● portfotolio ● albums of Christchurch City Libraries

Tickets Please! - Celebrating the history of trams in Christchurch

Max Lucas exhibition at Linwood Library

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2024

NZ Chinese Language Week 2024

Christchurch Photo Hunt

Picture Me exhibition at Tūranga

Romancing AI: WORD Christchurch 2024

Tina Makereti: WORD Christchurch 2024

Gems from the Archives: WORD Christchurch 2024

Foraging: WORD Christchurch

WORD Christchurch 2024 books, events, and displays

Book bundles

WORD Christchurch 2024 launch

Dawn Raids Reading: Pacific Underground at 30: WORD Christchurch Festival 2024

Confluence: WORD Christchurch Festival 2024

Te Kākahu Huruhuru o te Tiriti: WORD Christchurch Festival 2024

Hine Toa: Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku: WORD Christchurch 2024

The Book Witch: WORD Christchurch Festival 2024

Signs of Life: Amy Head walking tour - WORD Christchurch Festival 2024

Ōtautahi Zinefest 2024: WORD Christchurch Festival 2024

Ki Uta Ki Tai – Native Plants of Ōtautahi - tour with Juanita Hepi: WORD Christchurch Festival 2024

Lily Duval and Nicola Toki: WORD Christchurch Festival 2024

RNZ Saturday Morning recording from Tūranga: WORD Christchurch Festival 2024

Bad Diaries Salon: WORD Christchurch Festival 2024

Ideal Home Noise: Vera Ellen on songwriting: WORD Christchurch Festival 2024

True Stories of Death and Desperation - Steve Braunias with Philip Matthews: WORD Christchurch Festival 2024

Fragrant Texts: WORD Christchurch Festival 2024

Chinese Fish and Backwaters: WORD Christchurch Festival 2024

In the Frame - Opening WORDS: WORD Christchurch Festival 2024

Ōtautahi is Flash

Women of the Wheel: Past and Present exhibition

Italian collection launch

Local Lives Lived exhibition August 2024,

Essie Summers

WORD Christchurch Festival 2024

Matariki 2024

House of Treasures Te Whare Taonga: Canterbury Museum exhibition

WORD Christchurch: Sinéad Gleeson: Islands, Art & Identity

Pasifika

City Nature Challenge

Auahatanga - Creative Spaces

Book Sale 2024

Christchurch Pride

Drawing Connections: Cecil Wood Exhibition

Lunar New Year 2024

Book launch for The Grimmelings by Rachael King

Brick your book 2024

50th celebration - Christchurch 1974 Commonwealth Games

2024

Unfinished Business exhibition

Christmas 2023

WORD Christchurch - Ngaio Marsh Awards and Crime Quiz Night

Elmer’s Ōtautahi Elephant Trail: 25 November 2023 to 18 February 2024

Sanctuary Exhibition: Ōtautahi Creative Spaces Friday 10 November 2023 to Sunday 4 February 2024

