FREE: Family History Workshop: Australian and Pacific Island Research
Central City Library
Whare Wānanga, Central Library, Level 2,
44 Lorne Street, Auckland CBD, Auckland
Saturday 6 December 2025 10:30am - 2:30pm
Bookings essential. Book via Eventfinda
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Please bring your own laptop and your Australian and/or Pacific Island research.
10.30am-1pm:
Presentation: Research in Australia – resources on the shelves and online (includes tour of family history collection, focusing on GEN and AUS).
- Also includes an overview of Pacific Island resources
- Opportunity for hands-on learning how to fill in a pedigree chart and family group sheets.
- BYO laptops to practice live-guided searching.
- Interactive discussion about difficulties encountered, and tips and tricks for overcoming them.
- Discuss discoveries found.
- Learning from each other – family historians are very collaborative and enjoy working together.
1pm: Tour of Research Centre
1.30pm: Lunch
2.pm: Research: After lunch, join us for hands-on research afternoon where attendees are welcome to stay and continue their research, assisted by staff if needed. Learning by doing, allowing attendees to reinforce what they learned in the morning.
Research Central closes at 5pm
This workshop is one of a series focussed on "countries of interest."
Upcoming workshops:
*England and Wales - Saturday 7 March, 2026
*Scotland - Saturday 2 May, 2026
*Ireland - Saturday 1 August, 2026
Chapter Book and Tea Shop Jan-Feb 2026 Book Catalogue
📚 JAN-FEB 2026 BOOK CATALOGUE 📚
Welcome back and best wishes for 2026! The new year sees the arrival of lots of goodies including Ilona Andrews’ BEAST BUSINESS (Hidden Legacy Series—Novella), Mary Balogh’s REMEMBER THAT DAY (Ravenswood Series), Christine Feehan’s DARK JOY (Dark Carpathian Series), Jayne Ann Krentz’s THE SHOP ON HIDDEN LANE (Set in Fogg Lake), Lauren Palphreyman’s THE NIGHT PRINCE (Wolf King Series), Leigh Rivers’ INSATIABLE (Edge of Darkness Series), J.D. Robb’s STOLEN IN DEATH (In Death Series), Nalini Singh’s SUCH A PERFECT FAMILY and more. Enjoy your reading!
NB. We have temporarily sold out of Mary Balogh’s “REMEMBER THAT DAY” and we expect it to be back in stock in around two weeks’ time.
Check out the catalogue at
chapter.co.nz...
Please see p.2 for the:
• Order link for signed copies of Nalini Singh’s SUCH A PERFECT FAMILY
• Pre-order link for signed copies of Nalini Singh’s ARCHANGEL’S ETERNITY
• Details of the Romance Writers of New Zealand Short Story Contest sponsored by Chapter (in April 2026).
• Details of the Auckland Romance Readers Book Club Monthly Meetings and Auckland Romance Readers Book Club Facebook Group.
For Orders, Enquiries or to check instore dates:
✉️ info@chapter.co.nz ☎️ 09-6232319 📱 021-635027
NB. Chapter’s trading hours are Tue–Sun 10–4. We are CLOSED on Mondays.
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Poll: 🤖 What skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
The Reserve Bank has shared some pretty blunt advice: there’s no such thing as a “safe” job anymore 🛟😑
Robots are stepping into repetitive roles in factories, plants and warehouses. AI is taking care of the admin tasks that once filled many mid-level office jobs.
We want to know: As the world evolves, what skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
Want to read more? The Press has you covered!
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52.7% Human-centred experience and communication
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14.8% Critical thinking
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29.5% Resilience and adaptability
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3% Other - I will share below!
Brain Teaser of the Day 🧠✨ Can You Solve It? 🤔💬
Make a hearty dish. Take just half a minute. Add four parts of kestrel. Then just add one. What have you made?
(Trev from Silverdale kindly provided this head-scratcher ... thanks, Trev!)
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