The Library Book: A Guide to the Goings On at your Library – October/November 2022

Introducing Hoopla Digital and Story Box Library

Your library card now grants you access to newly released music, bestselling eBooks, the latest in comic books, TV, and the largest and most diverse collection of STEAM content available in a digital service, all on your computer, phone, tablet, and TV, with Hoopla Digital.

The addition of Hoopla to our digital platform offerings is an exciting one, with more than 900,000 titles available—most of which can be downloaded and enjoyed at your leisure. If you don’t have internet access at home, you can come to the library and download a selection, then view or listen wherever you’d like.

Our staff already count ourselves as big fans of the platform, which provides content that you won’t necessarily see in your library; the selection of music albums available is really impressive

once you start digging and the comic book fans on our staff are delighted by what they see. (I feel we should also mention the broad range of BBC content on there!)

Another exciting new digital addition to the library is Story Box Library, a storytelling platform geared towards younger readers. Providing short videos that feature interesting storytellers reading a well curated collection of children’s picture books, it’s a novel way of engaging kids. Closed captions are available and there is a growing collection of books presented in Australian Sign Language.

You can access Hoopla Digital via the Hoopla Digital mobile app or online at hoopladigital.co.nz (just have your library card handy).

To explore the full range of digital services that Tauranga City Libraries offers, including Story Box, visit www.library.tauranga.govt.nz/digital-library

Special thanks to Leslie for modeling in the photo above, as well as the cover photo!

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Historic stained-glass artwork on display at He Puna Manawa

The next time you visit our lovely new library space at He Puna Manawa, take a moment to appreciate the stained-glass panels on display that have a rich history.

Stained-glass from the original 1930s art deco library building on Willow Street has been installed in He Puna Wānanga Heritage & Research area, while two 1989 artworks proudly sit in the programmes room adjacent to the café.

Libraries manager Joanna Thomas says the pieces add some vibrancy and richness to the premises and people who visit the space can admire the artwork up close.

“It’s fitting that these pieces are stored here until their new home is ready, given our archives collection connects people with the past.”

The leadlight windows installed at He Puna Wānanga Heritage & Research (near the Grey Street entrance of He Puna Manawa) were

originally from the 1930s art deco building that housed the public library and borough electricity department. The architect was F N Hornibrook and the builder C F J Biggs.

The Bay of Plenty Times reported at the time that “a striking feature of the whole of the building is the beauty that has been introduced by the use of leaded lights.”

When the building was demolished in 1989 these three leadlight windows were saved and incorporated into the then-new Willow Street library building.

Earlier this year, they were carefully transferred before the now-complete demolition of that building took place.

The stained-glass windows located next to the café in He Puna Manawa were designed and made by John Macready in 1989, at the time of the Ministry of Worx gallery in Waikino Gorge.

Above: Libraries manager Joanna Thomas standing in front of the stained-glass panels on display in He Puna Manawa

The theme of the windows is ‘Creation arriving’.

“One features Papa, the earth mother, as a woman in land-form with her hair flowing into a lake, and Rangi, the sky father, raining down stars from above. The other window features the figure of a man with stars bursting from the heart representing one creation, or, that everything is made of the same substance,” John commented at the time.

Other stained-glass panels removed before the demolition of the old library and administration building began earlier this year are being stored at Tauranga City Council’s Heritage Collection facility for safe keeping.

The longer-term plan is to incorporate all of the panels in the new civic precinct - Te Manawataki o Te Papa. The vibrant community space will be developed over the next eight years and include facilities such as a civic whare (public meeting house), museum, exhibition centre, and – perhaps

most exciting of all – library.

Joanna says historical images of the panels visible in council buildings over time can also be seen now by visiting Pae Korokī: Tauranga archives online.

“One image I noticed while looking on the Pae Korokī website just the other day was of the late Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh visiting Tauranga in 1963, and you can see the stained glass on the old Town Hall in the background. It was quite moving.”

More about Pae Korokī:

For more than 40 years Tauranga City Libraries has carefully collected and preserved Tauranga’s history as part of an extensive archive collection.

