Kia ora! Welcome to the March newsletter from Palmerston North City Library.

We’re delighted to announce that the Library App is back in action! Renew items, place holds, and see the latest library news, all on your phone or tablet. You can even link accounts, so you can keep an eye on the whole family’s cards in one place. We know many of you have really missed having the app, so we’re overjoyed to be able to tell you it’s available again. Please contact the City Library if you have any questions about installing or using the Library app, and please spread the word! 

Heritage Month is on! Make sure you don't miss out on the amazing sessions, including the Local History Week programme. Take a train trip through Te Āpiti the Manawatū Gorge, tour the Regent on Broadway, or sneak a peek behind the scenes at the Awapuni Resource Recovery Park. You can see a complete list of all the activities on the City Library website.

There's a variety of tech-themed sessions for teens, tweens and tots at the Library.

Tech4Tots is all about showcasing, exploring and learning technology for ages 3 - 5yrs and their grownups. It runs from 9:30 - 10:30am on the last Tuesday of every month, in the Oroua Room at Central Library.

Learn the basics of coding with Code Club, aimed at ages 8-13. Code Club runs fortnightly on a Sunday, from 10am - 12pm, in the Ground Floor Digital Hub of the Central Library.

Finally, you may have spotted a Recycle-A-Device workshop that happened recently. The hope is that it becomes a regular thing. Aimed at ages 14-19, this workshop teaches you how to fix a laptop, and pass those skills on to others. This was run in collaboration with Recycle-A-Device. Keep an eye on the Library website to see if this makes like a piece of code and recurs.

Richard Shaw returns with a new book that follows on from his captivating and essential memoir The Forgotten Coast. His latest is called The Unsettled, and it focuses on New Zealanders figuring out how to live well with their own ‘unsettled’ past, present, and possible futures.

Join us on Monday 11 March to celebrate the timely launch of The Unsettled and hear from Richard and former New Plymouth mayor Andrew Judd.

Light refreshments 5:30pm in Bruce McKenzie Booksellers followed by the launch in the Central Library's Ground Floor area.

Every so often, you need to print something out, but how many of us still have a printer at home? Maybe you need to print an official document and then have it signed by a Justice of the Peace? The Library can help with both those things! (The JP visits the Central Library. To avoid disappointment, please check the JP schedule BEFORE you come in.)

Printing from a Library computer at any of the Library locations is as simple as a fairly simple computing task, plus the staff are always happy to help. And if you're at the Central Library, you can print from your own device using the Mobile Print Service.

Learn more at the Printing FAQ page.

The City Library's Zak Rodgers launches "The Cure for Gravity", a collection of short stories and poems, on March 13. It's a hugely eclectic and entertaining read. Come along and help him celebrate!

Is there something you’d like to see in these newsletters? A question about the library? A suggestion? Let us know and we’ll see if we can help. You can email us at pncl@pncc.govt.nz, or use the phone number below.

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Palmerston North City Library
Palmerston North, Manawatu 4410
Phone: (06)3514100