Waiamakariri Libraries created an amazing Māori Language Collection called Ako Collection to help you explore and learn more about Te Reo Māori.
A range of apps that make using the library easier.
Grab your library card, remember your PIN number and jump right in!
Award Winners
Waimakariri Heritage website - a place to conserve and curate community memories and taonga.
To assist teachers, Waimakariri Libraries have a feast of resources available to help teachers feed students who are hungry for knowledge.
Joanna
King and the Dragon Flies by Kacen Callender
Kika and Me by Amit Patel
Future Girl by Asphyxia
Sally
Three Things You Need to Know About Rockets by Jessica Fox
The Secrets of Love Story Bridge by Phaedra Patrick
The Museum of Forgotten Memories by Anstey Harris
Nicki
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
The Silver Road by Stina Jackson
Twyla
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Ben
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
The Swimmers by Chloe Lane
Dead People I have Known by Shayne Carter
Susi
Saving Missy by Beth Morrey
Amelia and me: live, loss and love… by Ani Peters
The island of the sea woman by Lisa See
Beth
The Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha Bird
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
The Quiet People by Paul Cleave
Anna
Tell Me Lies by J.P Pomare
When Things Are Alive They Hum by Hanna Bent
The Package by Sebastian Fitzek
Paula
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs
The New Rules of Ageing Well by Frank Lipman M.D.
Bev
The Translators (DVD) by Regis Roinsard
My Van, My Castle by Jackie Norman
Bella: My Life in Food by Annabel Langbein
Debbie
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
The Secret Life of Sarah Hollenbeck by Bethany Turner
If I Run by Terri Blackstock
Leo
Hitler's Forgotten Victims: The Holocaust and the Disabled by Suzanne E. Evans
Hazel's Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
Iron Widow by Zhao, Xiran Jay
Sarah
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz
Jacqui
Away with the Penguins By Hazel Prior
The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen
The Kitchen Front: A novel by Jennifer Ryan
Jenny
Sorrow and Bliss By Meg mason
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
Laura
Love in Five Acts by Daniela Krien
138 Dates by Rebekah Campbell
Help Yourself by Curtis Sittenfeld
Marion
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab
The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley
Linda
Things I Learned in Art School by Megan Dunn
Mophead Tu: The Queen's Poem by Selina Tusitala Marsh
The Moth - Occasional Magic: True Stories of Defying the Impossible by Catherine Burns
Donna
The Paris Secret by Natasha Lester
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
The Forever Horse by Stacy Gregg
Chrissy
The Best Kind of Beautiful by Frances Whiting
Hydrangeas: beautiful varieties for home and garden by Naomi Slade
Pauline
Educated by Tara Westover
See you in September by Charity Norman
Girl A by Abigail Dean
Ngaio
The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
The Blacksmith Queen by G.A. Aiken
Amy
Firebug by Lish McBride
The Complete Slow Cooker by Sara Lewis
Just Before I Died by S.K. Tremayne