Poster-drawing workshop and book reading for kids - Saturday morning, Central Library
Come along to the launch of 'My Animal Family', a children's picture book written by Michael Botur and illustrated by Emma Weakley.
This fun rhyming book teaches kids about their place in the animal kingdom and reminds us we need to give all creatures, great and small, the same respect as human beings.
Listen to Michael read the book aloud.
Create a FREE poster of your favourite animal (or design a new animal), with help from comic artists Shane Evans and Rico Searle.
For children of all ages but ideal for over-5s.
ttps://www.wdc.govt.nz/library/Whats-on/Events/Book-launch-my-animal-family
Signed books will be for sale: $30.00 each.
Free entry - no prior registration required.
When
Saturday, 18 June 2022 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location
Children's Room
Whangārei Central Library, 5 Rust Avenue, Whangārei 0110
About Michael Botur
Whangarei writer Michael Botur is the author of five acclaimed short story collections, four novels, ‘page and pub poetry’ collection Loudmouth and the children’s book ‘My Animal Family.’ He has won awards for short fiction in the US, Australia and New Zealand. Botur has published journalism in most major newspapers and magazines in New Zealand and is concentrating on screen writing in 2022.
About Emma Weakley
Emma Weakley is a freelance illustrator based in Kapiti . Her first book, 'Jack and the Beanstalk' was published in 2010. ‘That Kind of Planet’, a collection of short comics published in 2016, won the Sir Julius Vogel Award for best production/publication in 2017. Weakley also won this award in 2008, 2017 and 2017 for the best professional artwork.
Emma uses a mixture of traditional drawing and digital painting. Her experience is largely with book illustration, short comics and individual commissioned artwork and illustrations.
Poll: Should we ditch daylight saving? 🕰️
First introduced in New Zealand in 1927 with the passing of the Summer Time Act, it's what we know as 'Daylight Saving' and this year it ends on the first Sunday in April.
While we do get to sleep in this time around, some people would like to scrap the clock tinkering for good.
And why? Some evidence suggests the time changes are bad for our health as they mess with sleep patterns leading to short-term fatigue and affecting mood. Meanwhile the hour change is frustrating for farmers and a nightmare for getting the littlies to sleep. But what's your take?
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41.5% Yes - get rid of the clock changes
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56.9% No, I enjoy it
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1.7% Other - I'll share below
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Remembering the 51 Trees planted at Whangarei Falls, Tikipunga
1 July 2019
School children, parents and teachers, local maori Hapu members and Kuia & Kaumatua were among more than 100 people who together planted 51 trees in Whangārei to honour the victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings.
The idea for the planting of native trees to remember those who lost their lives in the March attacks came from a student.
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