More Than Books News from your LibraryPlus – Issue 6

Wanting to discover your

family tree for free?

What did Hawera

LibraryPlus look

like in the past?

Family Friendly

Activities held each

month!

What‟s new for

Patea LibraryPlus?

In This Issue:

On the cover: Page

A Closer Look 3

Reviews from Our Readers 8

Patea Book Club 9

Helpful Hints Back Page

What‟s inside? Page

Hello from Lynne 2

Keep an Eye Out For 2

Aotea Utanganui 4

Calendar of Events 5 & 6

Kids Zone 7

Out of the Box 9

Get to know your Librarian 10

Clear blue skies and cooler evenings, autumn must

be here! It‟s time to tidy the last of the summer

gardens and prepare for winter vegetables and

planting bulbs for spring. The trees start to turn

glorious shades of yellow, orange and red and my

roses put on a last burst of blossoms.

At the libraries we are planning programmes for April

and May. These will include celebrating Heritage

month in April and the Art of Book Illustration in May

so watch out for activities based on those themes.

Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated all her delightful stories

such as The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle Duck;

I loved them as a child and then bought them for my son,

nieces and nephews. The illustrations brought the stories

alive and stimulated questions. Picture books for children

are so important but there are also sophisticated picture

books for older children to enjoy and graphic novels for

adults.

Keep on seeking information and inspiration.

Lynne

Hello from Lynne Libraries and Cultural Services

Manager

Keep an Eye Out For

https://twitter.com/LibraryPlus

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Kidz Biz

Check out what is happening in your

library for children these holidays – grab a copy of our South Taranaki

Kidz Biz booklet at your local

LibraryPlus, Hawera i-SITE, PowerCo

Aquatic Centre, Aotea Utanganui –

Museum of South Taranaki or TSB

Hub.

Competition

To celebrate the Art of Book

Illustrations this May, join in

the fun and enter the

competition of designing your

own book cover. To find out

details talk to your local

LibraryPlus about what events they have in store for you.

Hawera LibraryPlus is right next door to where

the very first library was in Hawera.

This was a collection of books that members

of the Armed Constabulary housed in the

Hawera Blockhouse. The library then moved

to an inner room in Princes Street opposite the

Post Office until, through public effort and subscriptions, a building was

erected on the present site in 1876. The new library building, with fixed

wooden shelving and a fireplace, provided a place for residents to hear

lectures, read newspapers and magazines and borrow the new and popular

books. In 1922 the control of the library was taken over by the Hawera

Borough Council which has evolved into the South Taranaki District Council.

143 years have passed and Hawera LibraryPlus is still in the original place

using the original building. During 1996 the old building was renovated

adding a number of expansions. Security gates were

installed, as well as a ramp and a new issues desk.

The library today still contains some books from the original

collection, which are held in the glass cabinet and can only

be used in the library.

Now Hawera LibraryPlus is one of seven libraries in the

district who offer a range of Council services, including

taking payments for rates, dog registrations and greenwaste

as well as a full library service. It is still a place to hear

speakers, read newspapers and magazines and borrow

books, and it also offers free computers to the public on the

Aotearoa People’s Network Kaharoa and wifi is accessible

24/7 from outside the building.

On Friday 19 April at 10.00am, local historian Mr Arthur Fryer will be

speaking about the history of the Hawera Library at Hawera LibraryPlus. This

is a free event and anyone can attend. Watch for staff who may be in period

costume from the 1870‟s or another of the fifteen decades that the Hawera

Library has been providing service to the district.

A Closer Look: Hawera LibraryPlus

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All information was sourced from „History of Hawera and the Waimate Plains’ as well as from the Plaque written by Arthur Fryer

found in Hawera LibraryPlus

Aotea Utanganui

Aotea Utanganui holds family friendly activities each

month.

Sunday 5 May 2013 – Movie Madness

1.30pm-3.30pm

Supporting our fascinating exhibition on the history of

Taranaki cinema, this fun filled Sunday will include

classic movies on the big screen and the opportunity to

create your own personalised movie poster.

Aotea Utanganui – Museum of South Taranaki is located

on the main street in Patea. Aotea Utanganui is a

purpose-built, architecturally-designed museum

building that enhances the streetscape of Patea and

provides a central point for culture and heritage in the

South Taranaki district.

