The Reading Revolution

25/09/2026

Join us for a new Shared Reading group at Central City Library! 1st Tuesday of the month 5:30pm -7pm. All welcome! Akozone room level 1 :) See you there!

14/09/2026

Celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori this morning with poetry! Thanks Surani & Hannah!

hā pīwakawaka

hā pīwakawaka
kei whea koe ināianei
taku hoa iti?

he manu me he waha rōreka
he whaikōrero pēnei i he waiata,
te wā katoa

he aha tō kōrero e hoa?
he aha te tikanga
o tēnei kōwetewete karawhiti?

kāore ahau e mōhio
nō te mea kua nunumi kē koe
ki tētahi atu wāhi

kāore ahau e kite i tō whatu kanapa
kāore ahau e rongo i tō pūrākauroa,
kua ngaro koe ināianei
ā kei te ngere ahau i a koe,

hā pīwakawaka
kei whea koe ināianei?

[hey fantail
where are you now
my little friend?

a bird with a dulcet voice
an oratory like a song,
all the time

what is your story friend?
what is the meaning
of this one-sided conversation?

I do not know
because you have already disappeared
to another place

I cannot see your glistening eyes
I cannot hear your long tale,
you are lost now
& I am missing you

hey fantail
where are you now?]

Vaughan Rapatahana
from ināianei/now, Cyberwit, India, 2021

14/09/2026

Congratulations to our wonderful new Reader Leaders Katie, Vicki, Logan, Anitha, Felicity & Lilly & welcome back Johanna! It was a joy & a pleasure completing Read to Lead with you all! Also super excited Vicki is bringing the revolution to beautiful Balclutha!

02/09/2026

Donuts & Roses - https://mailchi.mp/edbb677875f0/introducing-aotearoa-literary-hub-10346771

02/09/2026

2 xx chapters into Under the Mountain with friends from Te Matawai, books from Auckland Libraries & friends & donuts from Auckland City Mission - what an absolute banger! (Thanks Deb for the "random act of kindness!") 🤩🥰

25/08/2026

Thanks to Jenny & the lovely ladies of Onehunga Community Library for a wonderful session today "the scent from the climbing roses on the trellis- one red & one white- makes him giddy...."

22/08/2026

17/08/2026

Thank you Tarns & Marion for a refreshing refresher! "On Eleanor Black's 71 st birthday a flock of birds flew into her kitchen through a window that she had opened every morning for 40 years. They flew in all at once, _without
warning or reason, from the ginkgo tree at the comer, where birds had sat every day since President Roosevelt's time."🥰