Events for school children

Our events calendar has information about specific upcoming events.

Learning Centres

Our Learning Centres run programmes for kids after school as well as during the holidays.

Reading Crusade

The Reading Crusade is back in 2013.

Summertime Reading Club

This popular summer activity happens each year.

Winter Reading Club

Complete four challenges and enjoy this new winter event.

Science Alive

Science Alive presents a free after school science programme. Each week there's a different topic and a number of related fun activities. Just come along and join in. Runs in a number of our libraries - check the events timetable.

Children’s Day

New Zealand’s Children’s Day is a national, non-commercial day to celebrate how special and important our children are.

New Zealand Music Month

Christchurch City Libraries celebrates NZ Music Month in May with free music events at our libraries and special storytimes.

Matariki

During Matariki we celebrate our unique place in the world. Christchurch City Libraries has a full programme of events every year to celebrate Matariki, including crafts, storytimes and sessions for early childhood centres.

KidsFest

TV2 KidsFest is New Zealand’s biggest annual children’s festival. Aimed at kids up to the age of 12, there’s nothing quite like it anywhere else in the country.
See library KidsFest events.

International Children’s Book Day

Each year a member country of IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) sponsors an annual celebration of children’s books on 2 April, which is Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday.