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Te poti mau potae The cat in the hat by Dr Seuss Māori translation by Hirini Melbourne 1983 NZM 1187 Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search?query=Te%20poti%20mau%20potae&searchType=everything&pageSize=10 Read by Robert Eruera on the theme Whakamāoritia. Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024 For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

Rōmeo rāua ko Hurieta [Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare] Translated by Te Haumihiata Mason. Auckland University Press. 2023 NZM 2631 Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=a76b7363-8943-5123-afab-4329e35f87f9&entityType=FormatGroup Read by Moira Apiti-Civcic and Robert Eruera on the theme Whakamāoritia. Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024 For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

Ko nga moteatea me nga hakirara o nga Maori. He mea kohikohi mai a Sir George Grey, K.C.B I tera kaumatua, i tera kuia; no ona haerenga, e maha ki nga pito katoa, o enei motu 1851 GNZM 231 Page 53 Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=33ebada5-9d0b-51b9-8b69-5bf3ddd511c7&entityType=FormatGroup Read by Robert Eruera on the theme Pūrākau. Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024. For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

He kōrero nā Te Aupōuri Ko ngā whakaahua nā Robert Ellis Te Wharekura 8. Wellington: Department of Education. First edition 1964 Reprint 1981 NZM 1071 Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=72c1158c-1390-5062-b848-ec67ccacbbe8&entityType=FormatGroup Read by Robert Eruera on the theme Pūrākau. Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024. For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

Nga Mahi a Te Runanga ki Kohimarama Karere Maori No.13-18. Akarana: he mea ta na Te Wirhana, mo Te Kawanatanga o Niu Tirani. 1860 [Proceedings of the Kohimarama Conference. Comprising no. 13 to 18 of the Maori Messager] NZM 271 Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=2d18ac99-6e49-50ae-9c1f-02c5280b246b&entityType=FormatGroup Read by Robert Eruera on the theme Kōrero Tupuna. Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024. For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

Whakarapopototanga o nga take a Te Runanga o Kaipara i runga ano i te mana o Aotearoa, ara o Te Tiriti o Waitangi Nga Runanga i Aotea (Kaipara) 1884-1886 Noema 22, 1884 Ref: NZMS 718 Read by Robert Eruera on the theme Kōrero Tupuna. Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024. For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

Kotia te pu, waiho i konei... Waiata [songs and chants] Wīremu Maihi Te Rangikāheke (Ngāti Kererū, Ngāti Te Rangiwewehi) pre-1854 GNZMMS 70 Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=758eb7b4-99b1-516a-a159-9672eb4d3da1&entityType=FormatGroup Read by Raniera Kingi [Ngāti Kura, Ngāti Ruamahue, Ngāpuhi] Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024. For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

Ka hura tangata a uta Waiata [songs and chants] Hoani Riki (Ngāti Toa) 1851 GNZMMS 48 Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=2a1549bb-3ae4-5ea7-8395-644e0385cf49&entityType=FormatGroup Read by Raniera Kingi [Ngāti Kura, Ngāti Ruamahue, Ngāpuhi] Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024. For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

E rere, e rere, e te kotare … Ko nga moteatea me nga hakirara o nga Maori He mea kohikohi mai na Sir George Grey, i tera kaumatua i tera kuia no ona haerenga e maha ki nga pito katoa o enei motu. Wellington: Robert Stokes. 1853 GNZM 252 Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=97147ab5-977c-5b08-ab9e-ad5c0ce798ba&entityType=FormatGroup Read by Raniera Kingi [Ngāti Kura, Ngāti Ruamahue, Ngāpuhi] Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024. For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

This recording was possibly made in December 1939 at the mobile studio set up by the Broadcasting Service at the Centennial Exhibition in Wellington. The children from Hiruharama School near Ruatōrea, visited Wellington in December 1939 and made several recordings, according to an article in The Listener, Dec. 8, 1939 MU722 Side 2 RNZ Collection Hiruharama School (N.Z.), Performer New Zealand Broadcasting Service. Mobile Recording Unit For more information about the exhibition ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/…-ngutu/

Ko te ako me te karakia o te Hahi Katorika Romana Kororareka: He mea ta i te perehi o te Epikopo Katorika Matiu. Upoko VI: 9-13. p.25-26 The Lords Prayer - Mathew chapter 6 versus 9-13 p.26-27 Published in 1847 GNZM160 Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=d840e632-fe4a-5afb-8529-e52840fe1a6e&entityType=FormatGroup Read by Xavier Forsman on the theme Reo Hahi. Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024 For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

Ko te Kawenata Hou o to tatou Ariki te Kai Wakaora a Ihu Karaiti. He mea hakamaori i te reo kariki. Matiu. Upoko VI: 9-13. p. 9 The Lords Prayer - Mathew chapter 6 versus 9-13 Paihia: He mea ta i te perehi o nga Mihanere o te Hahi o Ingarani 1837 GNZM20 Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=7a0b486f-75db-598c-b9a5-b0860f571c2e&entityType=FormatGroup Read by Xavier Forsman on the theme Reo Hahi. Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024 For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