Soft Toy Sleepover

New Zealand Chinese Language Week

Bilingual story starter cards - te Reo Māori and English

Te Wiki o te Re Māori 2023

Whaia te ara o te Kareao: Follow the path of the Kareao: WORD Christchurch 2023

WORD Christchurch 2023

The importance of writing queer joy: WORD Christchurch 2023

Shaneel Lal: WORD Christchurch 2023

The Music Book Club, starring Marlon Williams: WORD Christchurch 2023

Ōtautahi Zinefest 2023: WORD Christchurch 2023

50 years of Witi Ihimaera: WORD Christchurch 2023

The Quiet Hero Andrew Bagshaw: WORD Christchurch 2023

Roy Montgomery and Clementine Valentine: WORD Christchurch 2023

Writing on the Margins: WORD Christchurch 2023

Naming the Sirens: WORD Christchurch 2023

The Great WORD Story Hunt: WORD Christchurch 2023

Unruly Memories: WORD Christchurch 2023

The Lost Art of Letter Writing: WORD Christchurch 2023

Cabinet of Curiosities: WORD Christchurch 2023

Risky Women, WORD Christchurch 2023

Risk! WORD gala, The Piano

Decades of looks - Collection of historical costumers lent by Canterbury Museum

Christchurch Family History Expo

Matatiki Hornby Centre

WORD Christchurch 2023 - Programme Launch

Te Rā i Whiti exhibition

School holidays

Westfield Riccarton Mall school holiday stories and books

Finding Hope | Seeking refuge in Aotearoa exhibition

New Zealand Garden Bird Survey

Fungi of Aotearoa book launch

Kiri and Lou at the Library exhibition

Matariki 2023

New Building Rising - Gary Buchanan, 2-11 May 2023

NZ Music Month

Christchurch Archaeology Project: Three Tales of One City

Raising Sakinah | Finding Peace exhibition

Book Sale 2023

Summertime Reading Challenge 2023

Tūhura Tuarangi - Aotearoa in Space

Brick your book 2023

2023

Christmas 2022

Humans of Christchurch Ōtautahi: Everyone has a story exhibition

Cosplay and creative costuming

Art-East: The Art of the Family Recovery Garden exhibtion

Biketober

Beret Day

Fijian Language Week

Christ Church Cathedral: Our place our people display

Days of Ice

Tuvalu Language Week

Banned Books Week 2022

Crime after Crime and Ngaio Marsh Awards: WORD Christchurch Festival 2022

De La Milpa a la Mesa: A Mexican Food Journey: Exhibtion

Tāngata Ngāi Tahu, volume 2

He Waiata Hou – Indigenous Writers Hui

War and Peace: WORD Christchurch 2022

Make it, say it, do it now - WORD Christchurch 2022

Don't Sweat it - Menopause: WORD Christchurch 2022

The Great WORD Story Hunt

Nuku: 100 Kickass Indigenous Women: WORD Christchurch 2022

Emily St John Mandel at the Faraway Near: WORD Christchurch 2022

Mohamed Hassan at The Piano - WORD Christchurch 2022

Patrick Radden Keefe at The Faraway Near - WORD Christchurch 2022

Rebecca Solnit at The Faraway Near - WORD Christchurch 2022

The Faraway Near - WORD Christchurch 2022

New Regent Street - WORD Christchurch 2022

Te Piki o Tāwhaki - WORD Christchurch Festival 2022

takahē - Magazine in residence at WORD Christchurch Festival 2022

In Search of Ngaio exhibition

Kiri + Lou Wā Kōrero / Storytimes, Tūranga

Kate Bush display

WORD Christchurch Festival 2022

Poroporoaki - Te Ao Hou: A moment in time

Wikin te Taetae ni Kiribati - Kiribati Language Week

Christchurch Pride 2022

Matariki 2022

Rotuman Language Week - Gasav Ne Fäeag Rotuạm Ta

Te Ao Hou: A Moment in Time

Nowruz celebrations

Japanese cultural celebrations

Japanese Cultural Celebration 2022

Lunar New Year 2022

Object Lessons: Imported collections, local art, and design education in Ōtautahi Christchurch

Brick your book

2022

Christchurch Hip Hop Summit 2021

Christmas 2021

Summertime Reading Challenge 2021/2022

The Faraway Near - WORD Christchurch Festival 2021

WORD Christchurch Festival 2021

Laser cutting

Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival.

Whakaata mai te Kūkūwai - Reflections from the Wetlands exhibition

Our Climate Future Exhibition

#ShowUsYourMasks

Dog registration displays

Celebrate Japan: South Library

We Stand Here exhibitions

Philippine Independence Day Celebrations 2021

Our Painted Stories exhibition

CCCL League Of Legends Tournament

Matariki 2021

Zine collection

New Zealand Music Month 2021

Thanks from ISO exhibition

Through the Shop Window exhibition

Anna Fifield: Finding Kim Jong Un: WORD Christchurch

Mars Rover Landing Day

Seaweek

Wild Ōtautahi exhibition, Tūranga

Christchurch Pride 2021

Queens telling stories

Lunar New Year 2021

Burns Night at Tūranga

2021

New Brighton Seaside Christmas Parade 2020

Dias de los muertos - Day of the Dead

Sleeping Beauty displays

Pop Up Penguins

Zinefest 2020

Christmas 2020

Talanoa i Measina - Sharing our Stories

Sleeping Beauty Flower Garland Family Challenge

Letters to Ōtautahi

Read Aloud Schools Day

Family Ties - Carl Nixon and Chloe Lane

Stand up Poetry: A Quiz Show

A Cabinet of Curiosities

For You(th)

Elizabeth Knox: The Absolute Book

Pip Adam: Nothing to see

The Great Word Story Hunt

WORD Gala: Brave Worlds

Ko Aotearoa Tātou | We are New Zealand launch and reception

WORD Christchurch Spring Festival 2020

The boy with two shadows: Sarah Greig, illustrator

Mesh exhibition, 9-27 October 2020

Sustainable Living

Aroha Revolution: A community Matariki quilt

The Great Stash Swap

From Paper to Pixel

The Unlikely Librarian

Te wiki o te reo Māori 2020

Children's Holocaust Memorial, Te whakamaharatanga o te Parekura Tamariki

Armageddon Expo 2020

A.J. Fitzwater's book launch at Scorpio Books

Kiri and Lou display, Tūranga

Philippine Independence Day

Shirley Library refurbishment, 2020

Libraries during Covid-19 restrictions

Librarian "shelfies"

