshop will explore the native plants of Te Whanganui-a-Tara drawing on the research of Dr Gabby O'Connor, mana whenua taiao experts, ecologists and kaimahi at Ōtari Native Botanic Garden. Participants will use images of native leaves to make pictures and patterns on illuminated lightboxes. The artworks will be photographed and included in the very first exhibition at Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui, which re-opens in March! Workshop suitable for all ages (under 14 year olds will need to be accompanied by an adult). For more information-

Create art with local artist Gabby O’Connor and become part of 'Rau Whārangi' an exciting community exhibition.

21/01/2026

Tēnā koutou library fans! Coming up we have fabulous free te taiao/ nature inspired art workshops. Tomorrow at Te Awa-a-Taia Ruth Gotlieb Library, Friday 23 January, 11am- 12pm. Come along. Ngā Puna Waiora Newtown Library, Saturday 31 January, 2- 3pm. The workshop will explore the native plants of Te Whanganui-a-Tara drawing on the research of Dr Gabby O'Connor, mana whenua taiao experts, ecologists and kaimahi at Ōtari Native Botanic Garden. Participants will use images of native leaves to make pictures and patterns on illuminated lightboxes. The artworks will be photographed and included in the very first exhibition at Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui, which re-opens in March! Workshops suitable for all ages (under 14 year olds will need to be accompanied by an adult). For more information-

Create art with local artist Gabby O’Connor and become part of 'Rau Whārangi' an exciting community exhibition.

15/01/2026

Tēnā koutou library fans! Coming up we have fabulous free te taiao/ nature inspired art workshops. Te Awa-a-Taia Ruth Gotlieb Library, Friday 23 January, 11am- 12pm and Ngā Puna Waiora Newtown Library, Saturday 31 January, 2- 3pm. The workshop will explore the native plants of Te Whanganui-a-Tara drawing on the research of Dr Gabby O'Connor, mana whenua taiao experts, ecologists and kaimahi at Ōtari Native Botanic Garden. Participants will use images of native leaves to make pictures and patterns on illuminated lightboxes. The artworks will be photographed and included in the very first exhibition at Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui, which re-opens in March! Workshops suitable for all ages (under 14 year olds will need to be accompanied by an adult). For more information-

Create art with local artist Gabby O’Connor and become part of 'Rau Whārangi' an exciting community exhibition.

15/12/2025

(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Do you love our birds?
Well, you have to check out this book!!

🦉🐧🐦

Sylvia's Selection: 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗥𝘆𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀.

"𝘈 𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬. 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨."

The introduction outlines the winners, and some of the voting shenanigans, of the past two decades.

It is beautifully illustrated with hand drawn pictures of over 80 native New Zealand birds.

An ideal gift for anyone 🎁 young or not-so young with any interest in New Zealand's native birds (and one bat 🦇).

12/12/2025

𝙂𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧? You may as well join our summer adventure and win lots of prizes! ⭐️🎉

27/10/2025

Kia ora koutou, Justice of the Peace, JP Robin's hours this week: Tuesday 28 October 10am-1pm, Wednesday 29 October 10am-4.30pm, Thursday 30 October 2pm-5pm and Friday 31st October 10am-5pm. Nau mai, haere mai - Robin provides a free service certifying documents and no booking is needed.

26/10/2025

Kia ora long weekenders! We hope you have a good book to read this weekend 📚

This week we received an awesome package from the 𝗭𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵 Huron County Library in Canada with lots of letters from the kids over there. The librarians had a really nice time looking through them and we've made a display to share them all with you!

Thank you, 𝗭𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀, for telling us all about your home and all your cool adventures you get up to at 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 Park and Lake Huron!

To Sylvie: Yes! We have pies in New Zealand and they are delicious! 🥧😍

23/10/2025

What's this? A gorgeous patron came in today with some seedlings to share in our kākano seed library! Here's one of our librarians holding up some healthy seedlings ready for a new home 🌱Come on down to Ngā Puna Waiora and pick up some seeds and seedlings to plant in the spirit of spring 🌼