The museum is at 127 Egmont Street, Patea and is open

every day except Christmas Day and Good Friday.

Entry is free.

4 May – 4 August 2013, Temporary Gallery, Aotea Utanganui Museum of South

Taranaki

Taranaki‟s distinctive reo is on show in an exhibition spanning the Māori New Year

and Māori Language Week.

Taranaki Reo, Taranaki Tangata features writing from three of Taranaki‟s leading

19th century chiefs, along with historical manuscripts and events to introduce

newcomers to the Taranaki dialect.

Taranaki‟s reo is best known for its dropped or aspirated „h‟, but the dialect‟s

distinctive nature goes much deeper. Historically, dialect differed not only from

other regions, but also between Taranaki iwi, from north to south.

Tuhinga tawhito looks at Taranaki reo in historic writings; Taranaki Tangata focuses

on the people who kept the language alive through times of adversity; and our Te

Karero-a-Waha events programme encourages everyday use of Taranaki reo.

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April Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Easter Monday

Easter Fun @ Aotea Utanganui

11am & 1.30pm

Libraries are closed and

re-open Tuesday 2 April

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Mahjong @ Opunake

LibraryPlus 1.30pm

Te Reo Support

Network @ Patea

LibraryPlus 10.30am-

11.30am

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Coffee & Crosswords

@ Patea LibraryPlus

11.00am

4 5

Casual Cuppa @ Hawera & Opunake

LibraryPlus 10.00am

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7 8

Scrabble @ Opunake

LibraryPlus 1.30pm

Adult Book Club @ Opunake &

Manaia LibraryPlus 10.00am

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Mahjong @ Opunake

LibraryPlus 1.30pm

10 11 12

Casual Cuppa @ Hawera & Opunake

LibraryPlus 10.00am

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14 15

Scrabble @ Opunake

LibraryPlus 1.30pm

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Mahjong @ Opunake

LibraryPlus 1.30pm

Adult Book Club

@ Patea LibraryPlus

5.30pm

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18 19

History of the Library @ Hawera

LibraryPlus 10.00am

Talking History @ Waverley LibraryPlus

10.30am

Talking History @ Patea LibraryPlus

1.30pm

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21 22

Scrabble @ Opunake

LibraryPlus 1.30pm

23

Mahjong @ Opunake

LibraryPlus 1.30pm

24 25 ANZAC Day

Libraries are

closed and

re-open Friday 26

April

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Casual Cuppa @ Hawera & Opunake

LibraryPlus 10.00am

Crossword Morning @ Manaia LibraryPlus

10.00am

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28 29

Quiet Night at the Library

@ Hawera LibraryPlus 7.00pm

– 9.00pm

Scrabble @ Opunake

LibraryPlus 1.30pm

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Mahjong @ Opunake

LibraryPlus 1.30pm

Heritage

* Contact Library for more details on events

May

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Coffee & Crosswords

@ Patea LibraryPlus

11.00am

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Casual Cuppa @ Hawera

& Opunake Library

10.00am

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5

Movie Madness

@ Aotea

Utanganui

1.30pm – 3.30pm

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Scrabble @ Opunake

LibraryPlus 1.30pm

Adult Book Club

@ Manaia LibraryPlus

10.00am & Waverley

LibraryPlus 2.00pm

7

Mahjong @ Opunake LibraryPlus 1.30pm

Te Reo Support Network @ Patea

LibraryPlus 10.30am-11.30am

8 9 10

Casual Cuppa

@ Hawera & Opunake

LibraryPlus 10.00am

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12 13

Scrabble @ Opunake

LibraryPlus 1.30pm

Adult Book Club

@ Opunake LibraryPlus

10.00am

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Interactive Book Illustrating session

@ Patea LibraryPlus 10.30am & Waverley

LibraryPlus 2.00pm

Mahjong @ Opunake LibraryPlus 1.30pm

Adult Book Club @ Patea LibraryPlus

5.30pm

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Casual Cuppa

@ Hawera & Opunake

LibraryPlus 10.00am

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19 20

Scrabble @ Opunake

LibraryPlus 1.30pm

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Don’t Judge a book by its cover

