Tween Event
Designer Tote Bags
7 JULY
3pm - 4:30pm | Hastings Library
Need a new bag to carry all your wonderful library books?
We’re here to help! Join us to design your very own personalised tote bag.
Registration required
Ages 10-13
Teen Events
Beeswax Wrap Making
Ages 13+
Winter School Holidays
Keep the kids busy with movies, crafting, makerspaces, nerf wars, mini golf and more.
2pm - 3:30pm | Havelock North Library
Drop in and see how easy it is to make your own beeswax wrap - ditch that plastic wrap for good!
Limited places - first in, first served
Mugs & a Movie Mugs a Movie
5 JULY 10 JULY
2:30pm - 5pm | Havelock North Library
Ages 13-18
Settle in, enjoy a rollicking movie, and indulge in a mug filled with deliciousness.
Registration required
Beeswax Wrap Making
3 JULY 4 JULY
Nerf War
12 JULY
7-12Ages
library
Drop in and see how easy it is to make your own beeswax wrap - ditch that plastic wrap for good!
Limited places - first in, first served
Suitable for 5+
Magnetic Bookmarks
No need to fold the top corner of your book, you’ll never lose your place again. Pop in to design and create your very own magnetic bookmark.
Box City
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a city just waiting to be builtby you! Come along to add your architectural skills to our collaborative build.
Mini Golf
11 JULY
1pm - 2:30pm | Havelock North Library
Suitable for 5+
No ifs, ands, or putts about it - you’re in for a tee-riffic time. Drop in during the afternoon to create your own golf club and take on the library’s 4 hole mini golf course.
Birdseed Bombs
12 JULY 13 JULY
6pm - 7pm Hastings Library
Battle it out in an epic after hours Nerf War. Bring your own Nerf gun, ammo, and game face!
Registration required
Matariki Evening Stories
13 JULY
5:30pm - 6:30pm | Flaxmere Library
Nau mai haere mai whānau, to Flaxmere Community Centre for an evening of Matariki storytelling, warm kai, and a hot drink.
Registration required
Collaborative Colouring
3-9 JULY
Hastings Library
Relax and add your creative flair to our Hastings themed collaborative colouring station.
Builders Anonymous
5-10 JULY 12-15 JULY
Flaxmere Library Havelock North Library
Suitable forall ages
Suitable for 5+
Suitable forall ages
Suitable for 5+
We supply the bricks, you supply the imagination! Come and build to one of the themes supplied, or let your imagination soar and make your own creation.
Manu Taratahi (Kite Making)
Hastings Library 10-15 JULY
Drop in and use our supplies to make your own manu taratahi.
10:30am - 12pm
Flaxmere Library 10:30am - 12pm Hastings Library
Make sure that your neighbourhood birds are kept well fed during winter. Pop in and learn how to make easy birdseed bombs to hang in your garden.
Limited places - first in, first served
Kiribati Language week
All three libraries 10-15 JULY
Celebrate Kiribati Language Week by making a star at our makerspace.
Suitable forall ages