Manu tukutuku

Book Sale 2020

Christchurch Pride 2020

Labyrinth in the Library

Heartfelt

Summertime Reading Challenge 2019 / 2020

2020

Lunar New Year

Christmas 2019

Zadie Smith - WORD Christchurch

Tūranga family makerspace

Extraordinary: From the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library

Winning entry in the Gingerbread House Family Challenge

Gingerbread House Family Challenge

3 word post-it reviews

Tūranga's 1st birthday

A Lion in the Meadow 50th anniversary celebrations

The Creyke Road Crew

Funny as - WORD Christchurch Shifting Points of View 2019

Val McDermid - WORD Christchurch Shifting Points of View

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2019

Zines

Green Connection Pod

Uike 'o Lea Tonga / Tonga Language Week

Cabinet of Curiosities - WORD Christchurch Shifting Points of View 2019

Owning History - WORD Christchurch Shifting Points of View 2019

Marilyn Waring - WORD Christchurch Shifting Points of View 2019

Simon Winchester - WORD Christchurch Shifting Points of View 2019

Bad Diaries Salon - WORD Christchurch Shifting Points of View 2019

DeRay Mckesson - WORD Christchurch Shifting Points of View 2019

WORD Christchurch Shifting Points of View 2019

Illuminate: Unearthing treasures from our collection exhibition

Phoenix: A celebration of creative wellbeing exhibition

Philippine Independence Day 2019 celebrations at Tūranga

The Allusionist: WORD Christchurch Autumn Season 2019

Youth Week 2019

Mary Kelleher handmade story books / murals

Sāmoan Language Week 2019

Matariki 2019

NBA2K eBall Comp

NZ Music Month 2019

WORD Christchurch Autumn Season 2019

International Tabletop Games Day

Shakespeare's birthday - 23 April 2019

Book Sale 2019

Pride Week 2019

Lunar New Year 2019

Summertime Reading Challenge 2018 / 2019

2019

Christmas 2018

New Brighton Christmas Parade 2018

Old and new whales

Tūranga

Lee Child - WORD Christchurch

Artworks in libraries

Kaveh Akbar - WORD Christchurch

Nutcracker Diorama - A Family Challenge

Diego and Frida: A smile in the middle of the way – exhibition and events

When Death jumped ship

Tūranga Opening Day

Pūawaitanga o te ringa

Dr Michelle Dickinson 'Nanogirl' - WORD Christchurch Festival 2018

The Nerd Degree - WORD Christchurch Festival 2018

The Body Issue: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018

Bad Diaries Salon: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018

Shaun Bythell - Diary of a Bookseller: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018

New Regent Street Pop-Up Festival - WORD Christchurch Festival 2018

Dr Seuss Creation - A Family Challenge

WORD Christchurch Festival 2018

Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton

Out on the Shelves

Novel Cafe

Field of Remembrance

New Zealand Music Month 2018

Matariki 2018

Sāmoan Language Week 2018

Robert Webb - WORD Christchurch

Jeff Kinney - WORD Christchurch

Book Sale 2018

Francis Spufford - WORD Christchurch

Lunar New Year 2018

Former CTV site

185 Empty Chairs

22 February 2018

2018

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2008

2017

2017 New Brighton Christmas Parade

New Brighton Christmas Parades

2016 New Brighton Christmas Parade

Tūranga under construction

Christmas 2017

The Great Library Seed Swap and Plant Swap

WORD Christchurch Shifting Points of View 2017

Opening Day - Matuku Takotako: Sumner Centre

Demolition of Bishopdale Library

Opening Day - Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and Community Centre

My Very Own Hungry Caterpillar colouring-in competition

Jane Austen 200

Craft yourself a Creature - A family challenge

World Wide Knit in Public Day 2017

New Zealand Music Month 2017

Matariki 2017

Star Wars Day at South Library

WORD Christchurch Autumn Season 2017

CSO Music Trails through the Library

Knights and Princesses Fun Day

Ashleigh Young and Hera Lindsay Bird

Lyttelton Library and Customer Services reopening

Book Sale 2017

Oi Manawa Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial

22 February 2017

Parklands at Play

Quotes - Central Library Manchester

New Brighton Library reopening Monday 13 February 2017

Kite Day 2017

Lunar New Year 2017

Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre - 1st birthday

New Brighton Temporary Library

Christmas 2016

Halloween

Tiny Huts

SCAPE Public Art Season 2016

Diwali

Lyttelton Library repairs

Matuku Takotako: Sumner Centre

Heritage Week 2016

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and Community Centre

Fun Palaces 2016

Zinefest

Andy Griffiths

An evening with Justin Cronin

Roald Dahl Day

3D learners for Adult Learners Week

The Sunday Fringe at WORD Christchurch

Caitlin Doughty - Ask a Mortician - WORD Christchurch

Storylines Festival 2016

The Spinoff After Dark - WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival

