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The Summer Reading Adventure is Just Over the Horizon!
Our annual Summer Reading Adventure begins 1 December! Preview how you and your whānau can get involved. -
Author & Te Papa experts event: 'Wild Wellington Ngā Taonga Taiao'
Join us for a panel kōrero celebrating ‘Wild Wellington Ngā Taonga Taiao’ by Michael Szabo, published by Te Papa Press. -
One Hundred Years of Local Theatre
Theatre programmes and posters collected by the library over many decades are able to be rediscovered on Wellington City Recollect.
Recent stories
- Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin Language Week 2024
- Celebrate Día de los Muertos at Te Māhanga Karori Library
- RAD: Radio Active Digest now on Wellington City Recollect
- Author Interview: Becky Manawatu
- Conversation Over Coffee: An interview with Matt Lamason, founder of Peoples Coffee
- Musician Interview: Nathan Carter and Jack Woodbury from The Temple
- Now, Lead Others: author interview with Cillín Hearns
Kids featured stories
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The Summer Reading Adventure is Just Over the Horizon!
Our annual Summer Reading Adventure begins 1 December! Preview how you and your whānau can get involved. -
15 popular Kids’ Books to reserve this month!
Reserve the HOTTEST kids’ books being published this month and get them before all your pals. -
Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin Language Week 2024
In 2024, Papua Niugini Tok Pisin is having its first ever Language Week!
Recent stories
- Celebrate Día de los Muertos at Te Māhanga Karori Library
- What’s on for tamariki at the library: In-person and online!
- Beyond the Page 2024: Week Two Round-up!
- Beyond the Page 2024 School Holiday Programme
- Beyond the Page 2024: Week One Round-up!
- 15 kids’ books that you’ll want to reserve NOW
- Things that will make you go WOW: World of Wearable Art 2024
Youth featured stories
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The Summer Reading Adventure is Just Over the Horizon!
Our annual Summer Reading Adventure begins 1 December! Preview how you and your whānau can get involved. -
The Wellington Comic Lover's Guide to... The Joker and Harley Quinn
Here’s our not-so-serious guide to The Joker and Harley Quinn! -
Spooky YA reads to keep that Halloween 👻spirit👻 going
We get it. You're a fan of the uncanny and all October has just been leading up to the evening of the 31st. But once it's over, how do you keep those spooky vibes going? With a spooky book, of course!
Recent stories
- Sign up for our Teen Newsletter Please
- Mental Health Awareness Week: A librarian's guide to big sad thoughts and other weird growing-up things
- The Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide to... Batman
- Queer Fantasy NOT for Pride Month! Because everyday is LGBTQ+!
- The Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide to... Wolverine
- The Defence of Poetry! Proving Poems Aren't All Bad for Bad Poetry Day
- The Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide to... Deadpool
Business featured stories
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Slow Productivity, and other works by Cal Newport
The author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work offers a philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding overload. Learn more about this new work and others in the WCL collection. -
Guest blog: 3 actions for those being made redundant
Been made redundant? Our guest blog piece outlines three things to keep in mind. -
Guest post: Reading matters at work
This blog is a re-post of a piece contributed by Literacy Aotearoa. It outlines how Literacy Aotearoa can support employers with workplace literacy and numeracy programmes.
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- Guest post: Leading the Data-Driven Transformation
- Business networking
- Guest post: It’s time for more people to find their voices
- Guest post: Save yourself from burnout with this simple formula
- Conversation Over Coffee: An interview with Matt Lamason, founder of Peoples Coffee
- Podcasting for Business
- Guest post: Digital disruption, New Zealand SMEs, and reevaluating your business valuation
Local History featured stories
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Author Interview: Daniel Beban
Riki Gooch interviews author Daniel Beban about his new nonfiction book Future Jaw-Clap. -
RAD: Radio Active Digest now on Wellington City Recollect
A 1980s magazine from Wellington’s pioneering alternative radio station is now available to read online -
New online resource: the Wellington Provincial Council Gazette, 1854-1876
Digitised for the first time is the collection of the weekly gazette of the Wellington Provincial Council, which offers a fascinating insight into the city and region’s early colonial history.
Recent stories
- The Spectacular Cinemas of Wellington
- The Rise of Vernacular Architecture in Wellington
- The Flowering of The Tulip
- New online genealogical resource: The Scholefield Papers
- ‘The Streets of My City’: the Legacy of Fanny Irvine-Smith
- The work of Ans Westra on Recollect
- Scope magazine: New Recollect collection
Māori featured stories
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Te Māori Exhibition: 40 Years On
10 September 1984. On this day, 40 years ago, Te Māori exhibition opened at MOMA in New York City. -
Rauemi Reo : a guide to resources to help strengthen your reo Māori
Wellington City Libraries staff have produced an online pamphlet of 'Rauemi Reo : a guide to resources to help strengthen your reo Māori'. -
Remembering Moana Jackson
He Tangata, he tangata, he tangata: of the people, by the people, for the people. He hōnore, he korōria ki te Atua he maungārongo ki te whenua. He whakaaro pai ki ngā tāngata katoa.