View from Boulcott Street c. 1880. 

Law for Lunch, Let's talk in English sessions, Aotearoa Spanish Language Week and Nohinohi Reorua!

Here are the results from last month's survey! 

Did you know that Wellington City Libraries produces both a podcast channel and a YouTube channel?

You can find our podcast channel, Kōtare, here. Our YouTube channel, and all our wonderful author interviews, can be found here.

Now, to this month's question...

Vinyl or CDs?

Law for Lunch

12 – 12:30pm

Te Awe Library

8th, 15th and 22nd of August

Join us for a series of talks by experts from Community Law Wellington.

8 August: Tenancy Law

Learn your rights as a tenant, and how to navigate the power imbalance between tenants and landlords. Presented by Laura Drew.

15 August: Immigration Law

Come and learn the very basics of New Zealand’s immigration system. Presented by Jacob Baxter.

22 August: Employment Law

Employment 101 - All you need to know on the basics of employment law including your rights and obligations. Presented by Manuela Miville Fogliani.

Let's talk in English

Free conversation group. Practise speaking English with other people and make new friends. Great for beginners!

Mondays, 11am-12pm

Kilbirnie Library

Tuesdays, 10:30-11:30am

Johnsonville Library

Aotearoa Spanish Language Week is an opportunity to celebrate the Spanish language in Aotearoa New Zealand!

There are over 530 million Spanish speakers worldwide and here at WCL, we have a huge collection of books in Spanish; over 700 items across our branches!

To browse our full collection of Spanish language books, go to our catalogue and click ‘Advanced’ at the far right of the search bar. From here, select ‘Call Number’ from the top drop-down menu and enter ‘Spanish’. Hit the ‘Advanced Search’ button and all of our Spanish language items will appear for you to browse, reserve and borrow!

Nohinohi Reorua

Nohinohi Reorua: whāngaia tō Tama Toa ki te pānui pukapuka! E toru tekau meneti pakiwaitara, rotarota, waiata hoki i roto i te reo Māori me te reo Ingarihi, nō ngā kōhungahunga me ō rātou mātua kaitiaki.

Get your superhero hooked on books with our special bilingual storytimes! Featuring stories, rhymes, and songs in te reo Māori and English, these 30-minute sessions are open to anyone, whether you're fluent in te reo Māori or just starting out.

Recommended for tamariki aged 2-6 with their caregivers.

All ten volumes of Te Pouhere Kōrero have been digitised, and are available for free through Bridget Williams Books with your library card.

Te Pouhere Kōrero is a peer-reviewed journal, which seeks to disseminate and promote Māori mātauranga and perspectives on history to wider audiences.

givME 

Offers access to more than 4,000 scholarships and awards for individuals. 

givUS

Offers access to more than 1,200 grants and schemes for communities, volunteer organisations, schools, groups, sport clubs and iwi.

Part of the Generosity NZ suite of resources - the largest digital search facility for funding information in Aotearoa.https://wcl.govt.nz/tools/ez/?resource=givME

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PO Box 1992 Wellington 6140
Phone: (04) 801 4040