Poetry Competition

Hastings District Libraries are again holding a Poetry Competition to celebrate Montana Poetry Day.

The Theme this year is Sustainability. Any interpretation of this theme is acceptable.

There is a 40 line limit per poem.

Adult Category - 19 years and over - Judged by Jo Morris
Youth Category - 13 years and over - Judged by Rachel Murphy

1st Prize - $50.00 book voucher for each category, 2nd and 3rd prizes will also be awarded in each category.

Entries must be in at the libraries by Monday 30 June 2008. Click here for entry form>> (Pdf 275Kb)

The winners will be announced on Montana Poetry Day Friday 18 July at the prize giving event at Hastings Library 6.00pm to 7:30pm. Montana Poetry Day >>

World Environment Day - 5 June

Thursday 5 June was World Environment Day and your libraries helped celebrate this.

Waste Not Sculpture Competition
A competition in creating sculpture from recycled materials, hosted by Hastings Library & the Exhibition Centre. The winner was Alex Claire Hepere - 15 years old. Her piece is called Harvest in the Night and symbolizes Matariki. It is currently on display at the Exhibition Centre.

Recycled Mosaic Mural - Flaxmere Library
Great fun was had creating a very effective mural from recycled material - "One man's trash is another man's treasure".

Youth Week

Monday 26 May - Sunday 1 June
We had some cool activities and competitons for Youth Week, including chalk drawing, design your own graphic novel character, mural art and more!















The Library staff above were some of those who wore their hoodies to support Youth on Hoodie Day. Back left: Mya, Luana, Jeanette. Front from left: Nigel, Jenny.

May - NZ Music Month

Well Rockers, Mods, Bodgies and all you cool groovers out there, NZ Music Month is underway and we’re boogying down in your Libraries! We love to support our local talent, young, old or in between, and have some seriously talented musicians entertaining us, oops, I mean you, this NZ May Music Month 2008.

Which brings me to what I was doing yesterday….listening to a ‘melodic death metal’ band that are coming to play at the Hastings Library! Yes folks, “Signed in Blood”, although not everyone’s taste, impressed my Professional Thrash Metal Assessor who accompanied me on this endeavour, so they will be performing during the last week of May, which is also Youth Week. I am told they have “awesum riffz”. My ears are still ringing…
Rock on! Lucy Lit

Book Chat at Flaxmere Library

Regular Book Chat sessions are held at Flaxmere Library. Meets every second Tuesday at 10:30am.

Come along and enjoy meeting others and hearing about what they are reading. Librarians will have some new titles for you to borrow.

Dates for rest of 2008:

20 May, 27 May, 17 June, 8 July, 22 July, 5 Aug, 19 Aug, 9 Sept, 23 Sept, 7 Oct, 21 Oct, 4 Nov, 18 Nov, 9 Dec, 23 Dec.