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Adults/Pakeke Events

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    Free Digital Skills Classes

    Digital skills classes provide a friendly, small group environment to improve your confidence and skills using smart devices.
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    Movie Mornings

    Movie screenings, every second Tuesday of the month.
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    Games for Grownups

    Sit down with a cup of tea and join in with a game of cards, scrabble, chess, backgammon and more.
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    Book Clubs

    Meet new people, read new books.
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    Device Advice

    Waimakariri Libraries offer weekly drop-in sessions to help you use digital technology. Bring your own device or use a library computer.
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    Death Café North Canterbury

    Death Café North Canterbury: a cuppa ‘n’ cake with a difference.Have you ever wanted the opportunity to chat about life and death – and hear...
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    Tell a Yarn

    Love knitting or crochet? Want to share your passion with fellow enthusiasts? We are having a weekly drop-in groups at each Waimakariri Library. Bring your existing projects or just come along for a natter.
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    Shared Reading Groups

    Join us to enjoy a short story and/or a poem aloud with a cup of tea. Hear cool stories, meet new people!
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    Adult Craft Night

    Are you ready to add a splash of creativity to your routine? Join us for a night of Craft night just for you!

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  • BorrowBox We have hundreds of eAudiobooks and eBooks for you to download and enjoy.

  • Freegal Music+ The Freegal Music+ service allows patrons to access a collection spanning over 18 million songs from more than 93,000 music labels worldwide

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  • Waimakariri Heritage Discover photographs, documents, audio, books and more about life in Waimakariri

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  • Kanopy Stream inspiring films and documentaries anytime, anywhere.

    Kanopy

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