Tuku25 Heritage Month Whakatū

Event

Preserve your memories, by digitising your cherished slides and photos at your local library.  In your first session, our friendly staff will guide you through the process step by step. Once you’re confident, you can book the Imaginarium to complete your project at your own pace.  It’s an easy and rewarding way to save, share, and enjoy your photos and slides in a digital format.  Don’t let your memories fade – bring them into the digital age.

Ask Library staff for more information or complete the Book a Librarian form 

23 March - 4 May

In the 1980s, a local history project captured oral histories of older residents, focusing on life in Richmond before 1950. While their stories and some voices are preserved on Tasman Heritage, we only have photos of a few of those interviewed.  As part of Tuku25, we’re seeking photographs of these individuals and the people, places, or events they discuss in their interviews. We’re also seeking photos of others listed on Tasman Heritage, including servicemen recorded on the Rolls of Honour. Help us bring these stories to life by putting faces to names!  

Ask Library staff for more information or complete the Ask a Librarian form

We invite you to contribute your story to our Threading Connections / Tuia te Hononga community quilt. You can be any age, of any sewing ability to take part. The important thing is to share what it is about Te Tauihu/Top of the South that makes you feel that you belong.  

Pick up your entry form, with all the details, from Tasman District Libraries and then “Thread your Connection”.   

Return it to us by 30 June. We’ll then transform all our amazing stories into a beautiful community quilt created by you.  

Please contact: library.information@tasman.govt.nz with any questions.

23 March - 4 May

Write your own Haiku poem celebrating Tasman’s natural environment 

Pick up your entry form at any Tasman District Library or via the Tasman District Libraries website.

23 March - 3 May

Gary Gibbens has been painting landscapes for over 40 years. Past President of Tasman Visual Arts and the Nelson Independent Art Group, (now Nelson Art Group) Gary paints in oils on canvas and board. His favourite subjects are the mountains of the South Island and the hills and valleys of the Nelson region.

For further information please visit Gary's website: www.garygibbens.com 

Richmond Library, Gallery Wall.

1 - 30 April

Featuring a selection of special items from the Founders Heritage Park collection, this exhibition celebrates the rich history of skiing on Pourangahau/Mount Robert through the lens of one family’s experience in the mid-20th century. From treks up the mountain to downhill runs on homemade skis, our Tuku25 showcase honours the pioneering spirit, innovation, and shared memories of an era when adventure meant carrying everything on your back, heading up a mountain and tracking through the snow. 

Richmond Library, Glass Display Cabinets.

Are you having trouble finding your ancestors? Would you like to know more about using Ancestry.com, or what other family history or local history resources are available? This drop-in session is aimed at those who have started on their family history journey and are wanting help with their research. Specialist library staff will be available to assist you. 

This session will be in the Richmond Library Research Room.

An insight into the toi māori artform of tukutuku (lattice work). Tukutuku convey pūrākau (stories) and this piece will acknowledge our unique heritage. This is an opportunity to collectively participate in creating tukutuku, have a go or just observe. The piece will be gifted to the Richmond Library in which we can see ourselves reflected in the finished artwork as a community. 

Learn search tips for using Ancestry.com, look at various record collections for New Zealand and the UK, view Public Member Trees and send records home from the library. Basic computer skills are essential. 

Ask library staff or phone 03 543 8500 for more information and to register.

Are you having trouble finding your ancestors? Would you like to know more about using Ancestry.com, or what other family history or local history resources are available? This drop-in session is aimed at those who have started on their family history journey and are wanting help with their research. Specialist library staff will be available to assist you. 

This session will be in the Richmond Library Research Room.

Preserve your memories, by digitising your cherished slides and photos at your local library.  In your first session, our friendly staff will guide you through the process step by step. Once you’re confident, you can book the Imaginarium to complete your project at your own pace.  It’s an easy and rewarding way to save, share, and enjoy your photos and slides in a digital format.  Don’t let your memories fade – bring them into the digital age.

Ask Library staff for more information or complete the Book a Librarian form 

Write your own Haiku poem celebrating Tasman’s natural environment 

Pick up your entry form at any Tasman District Library or via the Tasman District Libraries website.

Inspired by New Zealand’s nature. Kerry lives in Motueka and is fascinated with the contrast of light and dark and nature's use of subtle tones, the lightness and harshness of light vying for attention with shadows that taunt the clouds that race by.  When painting landscapes, she’s drawn in by the background of what lies beyond.

How much do you know about the history of Motueka? Take our ‘Historical Quiz’ based on Eileen’s Stewart’s book ‘Along the Path’. Pick up your quiz from Motueka Library Te Noninga Kumu and look for the answers on the plaques along the path in Decks Reserve in front of the library. 

Featuring a display of photos and information relating to the local Flora and Fauna of the region.  Flora and Fauna are a community group who work in collaboration with the Department of Conservation preserving local plants, insects and birdlife.

Our local legend is Pic and he started Pic’s Peanut Butter. 'Picot' is his last name and his nickname has been Pic since he was at school.  A Kiwi and a Nelsonian for over 25 years, he is our founder and Chief Peanut Butter Maker. Now he travels the world telling everyone about his peanut butter.   He’s happy to try any peanut butter going, but has yet to meet one that tastes better than ours. 

Motueka Library Te Noninga Kumu, Community Meeting Room

Learn search tips for using Ancestry.com, look at various record collections for New Zealand and the UK, view Public Member Trees and send records home from the library. Basic computer skills are essential. 

Ask library staff or phone 03 528 1047 for more information and to register.

Cutting Edge, Graphic designers in Nelson are going to talk about the “process’ behind some of the Māori art work showcased at Motueka Library Te Noninga Kumu. 

Motueka Library Te Noninga Kumu, Community Meeting Room

Ray Salisbury, local author and photographer will showcase his visual book “Nelson New Zealand.”  This book presents the people of Nelson at work and play, as well as scenic natural features such as the three national parks. 

Motueka Library Te Noninga Kumu, Community Meeting Room

Step into history like never before, discover a new perspective on history with Virtual Reality.  Technology meets storytelling to transport you to moments from the past. 

Bookings essential, sessions will be 45 minutes long. 

Ask library staff or phone 03 528 1047 for more information and to register.