Join us for an exciting calendar of workshops, activations exhibitions throughout the month of Mahuru to Celebrate Te Wiki O Te Reo!!
Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu - An Exhibition by Auckland Council Libraries
Wednesday 4th September - 1st February.
Auckland Libraries’ new exhibition, Waiwaia ngā ngutu (Speak Eloquently) showcases te reo Māori, exploring the richness of the language through the taonga from Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
Casual Kēmu
Every Sunday and Tuesday in Hepetema, 10am - 4pm (Sundays: 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th) (Tuesdays: 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th).
Develop your Te Reo Māori skills by playing some familiar, and not so familiar, games provided by Central City Library. These range in full reo immersion, bilingual approaches or incorporating as much, or as little, reo as you know!
Kōwaiwai-haratau, Kēmu and Kōrero with Unfinished Objects
Every Wednesday in September 1pm - 3pm
Come down every Wednesday from 1-3pm during Mahuru Māori and join our Unfinished objects group for a series of crafts events. We will be doing Badgemaking using Kupu, Tukutuku panel making and embroidery.
Mahuru Māori Storytime
Every Saturday in September 11am - 11:30am
Join us for our special storytime to celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week with stories, waita and kanikani!
Te Hopu a Māui i a te Rā - How Maui Slowed the Sun by Peter Gossage
This wonderful book in in te reo Māori and English is one of the most popular children's books in Aotearoa. The Gossage family and the publishers, Penguin Random House NZ, have given us permission to recreate this beautifully illustrated picture book in a huge 1.5-meter by 1-meter scale.
Movies in the library
Every Saturday in September 2pm - 4pm
We will be screening movies on our Marble Wall in the library! No registration required, but spaces are limited so come early!
First Saturday - Whina
Second Saturday - Frozen in Reo Māori
Third Saturday - Coco in Reo Māori
Last Saturday - Poi E: The Story of Our Song
Tales and Travels: Māori history in Tāmaki Makaurau
Monday 9th of September 10am - 11am
Learn more about the important moments in Māori history here in Tāmaki Makaurau through books and other library resources. A reading club about using our memories, experiences and conversation to learn about the people around us and our wider community.
Suitable for adults
Kupurori (Māori Scabble) with Lifewise
Thursday 12th, 19th and 26th of September 10am - 12pm
Kupurori is a project designed by our whānau, for whānau, and prototyped by the Merge Community team. More than your usual scrabble, Kupurori is played in TeReo using a giant board and giant retu.
Waiwaia: Shilo Kino in conversation with Hēmi Kelly
Thursday 12th of September 6pm - 7pm
Join us for an evening with author Shilo Kino in conversation with author and Māori language teacher Hēmi Kelly.
Tōku reo tōku ohooho – A migrant’s transformation journey of learning te reo
Friday 20th of September 2pm - 3pm
Lidu Gong, an educator and senior librarian from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, will share his te reo learning methods and transformative experience. Learning te reo at 57 years old and becoming a fluent speaker, his journey will inspire you to start your own te reo learning journey, regardless of your age.
Tales and Travels: A journey around Aotearoa
Tuesday 24th of September 10am - 11am
Travel from Otou to Motupo-hue using books, library resources and memories of our own experiences and knowledge of the Aotearoa landscape. This reading club looks at utilising our memory recall to keep our minds working while learning about our community.
Suitable for adults.
Raranga Weaving Workshop
Wednesday 25th of September 1pm - 3pm
To finish off the month we’ll be joined by local weaver Annie Ah Mu on the 25th of September for a raranga workshop making bracelets. No registrations required but any large groups please RSVP by emailing: makerspace@aklc.govt.nz
Te Reo - Neon Art
Monday 2 September – Wednesday 30 October
Six neon art pieces created by Ataahua Papa (Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Ngāti Mahuta), and Angus Muir Design will be suspended above Lorne Street.
Taurima - Neon Art
Monday 2 September – Wednesday 16 October
Suspended above Elliott Street West, these crochet-like neon spectacular artworks float above the street reflecting the street’s 500-year culinary history. The nearby story plinth opposite Darby Street tells the story in detail in Reo and English. Artists Lissy Robinson-Cole (Ngāti Kahu and Ngāti Hine), Rudi Robinson-Cole (Waikato, Ngaruahine, Ngāti Pāoa, Te Arawa).
Te Reo Māori & Photography Poster Wall
Sunday 15 September – Sunday 29 September
A series of whakataukī (sayings), poems in te reo Māori and English and song lyrics with photography will be on display along the wall opposite Central City Library. Hone Tuwhare’s poem “He motu te awa He awa koe” (The river is an island) will feature alongside an image from Te Maharatanga o Ngā Wai (remembering our Waters). It is a pocket park on the corner of Victoria Street West and Sale Street where te reo can be seen, read, heard, and spoken through a QR code.
Whai – Light Installation
All of September
This is a new Māori artwork that connects the stories handed down through the generations to the creativity and innovation of current times. Janine Williams, a descendant of Ngāti Whātua ki Kaipara and Ngāti Paoa, tells her story of her journey of learning and reclaiming the language. This artwork is located on the side of Victoria St Car Park.
Supported by the city centre targeted rate.
