ROTORUA DISTRICT LIBRARY Te Whare o te Maatauranga

AUGUST– Here Turi Koka 2011

Rotorua District Library 1127 Haupapa St Rotorua Ph. 348 4177 www.rotorualibrary.govt.nz

OPENING HOURS Mon to Fri: 9.30am - 8pm

Saturdays: 9.30am - 4pm

Thanks to everyone who came and enjoyed

Discover Your Library on Sunday 31st July.

What a great day it was with lots of different

activities going on and plenty of bargains to

be had as well. Fletcher Tuatara greeted early

customers at the door and is pictured here

with Miss Cheyanne Hirst who was here to

take part in all the events. A huge THANK

YOU to everyone who helped to make this day

a success!

Congratulations to Pam Bowyer who was the lucky customer to be taking the 1,000th item out on Discover Your Library Sunday. A red flashing light signalled the event and Pam walked away with a copy of The Founding Years in Rotorua and The New Century In Rotorua, both by the late Mr Don Stafford.

More pics from Discover Your

Library Sunday

The Corporation of the City of Rotorua

City Art Gallery

was officially opened on

Wednesday, 12th October 1977 at 8pm

in

The Gallery, Tudor Towers, Government

Gardens

The guest speaker was Mr M N Day,

B.A.Hons.Lon., B.A.(N.Z.) Dip. Tchg.,

Director National Art Gallery

Which of the thirty-nine artists on display got

into Laurence Olivier's pants? Just the pants, mind you.

His backstage job presented the chance to become a chatting acquaintance of the

actor, and he managed to appropriate a pair of the great man's cast-off trousers to

incorporate in his work.

(In terms of artistic significance, Olivier's pants might be said, in hindsight

anyway, to offer more than most actors. He was much admired for his athletic stage presence, to the extent that his contemporary John Gielgud later gave the

famous contrast: “I had the voice; Larry had the legs.'')

A Surrealist Odyssey is being staged at the Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore,

The Southland Times

Come up and have a look at the commentaries in older copies of

ART NEW Zealand.

You’ll find them in the New Zealand Periodicals area of the 2nd floor.

New Zealand Services We’re on the 2nd floor!

Rhyme n’ Rumpus has started again after a break for the

school holidays! Remember to bring in your pre-schoolers on

Tuesdays at 10.30am or Thursdays at 1.30pm for some Rhyme

n’ Rumpus-ing!

On Thursday 11th August at Rhyme n’ rumpus 1.30pm session

we will be having a puppet show by Puppet Visionpuppet show by Puppet Visionpuppet show by Puppet Visionpuppet show by Puppet Vision. This

interactive show is about road safety and specifically

wearing seatbelts. Bring in your carseats to get checked by

a technician for free and you can go in the draw to win a

Britax Deluxe Booster Seat by answering "What is the

recommended height for children to come out of booster

seat?” So come along and bring your kiddies (and carseats) !

Puppets at Rhyme n’ Rumpus

Are you online?

Friends Indeed! Friends of the Library

Well, so are we! Maybe we could meet up in cyberspace and share news, views and reviews. Come and see us in Facebook at Rotorua District Library Facebook “Virtually Well Read” for teens, Twitter and Bebo. Be our friends and you’ll get all the latest updates.

Body Art @ the Library One of the attractions at Discover Your library was being able to watch award-winning Emma Edworthy painting the lovely (and brave) Tamara. See the sequence of photos as Emma transforms Tamara into a feline beauty.

Children of all ages lined up to get a henna tattoo created by Roshni Patel.

Tiana Hodge

painted lots of

little faces

throughout

Discover Your

Library Day on

Sunday 31st

July.

The Friends of the Library brought a whole lot of books in to create a special Book Sale for Discover Your Library. They held this special sale in the Haupapa Room on the first floor of the library which gave lots of people the opportunity to get a bargain while visiting that day. The Friends of the Library hold their usual book sale in the Kuirau Park old tea kiosk on the first and third Saturdays of the month so for August, keep Saturday 6th and 20th free from 9.00am - 1pm when there will be plenty more bargains to be had. The Library is indebted to this hard-working group who fundraise continuously for the Library. In the past year they have bought shelving, an audio-visual suite, access to the NZ Film Archive as well as sponsoring many of the prizes given out for competitions and holiday programme events. If you would like to join this inspiring group too please ask at the Library Service Desk for a brochure.

READING ROUND Adult Reading Discussion Group

Wednesday 24th August 10.30am in the Haupapa Room All welcome, come along and bring a friend Choose from the latest books trolley

Hawaii. What springs to mind when you hear that name? Fantastic beaches, hospitality and their wonderful culture. This young talented group from O’ahu, has certainly captured hearts all over the Pacific including Australia and New Zealand. Their album “This is the life” debuted in 2009 with 11 original songs composed by Kolohe Kai leader Roman De Peralta, influenced by his family, faith, friends, love of surfing and life. The music is about “embracing family, friends living life to the fullest. The song “Cool down” is one of my favourite songs on

their album.

“Bruddah IZ” The gentle voice of Israel Kamakawiwo’Ole will capture your heart. “Somewhere over the rainbow” is a beautiful collection of songs that reflect on his life, homeland and hope for all. The song “Hawaii 78” is how he perceived Hawaii and the changes to his beautiful homeland, the transformation from the traditional ways to life in a modern society. This is a heart warming song that I’m sure all indigenous people all over the world can relate too.

UA MAU, KE EA O KA ‘AINA IKA PONO O HAWAII (The constant, wet rain gives life to the land and brings goodness/change to Hawaii)

WWWW elcome to Arty August when the library will

have artists working in Toi Tangata on

different days. This will be a real treat to

have some of our very talented artists who will be very

willing to chat about their work with you. So far, we have photographers, weavers

and painters. It’s not too late to put your own name up if you’d like a turn. Just

contact Sue @ the Library Ph. 348 4177.

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Stacy Gregg rides into town

You can find books about Hawaii in Pasifika on the 2nd floor. 996.9

It was a great day at the library when horse lover and author, Stacy Gregg came. Stacy is author of the hugely popular series, Pony Club Secrets which has a Lots of young fans came to hear Stacy talk about her writing and love of horses. She told how, as a child, she trained her dog to show-jump to convince her parents to buy her a pony. Formerly a fashion editor and a judge on NZ’s Top Model, Stacy is happy to spend her time writing and looking after a brood of animals, which of course includes her horse, Ash. You can find Stacy Gregg’s books in kidZone under Children’s Older Fiction - GREG.

Literacy Rotorua are collecting good, second-hand children’s books to go to

local families. If you have any to donate, you can leave them at the Library

Service Desk. Thank you. The Rotorua Newcomers Group will be holding their monthly lunch/get together in Language & Literacy Living Room on the first floor of the Library at 12noon on Wednesday 17 August. Any newcomers to Rotorua are most welcome to come along.