Digitised items from the collection are available for the community to access at their leisure at https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz

Above: Tauranga City Libraries Photo 02-314 The Queen and Duke during their visit to Tauranga, February 1963.

Regular Events at Tauranga City Libraries

Children & Teens

Tamariki me nga Rangatahi

Draw Squads

On the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month

3.30-4.30pm

Mount Maunganui Library

On the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month

3.30-4.30pm

Pāpāmoa Library

Registration required. Visit: www.library.tauranga.govt.nz

On the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month

3.30-4.30pm

Greerton Library Registration required. Visit: www.library.tauranga.govt.nz

The Hang Out (Teens)

On the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month 4-5pm

Pāpāmoa Library

The Hang Out (Junior)

On the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month

3.30-4.30pm

He Puna Manawa

iti Pounamu (Toddler Time) Tuesdays at 10.30am

He Puna Manawa Wednesdays at 10.30am

Pāpāmoa Library Wednesdays at 10.30am Greerton Library Thursdays at 9.30am and 10.30am

Mount Maunganui Library

Low-Sensory Hour Wednesdays 3-4pm Greerton Library

Adults Pakeke Adult Colouring

On the 3rd Thursday of each month

10.30-11.30am

Pāpāmoa Library

Baby Talk Wednesdays 11am-12 noon

Pāpāmoa Library

Book Chat

On the 3rd Monday of each month

10.30am-11.30am Greerton Library

On the 3rd Wednesday of each month

10.30-11.30am and 5.30-6.30pm

He Puna Manawa

On the 1st Thursday of each month

10.30am-11.30am

Pāpāmoa Library

For more information visit: library.tauranga.govt.nz/whats-on

Cinemate Film Club

Tuesdays

10am-12 noon

Greerton Library Crafters’ Corner

On the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month 10.30-11.30am

He Puna Manawa

Friends of the Library General Meeting

On the 4th Thursday of the month 10am Greerton Library

Citizen's Advive Bureau Drop-ins

On the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month 10am-12 noon Greerton Library

Knit & Knatter Tuesdays 1pm Greerton Library Wednesdays 1pm Pāpāmoa Library

Digital Learning

Ako Hangarau

Digital Drop-ins

from 10am-12 noon Greerton Library

from 1-3pm

Maunganui Library

from 1-3pm

Library Thursdays from 1-3pm

Puna Manawa

Digital Classes

Greerton Library

required. Visit:

Hour

Puna Manawa

Library

required. Visit:

Genealogy at the Library

On the 2nd Tuesday of the month 10am–12noon

He Puna Manawa On the last Friday of the month 10am-12 noon

Pāpāmoa Library

Talks

On the last Wednesday of the month

Puna Manawa

What We’re Reading

Here’s a selection of books that we highly recommend.

Keen to talk books? We'd love for you to join us at one of these book clubs!

He Puna Manawa

3rd Wednesday of each month 10–11am & 5.30–6.30pm

Pāpāmoa Library

1st Thursday of each month 10.30-11.30am

Greerton Library

3rd Monday of each month 10.30–11.30am

Paul Katia Kayce Penny

The Twilight World Novel by Werner Herzog

How Do You Live? Novel by Genzaburo Yoshino

It Novel by Stephen King

Mrs Jewell and the wreck of the General Grant Novel by Christina Sanders

Donna Tori Lauren Hanna

Country Life Magazine

Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Rise of Kyoshi Novel by F. C. Yee and Michael Dante DiMartino

Born to be Mild: Adventures for the Anxious Book by Rob Temple

The Kitchen Dresser: In Praise of a Furniture Icon Book by Simon Griffiths

Charliene

Mishka

Katie Anna Daniel Daniel

Falastin: A Cookbook Book by Sami Tamimi & Tara Wigley

Beneath a Starless Sky (Kitt Hartley series) Novel by Tessa Harris

Nine Stories Story collection by J. D. Salinger

Runaway Story by Alice Munro

Kirsten Kirsten Charliene

Different Kinds of Fruit Novel by Kyle Lukoff

I Kissed Shara Wheeler Novel by Casey McQuiston

Invisible Women Book by Caroline Criado-Perez

The Impulse Purchase Novel by Veronica Henry

Sarah Sarah Mishka

Lessons in Chemistry Novel by Bonnie Garmus

Horse Novel by Geraldine Brooks

Peta Lyre's Rating Normal Novel by Anna Whateley

Influence Is Your Superpower Book by Zoe Chance

Beamafilm Film Reviews

Beamafilm allows you to stream over a thousand movies and documentaries for free—all you need is a Tauranga City Libraries membership and access to the internet.

