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• Story Box for Children

  Story Box Library Welcome to Story Box Library, where you can have storytime anywhere!  Created for children to view stories by local authors and illustrators being read aloud by fantastic storytellers, Story Box helps get kids excited about reading, inspires their imagination, and lets them have fun with stories.  You can continue the fun with themed activities. Note - you will need your library card number to access Story Box Library....
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• EzySearch Sessions

  EzySearch Sessions If you need help with genealogy, local history, or research queries, why not check out our EzySearch sessions. These sessions are for that one question you want answered and for help identifying the best tool to help you on your journey.  EzySearch is not for answering your question, but rather helping you discover your own answers. Our Research Librarians will be available on the couches every Tuesday 1-2pm at Taradale Library, and every Thursday 1-2pm at Napier Library. If...
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• Summer Holiday Events

  Summer Holiday Events! A fun programme, with something for all ages, running from Saturday 19th December to Friday 29th January. Ranging from a guest storyteller and friends, to story time and crafts, book clubs, 3D printer and coding workshops, poetry and picture competitions there is something for everyone.  Please check below for event location changes due to the temporary closure of Napier Library. COVID-19 If Covid-19 Levels change, please check our Facebook page to see which progr...
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• DORA

  DORA is coming to Napier in February! DORA – the unique WiFi enabled bus supported by Kiwibank – is visiting local communities to help people explore alternatives to paying by cheque, learn online banking, and how to recognise and avoid online scams. The Digital Inclusion Alliance Aotearoa (DIAA) has partnered with Kiwibank to develop a Stepping UP training module for online banking to help people make the switch.  The training is free and it is open to anyone, regardless of who you bank w...
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• Summer Reading Programme Sign Ups - Celebrate Summer Reading

  Summer Reading Programme  Celebrate Summer Reading! Whakanuitia te pānui i te raumati It’s here at last!  Checks ins for the 2020 Summer Reading Programme ‘Celebrate Summer Reading’ start on Monday 14th of December!  Due to the temporary closure of Napier Library all checkins will now be at the Taradale Library. This year the programme will run from Monday 14th December to Sunday 24th January.    You will receive all of the information you need when you complete your registration....
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• iRead Reading Programme Sign Ups

  iRead This programme runs from 14th December to 24th January 11-18 year olds! Escape with books and lose yourself in reading this summer. Due to the temporary closure of Napier Library all checkins will now be at the Taradale Library between Monday 14th December and Sunday 24th January. This programme is developed and produced with the support of The Eastern and Central Community Trust.        ...
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• Local History

  Local History Ngāti Kahungunu are the tangata whenua of the Hawke's Bay area, who trace their origins to the Tākitimu waka, which arrived in Aotearoa from Rarotonga around 1100-1200 AD.  Ngāti Kahungunu were one of the first Māori tribes to encounter European settlers, with Captain Cook and the HMS Endeavour landing in Napier in October 1769.  In the 1830's, traders, whalers, missionaries and other forerunners of a permanent European settlement began to appear.  Napier; originally...
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