Christmas Tree Craft Competition

Enter our Christmas tree craft competition!

Your creation must be no bigger than 40cm tall.

You may use any materials you wish.

Categories: Ages 10-17 and Adults (18 and above)

Family Fun Night

Our libraries are open late night on a Friday until 8pm.

Come along and watch one of our scheduled movies from 6pm.

Schedules are displayed inside the libraries (Te Awamutu available on request).

Take a Shelfie this Summer (Summer Reading Programme)

Have fun reading over the holidays and improve your skills with Waipā District Libraries’ Summer Reading Programme.

Register at your library and receive your reading booklet from 1 December 2020. The programme starts on 14 December.

Wriggle & Rhyme

Check out the FREE 30-minute Wriggle & Rhyme sessions at a library near you during the school term!

Wriggle & Rhyme sessions are designed for children from birth to two years old, and guide parents through a range of movement activities that they can also use at home with their children.

No need to register, just turn up!

Christmas Card Making with Heidi (TA)

Join us this month to craft your own hand made cards for Christmas.

Lead by Heidi Gaiger.

All materials supplied.

Christmas Craft Making (TA)

Come along and make your own crafts for Christmas.

The session will focus on tree decoration with book page lanterns and ornaments and gift toppers.

All activities will be using old books.

Toddler Time

A fun-filled programme featuring stories, crafts, music and interactive fun.

Toddler Time is tailored specifically for age 2-5 years and is designed to enhance social, cognitive, motor and musical skills.

No need to register, just turn up!

Makerspace Thursdays

Come and get creative and hands-on with fun science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics projects!

Virtual session are available from our Facebook page and YouTube channel.

Makerspace Tuesdays

Come and get creative and hands-on with fun science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) projects!

Participants register for the term. Ages 8 up to 13.

Christmas Card Making with Heidi (CB)

Join us this month to craft your own hand made cards for Christmas.

Lead by Heidi Gaiger.

Numbers limited. All materials supplied.

Christmas Craft Making (CB)

Come along and make your own crafts for Christmas.

The session will focus on tree decoration with book page lanterns and ornaments and gift toppers.

All activities will be using old books.

You may also like to register for the Christmas Card Making Session which will run immediately before this session.

The first geological map of Mt Pirongia

Volcanologist Oliver McLeod presents 'The first geological map of Mt Pirongia' a follow on from last year's presentation on 'A geological exploration of Mt Pirongia'.

The resulting book is titled 'Geology of the Pirongia Volcano, Waikato: 1:30,000 Geological Map' which contains a large fold out map and an accompanying, 60 page illustrated text describing the geology of the mountain.

This event has been rescheduled following postponement from 25 November.

Christmas stories

Dress up as your favourite character and come along to this Take a Shelfie Summer Reading Programme activity.

This will earn you a stamp on your reading programme booklet.

Libraries closed

Our libraries will be closed from 2pm Thursday 24 December and reopening Monday 11 January 2021.

We will have late night opening hours in the week prior to closure.

Online databases and eItems will be available 24/7.

Fun, fab fairytales

Dress up as your favourite character and come along to this Take a Shelfie Summer Reading Programme activity.

This will earn you a stamp on your reading programme booklet.

Margaret Mahy classics

Dress up as your favourite character and come along to this Take a Shelfie Summer Reading Programme activity.

This will earn you a stamp on your reading programme booklet.

Take a Shelfie Finale Party (TA)

To finish the Take a Shelfie Summer Reading Programme you must earn five stickers to earn an invitation to the Finale Party in your library.

Take a Shelfie Finale Party (CB)

To finish the Take a Shelfie Summer Reading Programme you must earn five stickers to earn an invitation to the Finale Party in your library.

The HELL Reading Challenge

The Hell Reading Challenge is on.

The HELL Reading Challenge is free, and it is so easy! Children receive a stamp on their pizza wheel for each book they read. Once they have read seven books, children can exchange their completed pizza wheel for a free 333 kids’ pizza at HELL.

Book Club Te Awamutu

If you love reading books, sharing books, chatting to others about books and finding new books to read, come along to an enjoyable evening where you can share your favourite titles with other book lovers while enjoying light refreshments provided by the library.