Ko te tahi wahi o te Kawenata Hou o Ihu Karaiti te Ariki, to tatou Kai Whakaora. Me nga upoko e waru o te pukapuka o Kenehi. Ka oti nei te wakamaori ki te reo o Nu Tirani. The Lords Prayer - Mathew chapter 6 versus 9-13 Hirini: Kua oti te ta e te Tipene raua ko Toki Printed by Stephen and Stoke Sydney 1833 GNZM8 Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=475ac6ca-5806-5c3a-bbec-7d63493a4c37&entityType=FormatGroup Read by Xavier Forsman on the theme Reo Hahi. Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024 For more information about the exhibition https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

Alison is joined over Zoom by author Freddie Gillies, to discuss his novel Because all fades, published by Bateman Books. The novel is about four young Kiwis on their OE, having the time of their lives - until a serious incident changes everything. Freddie is an exciting new voice in New Zealand fiction. Because all fades can be borrowed from Bestie collection displays in all Auckland Council libraries or requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue. Available in multiple formats: https://bit.ly/3WnDt2a This interview was recorded for Auckland Council Libraries' We Read Auckland festival of Auckland's readers and writers, celebrated 1 - 31 August 2024. Visit aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/WeReadAKL for more details. Author photo credit Sean Wakely.

Alison is joined over Zoom by author Dr. Ineke Meredith, to discuss her extraordinary memoir, On Call: Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother, published by Harper Collins New Zealand. The world of surgery is strange, messy, intense and lonely. Life, death, chaos and limited family life: is life in scrubs worth the sacrifice? On Call can be borrowed from Bestie collection displays in all Auckland Council libraries or requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue. Available in multiple formats: https://bit.ly/46pPqcn This interview was recorded for Auckland Council Libraries' We Read Auckland festival of Auckland's readers and writers, celebrated 1 - 31 August 2024. Visit aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/WeReadAKL for more details. Author photo credit: Rachel Calvo Photos

In collaboration with Auckland Philharmonia’s Aspiring Musicians Programme, Strings on Streets bring a fresh and flamboyant programme of classical and iconic movie theme favourites to this Auckland Libraries Heritage Concert. Included are Hadyn’s Emperor Quartet in C, and Mozart’s String Quartet No.20, contrasted with the evocative tango “Por Una Cabeza” by Carlos Cardell. As a quartet, Strings on Streets have performed in various venues, charity galas, art auctions and more. As students studying various degrees at the University of Auckland, they reflect how joining the Auckland Philharmonia Aspiring Musicians Programme has been a rewarding experience that fuels their true love for music. We were delighted to host them in the first of the Autumn series concerts 2024. You can find out more about our heritage music collections by searching Kura Heritage Collections Online - https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/ or search the Auckland Libraries catalogue https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/

In a further collaboration with the Auckland Philharmonia’s Aspiring Musicians Programme, the talented Kaha Trio return to our Thursday Heritage Concerts stage. Lorna Zhang (violin), Madeleine Xiao (piano) and Damon Herlihy-O'Brien (cello) bring together a programme called Invierno (Winter), including two works by J.S Bach, Tchaikovsky’s much loved Dumka ‘Rustic Russian Scene’ Op.59 for solo piano, and one of Beethoven’s earliest works, Piano Trio Op.1 No.1. You can find out more about our heritage music collections by searching Kura Heritage Collections Online - https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/ or search the Auckland Libraries catalogue https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/

The newly formed Mātātā Quintet join forces to present the first movement of Dvořák's Piano Quintet No. 2. Written in 1887, this monumental chamber work reflects the Czech composer's admiration for Bohemian folk music. Infused with rich melodies and rhythmic vitality, the work exudes a pastoral charm while maintaining Dvořák's masterful handling of classical forms. Mātātā Quintet are Justin Bird, piano; Peau Halapua and Miyo Yoon, violins; Ben Harrison, viola; Karen French, cello.

Composer Margaret Wegener (1920 – 2020) led an extraordinary life both in the UK where she was born, and here in New Zealand, where she settled in 2005. A considerable body of Margaret's original compositions have been published, drawing praise from composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams, Herbert Howells, and John Rutter. Auckland Libraries is privileged to hold the collection of her musical life’s work and pays tribute to this remarkable woman by showcasing some of her most beautifully crafted instrumental and vocal works. Some of the Auckland Philharmonia’s Aspiring Musicians, a pianist from the Haydn Staples Auckland Philharmonia Piano Scholarship and other local musicians, come together in this performance to bring Margaret’s music to life — a treasure to be discovered, heard and cherished.

To complete our Thursday Heritage Concert Series, Japan born and raised violinist, Yuhka Nagai and NZ pianist Kent Isomura, present a programme including two NZ premier pieces by contemporary Japanese composers, alongside the works of two European greats.  Six pieces by Hikaru Hayashi (1931-2012) and a Nursery song by Rikuya Terashima (1964-) from Amami are related to Okinawan folk music which comes from the South of Japan. Traveling from Japan to Europe, Yukha and Kent play Rondo K.269/261 by W.A. Mozart and Violin Sonata No.1 by R. Schumann. The Mozart Rondo K.269/261 was most likely composed for A. Brunetti and written in the time he wrote his famous 5 violin concertos between 1773 and 1777. It was possibly a replacement of the finale for his violin concerto No.1, K.207. R. Schumann’s 1st violin Sonata is dramatic and has his expressions of unstable emotions and the depth of energy.