@ Eltham LibraryPlus 10.30am

Mahjong @ Opunake LibraryPlus 1.30pm

22 23 24

Casual Cuppa

@ Hawera & Opunake

LibraryPlus 10.00am

25

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Quiet Night at the

Library @ Hawera

LibraryPlus 7.00pm –

9.00pm

Scrabble @ Opunake

LibraryPlus 1.30pm

28

Mahjong @ Opunake LibraryPlus 1.30pm

29 30 31

Casual Cuppa

@ Hawera & Opunake

LibraryPlus 10.00am

Crossword Morning @

Manaia

LibraryPlus10.00am

Art of Book Illustration

** Contact Library for more details on event

Eltham

Tot Time

Every Friday

10.30am

Spot the

Difference There are 5

differences,

can you see

them?

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Hawera

Story Time

Every Monday

10.30am

Junior Book Club

Last Thursday of the

month

3.45pm Manaia

Bookwormz Book

Club

Fortnightly Tuesday

3.30pm Opunake

Bookbusters Book

Club

Fortnightly Tuesday

3.30pm

Waverley

Legends

Children’s Book

Club

Second Monday of

the month

3.00pm – 4.00pm

Patea

Book Heroes

Last Wednesday of

the month

4.00pm – 4.45pm

April Holiday Theme…

Author Focus Find a Look for KidzBiz or ask your local

library what fun activities they will be holding for you these holidays!

The New Zealand Post

Children‟s Book Awards are

celebrated with a nationwide

festival of events and activities

that bring books alive for

young readers of all ages.

This colourful festival promotes the importance

of books and reading, and provides inspiration

for New Zealand‟s future writers and illustrators.

The finalists will be announced on Wednesday 3 April.

Congratulations Pam Jones

-District Children’s and

Young Adult Librarian

for being chosen to judge

the 2013 LIANZA Children‟s Book Awards.

“This book was totally

cool; a bit predictable

but wasn't about vamps

or werewolves at least.

The main character was

tough and somewhat

honourable. The book

is easy to read and

understand.”

- Anonymous

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The Lies of Locke Lamora

Reviewed by a Waverley Reader

The story of the “Thorn of Camorra”

a living legend or myth? The hero of

the story is a weedy character who is

barely able to swing a sword. Sold

into slavery to the „Eyeless priest of

the house of Perelandro‟ Locke

Lamora begins his journey into the

city‟s underworld and the group of

thieves known as the Gentleman

Bastards. Together they struggle

against a raging war threatening to

end their world. Does good triumph

over evil? Who will survive?

I was recommended this book by the

librarian at Waverley LibraryPlus,

Sarah Kennedy. As I am someone

who does not generally read a lot of

fantasy books it took me a while to

immerse myself into this other realm.

My expectations of the books were

met once I had started. I found that I

had to continue to the end. I look

forward to reading other books in this series as this was the first one.

“For me, this book is

"lovely, but..." Because

the author talks about

recycling and using

what you have but then

provides quite

prescriptive product

lists for each project.

That said, some of the

projects are fabulous

– I love the dark heart

canvas.” – Anonymous

Chuck away your cash

cards, close all your

internet accounts, and put

on your tin foil hat! After

reading (well actually I

listened to the full audio

version) I have a new

understanding of the

power of personal

information and how it can

be turned against you at

the drop of a hat. This is a

great thriller that keeps

you guessing right to the

very end. – Anonymous

Feature: Patea Book Club

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Out of the Box Brand new books reaching the shelves

Patea LibraryPlus has recently launched a

book club for adult library users; the event is

held at 5.30pm on the third Tuesday of every

month.

Book club is an opportunity for people to get

together with fellow reading enthusiasts to

discuss books they enjoyed, or perhaps didn‟t

enjoy, hear about new books, author news

and much more.

It is hoped the book club will be able to meet with members from the very

popular Waverley LibraryPlus book club once or twice a year to share ideas

and a cup of coffee.

If you would like to know more contact Narlene at Patea LibraryPlus on 278

0555, or for Waverley‟s book club contact Sarah Kennedy, Monday or Friday, on

0800 111 323.

