NZMM video-fest!
We’re past the halfway mark through NZ Music Month now, so better make the most of it! Don’t forget we have Harriet and the Matches performing at Newtown library this Friday the 23rd of May, we’ll see...
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All about Music
To mark the New Zealand Music Month why don’t we read books related to music? It’s a subject that I love and the first two books in the list are my favourites. Eleanor & Park / Rainbow Rowell....
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New books
Iris and the tiger, Leanne Hall Twelve-year-old Iris has been sent to Spain on a mission: to make sure her elderly and unusual aunt, Ursula, leaves her fortune–and her sprawling estate–to Iris’s...
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New books
Halo: battle born, Cassandra Rose Clarke The first original novel based on the mega-hit HALO video game series! The alien alliance known as the Covenant is laying siege to the colony world of Meridian…...
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From Broadway to Bookshelf
We all know how it is. One minute you’re idly searching Spotify for your next musical theatre fix. The next minute it’s 3am and you’re four months deep into a dangerous obsession with Alanis...
View ArticleMusic and Other Distractions
School’s back today, which I’m sure everyone’s very excited about. Sometimes the best thing to do after a hard day’s distance learning is to chill out with some music. I know that’s what I like to do...
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From the Vaults IV: Printed Music
Heads up, music nerds, this one’s for you! This week’s post in our From the Vaults series features some of the more niche content we hold in the vast warren of shelves that is Te Pātaka, our Collection...
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Support Local: New Zealand Music Month 2021
It’s May 2021, which means that New Zealand Music Month | Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa is upon us once again. We like music here on the Teen Blog, so we thought we’d share with you some of the cool stuff...
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Books About Stuff and Other Things: New Non-fiction for Teens
Librarians spend a good deal of time scouring publication lists and trawling through horrifying numbers (like, you have no idea) of online reviews to settle on which books we should buy for our...
View ArticleWinging Your Way Through The Weekend, 13-14 June
This weeks weekend is all about the stars, every pun intended. It’s official Matariki celebrations have started and as a continuation from last weekend there are a host of events about the town to keep...
View ArticleWinging Your Way Through The Weekend, July 27-28
Another weekend in Wellington is lurking just ahead of us. Here’s some heads-ups for ways to spend it. Rūamoko has been a busy lad this week. If you’re keen on a sweet geology-heavy hangtime then you...
View ArticleMore Divergent countdown trivia
In anticipation of the Divergent movie coming out, there’s also the Divergent soundtrack to look forward to. It’s available a couple of weeks before the movie, and the tracklisting is: 1 ‘Find you’,...
View ArticleNZ music highlights
Hopefully you’re celebrating NZ Music Month with us by listening to more local artists! I thought I would highlight a few recent-ish NZ releases we have in our collection, with some help from very...
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Why do we listen to K-pop? Because of SHINee!
As K-pop is one of the big pop-culture trends in the world today, and there are a lot of good albums we have in our library collection, I would like to share the artists and songs I have liked since I...
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Why do we listen to K-pop? Because of Super Junior!
As K-pop is one of the big pop-culture trends in the world today, and there are a lot of good albums we have in our library collection, I would like to share the artists and songs I have liked since I...
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Why do we listen to K-pop? Because of Girls’ Generation!
As K-pop is one of the big pop-culture trends in the world today, and there are a lot of good albums we have in our library collection, I would like to share the artists and songs I have liked since I...
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Why do we listen to K-pop? Because of BTS!
As K-pop is one of the big pop-culture trends in the world today, and there are a lot of good albums we have in our library collection, I would like to share the artists and songs I have liked since I...
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Be Baffled ‘Bout Brilliantly Bad Ballads! Nonsense Verses for National Bad...
I know how to write Poe- Try good Just press ent- er a whole bunch at random point- s It looks super fancy It’s another day It’s another holiday Who woulda thunk it? Dear God! The blogger Is writing...
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Why do we listen to K-pop? Because of INFINITE!
As K-pop is one of the big pop-culture trends in the world today, and there are a lot of good albums we have in our library collection, I would like to share the artists and songs I have liked since I...
View ArticleWinging Your Way Through The Weekend, 8-9 June
What up! Another weekend looms and here’s some sweet stuff to do with it. No doubt you’ve heard about The Great Gatsby (a lot) by now, it feels like they’ve been building hype for eternity. It’s...
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