Tararua District Library provides public library services at four locations throughout the Tararua District. There are community libraries at Dannevirke, Pahiatua, Woodville and Eketahuna.
Information
- Location:
- 1 Station Street
- Phone:
- 374 4255
- Mon:
- 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
- Tues:
- 9:00 pm - 5:30 pm
- Wed - Fri:
- 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
- Sat:
- 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
This is one for art buffs. The Canterbury Society of Arts have digitised there newsletter/magazine, going back to 1963. It’s great seeing a local initiative going online. ...
Steven Erikson Steven Erikson (born October 7, 1959) is the pseudonym of Steve Rune Lundin, a Canadian novelist, who was educated and trained as both an archaeologist and anthropologist. Steven Erikson was born in Toronto, Canada, and grew up in Winnipeg...
Enrolments for Dive Into Books: A Summer Reading Programme for Children to be held from December 2009 to January 2010 start next week. Enrolments start 3:30pm 23 November 2009 at Dannevirke Library and 30 November 2009 at Eketahuna, Pahiatua and Woodville Libraries...
Tui have announce the lineup for the big concert in Mangatainoka. Small Town Big Sounds You have been waiting patiently for the Tui Small Town Big Sounds concert announcement, here it is, all the information you need to know to book this event into your diary...
In an illustration of why adapting a novel to a movie can be unfulfilling both to audiences and artists, it looks like the new movie version of Elizabeth Knox’s Vintner’s Luck is going have a very public meltdown. Knox has said she feels betrayed by Caro’s depiction of her novel. I th...
There have been several new titles come in which I was surprised to find no reserves on. First up is Under the Dome by Stephen King. It will hit the new book stand and I expect to see reserves mount up quickly. Also the twelfth book in the Wheel of Time sequence arrived...
In a case of posting something then having more news come along: Witi Ihimaera are taking steps to rectify and minimize the fall out from the plagiarism fracas. Good on them...
The Arts Foundation of New Zealand announced its five laureates last night, including one for Witi Ihimaera. Should Witi Ihimaera be receiving a lifetime achievement award...
New Zealand Kids’ Words Worth Thousands With the country’s first and largest Wordbank officially closed for business, New Zealand Book Month, ASB and children’s authors from across the country are delighted at how Kiwi kids have put pen to paper to express their appreciation for the worth of our N...
Inwhat could be a case of the biggest example of short sightedness, or literary snobbery, it has been revealed that one of England’s best known, and highest selling authors, Enid Blyton, was banned from BBC radio for thirty years. ...
This comes from The New York Times. Terms Of Digital Book Deal With Google Revised By Brad Stone And Miguel Helft Denny Chin, a United States District Court judge, is overseeing the Google books case...
Anne Rice One of America’s most read and celebrated authors, Anne Rice is known for weaving the visible and supernatural worlds together in epic stories that both entertain and challenge readers. ...
Tamati the weather man for TVNZ Breakfast will be streaming live from Dannevirke next Friday morning. Look out for him near the new town clock. Posted in Random Bits and Bobs Tagged: TVNZ
Well the link to libraries is pretty tenuous but I had to share this report from The Telegraph Australian scientists to start ‘breast regrowth’ trial By Bonnie Malkin in Sydney Scientists in Australia are preparing to begin trials of a revolutionary surgery that could enable cancer victims to reg...
Barnes & Noble have released their own Ebook reader, the Nook, in competition to Amazon’s Kindle. Off course it’s not available in New Zealand. One of the features I liked was the ability to swap ebooks with friends. 5 ...