Title: Hip to Stitch Author: Melinda A Barta

Title: Sew Eco Author: Ruth Singer

Title: Create Your Own

Hand-Printed Cloth Author: Rayna Gillman

Get to Know your Librarian: Sue McMillan District Systems and

Cataloguing Librarian How long have I been a librarian?

I started working at Stratford Public Library way

back in 1987, first as a volunteer and then, when

a position became available, I was taken on full

time. I completed my NZ Library Studies

Certificate while at Stratford Library. In 1993 the

Librarian‟s job became vacant at Eltham Library,

and I was the successful candidate. In 2002, I

moved to the backroom at Hawera Library,

specialising in cataloguing and acquisitions for

the district libraries.

This year sees my 20th year with South Taranaki

District Council. Over my years as a Librarian I‟ve seen many changes –

computerisation of libraries, introduction of technology like the public

internet services, issuing of CD ROMs, video cassettes and DVDs and

now onto eBooks and eAudio. Libraries have certainly changed a lot in

the past 25 odd years.

What is the most rewarding part of my job?

Seeing all the new books come in. I love opening the boxes and seeing

what the buyers have bought for the shelves. I‟m currently buying

eBooks and eAudio as well, building up our collection

slowly. Introducing people to this new service is a real passion of

mine. Everyone should have an eReader!

What is my favourite book that I would recommend?

Currently I‟m reading a lot of books on my Kindle eReader. I love the

diversity of Indie (independent) authors, stuff that you would never get

through main stream publishing. For over a year now I‟ve been reading

almost exclusively Zombie apocalypse fiction. Some sleepless nights

have arisen due to realising that in the event of a zombie uprising, my

house is totally indefensible. It‟s hard to decide on which author or book

I like best but it would either have to be Mark Tufo‟s Zombie Fallout

series or Jospeh Talluto‟s White Flag of the Dead series. Pushed for an

answer I‟d have to go for White Flag of the Dead. It‟s a great series for

anyone wanting to try out Zombie fiction. There are 6 books in the series

(the library has the first few in print). A new series set 20 years after the

apocalypse has just been released with more to come. My other favourite

author is Stuart MacBride. His Logan MacRae detective series is

brilliantly well crafted and a great read if you don‟t mind a bit of torture

and gruesome stuff.

http://libraryplus.blogspot.co.nz/

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Helpful Hints

Eltham Hawera Kaponga Manaia Opunake Patea Waverley

OPENING HOURS

ELTHAM LIBRARYPLUS

King Edward St, Eltham

Monday – Friday

9.00am – 5.30pm

Saturday

9.30am – 12.00pm

HAWERA LIBRARYPLUS

High Street, Hawera

Monday – Friday

9.00am – 5.30pm

Saturday

9.00am – 1.00pm

KAPONGA LIBRARYPLUS

Victoria Street, Kaponga

Monday – Friday

1.00pm – 5.00pm

MANAIA LIBRARYPLUS

South Road, Manaia

Monday – Friday

9.00am – 5.00pm

OPUNAKE LIBRARYPLUS

Tasman Street, Opunake

Monday – Friday

9.00am – 5.00pm

Saturday

9.30am – 1.00pm

PATEA LIBRARYPLUS

Egmont Street, Patea

Monday – Friday

9.00am – 5.00pm

Saturday

9.30am – 12.00pm

WAVERLEY LIBRARYPLUS

Weraroa Road, Waverley

Monday – Friday

9.00am – 12.30pm

1.00pm – 5.00pm

Saturday

9.30am – 12.00pm

Want to win some

chocolate?

Write a book review or give us some feedback

Either drop it in to your local LibraryPlus or email

them to lynne.walker@stdc.govt.nz

The libraries APNK (Aotearoa People‟s Network

Kaharoa) computers have free access to Ancestry®

Library Edition, one of the most important genealogical

collections available today. It has records from the UK,

USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and other

areas of the world including historical births, deaths and

marriages, census, church, court, and immigration

records, There are thousands of databases and billions

of indexed names all able to be searched. Your results

can be printed, emailed or saved onto a memory stick.

This service is only available in the libraries. Come in

and see who you can find on your family tree.

Members of the

public enjoying some

musical

entertainment by

HungryTown at

Hawera LibraryPlus in March