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Bringing History Into 2024: A Recap
This year our heritage team have digitised and uploaded over 1500 unique items to our platform Wellington City Recollect, including posters, photographs, books, documents, maps and more! -
If it Weren't for your Gumboots: An interview with Bata
In our final Business story for 2024, we learn more about Wellington footwear manufacturer, Bata. Tucked away in Owhiro Bay, Bata have been making footwear for Kiwis for nearly 75 years. -
Musician Interview: Emily Clemett and Christian Muñoz from Ska Pai
Listen to our interview with Emily and Christian from Ska Pai, a high energy, 5-piece, Wellington-based Ska Punk band. -
Author Interview: Una Cruickshank
We chat to debut author Una Cruickshank about her book, The Chthonic Cycle. -
Finding your stride: New sports and recreation books
Explore these sport and recreation books, recently added to our collection. -
Author interview: Tina Makereti
We chat to New Zealand author Tina Makereti about her new novel, The Mires. -
Upskilling with Online Courses
If you’re looking to learn a new work skill, advance your career or just study something for interest, these are some platforms offering a variety of free online courses. -
New Film and Television Books
Check out these new books on filmmaking and behind-the-scenes stories. -
Destination Wellness: New Health Books in the Collection
We could all do with a wellness top up from time to time. In this month's new health books we have topics from allergies to pregnancy, finding wellness through creativity, living nourished and more. -
Past author event: Watch Fact and Fiction, Writing History
Watch the video of our author event with Kate Mahony,Clare Gleeson and Mary McCallum. -
Breaking up with a Client
Is a client causing your business grief? We've pulled together some resources to help business owners negotiate a successful breakup. -
Summer Reading Adventure: How to draw lines for an Ozobot
What exactly is an Ozobot? -
Summer Reading Adventure: How to create an acrostic poem
One of the activities we're challenging the tamariki of Pōneke to complete over the summer is to write an acrostic poem for the phrase "Summer Reading Adventure". But what exactly is an acrostic poem? -
Summer Reading for adults: Sounds of summer
Fabulous summer sounds to chill out to for our Summer Reading listening challenge. -
Summer Reading for adults: A cinematic experience list
Our short selection of some of our favourite summer movie watches. Have a browse! -
Learning from Failure
Whether in life or in business, when things go wrong there are always lessons to be learned from the experience. This week we've compiled some reading to better understand failure. -
When Life Gives You Lemurs: New Biographies
Rockstars, animal whisperers, sports giants, and phenomenal women feature in the latest crop of biographies and memoirs. -
Musician Interview: David Long
Listen to our interview with musician David Long about his new album All Things Will Stay Silent.