In love with these times: A Flying Nun celebration

Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll

The Stars are on fire

Let's take a walk book launch

Storytime for Songbirds with Jenny Pattrick - Community Read

IBBY Congress 2016 - International Board on Books for Young People

Pokémon at the library

Carpe Librum: Seize the book

Harry Potter Day at South Library

WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival 2016

Star Trek Display at Spreydon

Heroes and Villains Day

Matariki 2016

Samoan Language Week 2016

Jane Smiley - Word Christchurch

Auckland Writers Festival 2016

Bridge of Remembrance rededication

New Zealand Music Month 2016

Toy animal sleepover

World War II

Edible Book Competition

Edible Book Competition 2016

Anis Mojgani

Memory bags

Book Sale 2016

Outreach and Learning

Chinese Lantern Festival 2016

22 February 2016

Temporary Lyttelton Library

Chinese New Year 2016

Kite Day 2016

Margaret Mahy collection

Maker space

Toys take over Shirley Library

Margaret Mahy Playground

Christchurch Art Gallery reopening

Embroidery display at Hornby Library

Santa

2015 New Brighton Christmas Parade

Spectrum Street Art Festival 2015/2016

Christmas 2015

Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre opening

Smile Couch

Fendalton Houses of 1920s and 1930s – the Glue brothers

Te Hāpua Halswell Centre Blessing November 26th 2015 10am

Star Wars Day

Hororata Highland Games

LIANZA Conference 2015

Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead)

Horse Racing and Cup Day

Diwali 2015

Heritage Week 2015

Tigers and Godwits, Bromley School Art Exhibition

Fun Palaces 2015

Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival display

After school crafts at Hornby Library

Tempo of China Photo Display at Linwood Library at Eastgate

4 September 2015

Shifting Points of View

Women

Doctor Who Day

Cook Islands Language Week 2015

Godley statue

Magpie Hall by Rachael King - Community Read 2015

KidsFest

Matariki at the Christchurch Botanic Gardens

Orange Chair at Parklands Library

Collage artwork at Hornby Library

Korean Books

Samoan Language Week 2015

Auckland Writers Festival 2015

Reading for reading launch

WORD Christchurch Autumn Season 2015

Free Comic Day

NZ Music Month 2015

ANZAC Day display at Bishopdale Library

First World War Display at Papanui Library

Comic Book Day 2015

Anzac Drive Poppies

Rannerdale Display at Upper Riccarton Library

Field of Remembrance

Cranmer Square

Linwood Library School Holiday Programmes April 2015

Edible Book Competition 2015

Christchurch fog

New Christchurch RSA building

Tūranga (New Central Library)

Sound Garden

Chancery Arcade

Book sale 2015

WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival 2014

Thinking and learning

Upper Riccarton School Holidays Programmes

Linwood

How to be a feminist

Armageddon Pop Culture Expo

Canterbury Japan Day

Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival 2015

T-shirts unfolding exhibition

Spectrum Street Art Festival 2015

Culture Galore

Around Lyttelton February 2015

Chinese New Year 2015

Reading to dogs

Children

From the ground up

ANZAC Centenary Poppy Blanket

Street art

Tell you what

Kite Day 2015

Education in NZ during the First World War

Diversity Forum 2014

Summertime Reading Club Live

Cyclists

Rapaki Marae citizenship ceremony

Isaac House

Cathedral Junction

Christmas Cards, Army Kit and Uniform from WW1 exhibition

Christchurch sunsets

Bishopdale

Papanui

Thorrington Primary Minecraft

Selling the Dream: Classic New Zealand Tourism Posters

Summer

Kites

Ballantynes Christmas window 2014

Minecraft Graffiti

Jane Austen display at Linwood Library

2D to 3D

Dinovember

Bridges of Shirley

Christmas 2014

Sinterklaas Celebrations 2014

Intersection Point and Point Blank

Halloween Display at Linwood Library

3D printing

Dia de los Muertos Display at Upper Riccarton Library

Christchurch Stands Tall: Giraffes

Book out and read in: FESTA

Jelloucity: FESTA 2014

FESTA 2014

Tales on the Caterpillar

Heritage Week 2014

Zinefest Christchurch 2014

Diwali Display at Hornby Library

Dark Arts: Twenty Years of the Holloway Press

Linwood Library demolition