Get Lit! Winter Reading Challenge

Our Get Lit! Winter Reading Programme starts Thursday 4 June! This year sees the introduction of a teen challenge card as well as an adult challenge card.

The bingo card is back as are the challenge squares!

The challenge lasts for 12 weeks!

Waipa Winter Warmer School Holiday Programme

The theme for the School Holiday programme in July is Winter Warmers!

You can pick up a pack at either library from Friday 26 June 2020. You will need a few basic supplies of your own but the packs contain instructions (with daily videos on Facebook and YouTube) and most of the materials needed to do the activities.

Teddy Bears' Picnic

Join us at our libraries to celebrate Teddy Bears' Picnic Day, Friday, 10 July.

Bring a Teddy Bear or two and enjoy the company of fellow friends, whanau and bears!

Please bring a blanket (but no food please).

Stories and books to read to your teddies!

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.

Book Sale

Come in and pick up a bargain!

In the Community Room connected to the Te Awamutu Library.

Please bring a bag with you if you can!

Ko Matariki mai Te Ko Utu Kohanga Reo

Stories, Storytime and Waiata kindly hosted by Te Ko Utu Kohanga Reo

Join us!

Colouring in books to give away (Limited numbers)

Smart Alex

Smart Alex is a secondary school writing competition run by the Friends of the Turnbull Library.

There are two categories - years 9-10 and years 11-13.

Prizes are available. A link to further competition details is available on the next page.

Dreams for the decade competition

Barnardos NZ is teaming up with libraries across New Zealand to engage children and young people in our communities through a nationwide art and poetry competition, ‘Dreams for the Decade’.

Children of all ages are invited to express their hopes, dreams and ambitions for the new decade through visual arts and poetry.

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!

Please note our sessions have stopped until further notice.

Makerspace Tuesdays

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

Please note our sessions have stopped until further notice.

Please find daily weekday sessions available from our Facebook page.

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!

Please note our sessions have stopped until further notice.

Makerspace Thursdays

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

Please note our sessions have stopped until further notice.

Please find daily weekday sessions available from our Facebook page.

New Zealand International Film Festival

The New Zealand International Film Festival is bringing the arthouse to your house in July 2020.

After assessing all options, NZIFF has announced that the 2020 edition will be presented in an online format as NZIFF At Home – Online.

Libraries closed

Our libraries are closed for training.

We will reopen at 1pm.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Books Alive Special Event - Virtual Storytimes - Mini Whinny

This year an innovative approach to the Books Alive events, associated with the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, has been created in response to challenges caused by the pandemic.

Books Alive finalist events and virtual storytimes are being offered online for the first time and we are hosting one of them with VIP guest Sarah Ulmer.

Books Alive Special Event - #Tumeke

This year an innovative approach to the Books Alive events, associated with the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, has been created in response to challenges caused by the pandemic.

Books Alive finalist events (and virtual storytimes) are being offered online for the first time and we are hosting one of them!

#Tumeke is a finalist in the Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction.

Disaster on four small paws

... Invasive Predators in New Zealand

Join Carolyn.M (Kim) King for a presentation on her new book on invasive predators in New Zealand which offers a much-needed insight into one of New Zealand’s longest-running national crises.

Kim is Adjunct Professor at Waikato University. She is an international authority on the biology of mustelids and rodents.

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.

First Reader Book Club Cambridge

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.

The HELL Reading Challenge

The Hell Reading Challenge is back.

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.