For more information: www.library.tauranga.govt.nz/digital-library/streaming/beamafilm

To Kill a Mockingbird

Starring Gregory Peck

How do you review a very famous, 60-year-old movie – based on the nonpareil novel – that has been talked about to death? I have no idea, so I’ll just share some thoughts. Having only recently caught up with the book, and having it freshly in my mind, it’s very noticeable how much of the book is missing from the film adaptation. Basically, the wider Finch family is omitted (most notably Aunt Alexandra, who comes to stay with Atticus, Jem and Scout in the novel) which means that some issues that the book explores – especially it’s examination of gender roles – remains untouched in the movie. It’s a sensible way to cut down on the running time and I’m happy to report that the moral heart of the book is successfully retained.

Gregory Peck famously won Best Actor at the 34th Academy Awards for playing Atticus Finch back in 1962, in what many consider the most legendary line up of nominees ever—get this: Burt Lancaster, Jack Lemmon, Marcello Mastroianni (of La Dolce

Vita and 8½ fame) and Peter O'Toole, who was nominated for his starring role in a little movie called Lawrence of Arabia. Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch is indeed great. Clocking in at a breezy 129 minutes, I appreciated that I could watch To Kill a Mockingbird in an evening, without missing any sleep—a forgotten quality these days. “It was short!” isn’t quite the praise this film merits, but as I said, I’m not going to add anything new to the conversation, so my only real aim is to draw your attention to the fact that it is available to view, for free, on Beamafilm and that, at 129 minutes, you really have no excuse not to revisit it right away or see it for the first time right now.

Dir. Wim Wenders

If I was forced to declare my favourite movie, it’d be Yasujirō Ozu’s Tokyo Story (1953) most days of the week (available to borrow in our entirely free-

to-borrow DVD collection). On the few days that I’d waver, the movies of Wim Wenders would be among those jostling for the number one position. Suffice to say that I was so happy to discover (wholly by browsing Beamafilm) this documentary feature by Wim Wenders about the films of Yasujirō Ozu. It turns out that Wim Wenders and I share Tokyo Story as our favourite movie and in Tokyo-Ga Wim Wenders travels to Japan in search of the Tokyo seen in Ozu’s films. This is quite the time capsule of 1980s Japan and, suffice to say, I was in heaven watching it.

The Bookshop (2017)

Starring Emily Mortimer and Bill Nighy 

There are many timeless classics to be discovered amongst Beamafilm’s selection of titles – I’ve been meaning to get around to the apparently fantastic and very appealing Cameraperson for too long – but one night I found myself hankering for a lame-but-lovely heart-warmer instead and this scratched the itch reasonably nicely. Based on the 1978 novel of the same name and starring Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, and Patricia Clarkson (who has a field day as the cruel and influential Violet Gamart), there wasn't really any chance that this wouldn't be fun, was there?

Introducing Our Memory Loss & Dementia-Friendly Collection

We are pleased to be able to meet a need within our community for resources that support people who are living with dementia (and their carers). There has been chatter in the New Zealand library world about the establishment of dementia-friendly collections and groups and after viewing the TV1 news special last July featuring Kilbirnie Public Library and the Dovetail Press books used in their dementia-friendly book group it was decided that we needed to act.

In consultation with our local Alzheimers Tauranga activities co-ordinator Adelle Tanner we came up with the formal name for our collection ‘Memory Loss and Dementia Friendly’. This will be a growing collection located at all of our branches on their own shelf near the large print and audio book collections—the spine of the books feature a blue forget-me-not flower.

We have had positive feedback from library staff and customers, and we will be looking at developing this collection further.