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Nau Mai - Haere
Mai - Welcome to Hastings District Libraries |
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Survey of Library Opening Hours |
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Kia ora! As part of our ongoing programme of
improvement, we are asking for your feedback to ensure that Hastings
District Libraries' hours are meeting the needs of our community.
We invite you to use our online survey to
let us know your preferences. Your response should only take less
than a minute and will help us access what changes, if any, we
need to make to library hours.
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Please click on the link below, then choose
whether your response is for Hastings Library or for Havelock North /
Flaxmere Libraries (as the options differ slightly). Follow the
instructions and your response will be sent to us.
Click here for the
library
opening hours survey>>
Click here for our
current opening hours>>
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School Holiday Programmes |
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Wondering what to do with your kids these
holidays? Come to your library for your holiday reading and DVDs!Our three libraries are holding holiday
programmes through the October holidays.
Click here for dates and times>>
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Winners of Book Sculpture Competition |
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Congratulations to Sheryl
Eustace (entry at left) and Glyn Harrison (entry below right),
winners of the New Zealand Book Month Book Sculpture Competition, held by
Flaxmere Library.
They will each receive
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The sculptures will be
exhibited at the Flaxmere Library until 10/10/08.
They will move to
Havelock North Library until 24/10/08, then on to Hastings Library until
7/11/08. |
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Interested in Homeopathy? |
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Come
along to a free talk by Ingrid Bryant to be held in Hastings Library
on Tuesday 21 October at 6:30pm. The talk will include:
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A
brief history and philosophy of homeopathy
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Homeopathic perspective of causes of anxiety and depression
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Homeopathic treatment of anxiety and depression
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Other
natural treatment options
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Boundaries and need for referral
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Hastings Festival of Writers 2009 |
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Leading New Zealand and Australian writers will be on stage at a variety
of venues and events in the Hastings Festival of Writers from March 20 –
22, 2009.
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festival is a unique opportunity to join novelists, poets, historians and
biographers for readings, discussions and conversation.
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Montana Book Awards |
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The Montana Book Awards have been announced.
The Montana Medal for Fiction or Poetry went to Charlotte Grimshaw for
Opportunity, and the Montana Medal for Non-fiction went to Janet Hunt
for Wetlands of New Zealand.
See the Montana Book Awards website for the
category winners and
more >>
To celebrate Montana Poetry Day
Hastings Library held a poetry competition.
Winners this competition>>
Flaxmere Library held a poetry reading cafe style, with public and
staff sharing their poems. This was such a enjoyable occasion that it may
become a regular event.
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| Library Elf |
Do you and your family have trouble keeping track of all the books,
DVDs, CDs and magazines you have checked out of the library? Get some
help from Library Elf! More>> |
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Language Line |
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Hastings District Libraries are now participating in Language Line, along with the Hastings District Council.
Language Line allows clients with little or no
English to ask for a telephone interpreter.
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Databases |
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e.Library Our resources are
greatly extended by the thousands of journals, magazines,
newspapers and reference works found in our online databases.
Databases bring up-to-date
information and research right to your desktop at home as most
are available online 24/7 from our website. They may also be used in your
library (no charge). More>>
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Library Hours |
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Did you know?
• Hastings Library has a late night on Tuesdays - open
until 8pm?
• On Saturdays the three libraries are open 10am to
4pm?
• On Sundays Hastings Library is open 1 - 4pm?
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Collections & Community Services |
• We lend books and magazines, videos, DVDs, CDs,
talking books, art prints (Hastings), toys and
playstation games (Flaxmere).
• Special collections include Maori, Business, Community
Languages, ESOL (English for speakers of other languages).
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• Click here for a list of community services, such as books to
the homebound, bulk loans for community organisations and
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Find your Information |
We have a wide
range of resources to assist with your
information needs.
Librarians
Librarians are keen to help with your research on any topic.
Please ask at the issue desks or
upstairs Information/Reference desk in Hastings Library.
Printed material
Books,
magazines, newspapers - held in lending and reference
collections.
Web Sites
Check out the following pages for useful websites:
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Topics and Links - hot topics, genealogy, local
history, new settlers and more
► Book News - for fiction readers
► Maori Resources - in the libraries and
online
► Reference Links - useful
reference links
► Quick Research links - quickly find a
library, database, local or central government website, search
engines.
Databases
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Databases
offer full text articles and
can be accessed online from home if you are a library member.
Ask A Librarian
Can't find what you are looking for? Don't give up,
email your queries to us (answered 9am -
5pm weekdays only) at
Ask A
Librarian. Charges may apply to non residents. |
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