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Wacky Warm Ups: A Community Project
Join us if you'd like to knit or make warm items for people living in cold spaces. The group shares wool, needles and know-how and also accepts donations of wool and finished handmade items.
Date: Every Monday
Time: 10am-12 noon
Venue: Near the Coffee Cart, Ground Floor, Rotorua Library Te Aka Mauri, 1127 Haupapa St
Cost: Free
Everyone is welcome and no registration is required. For further information phone Tracey 07 3436439 or Jane 07 3476015.
He Aka Pikirangi
Mā He Aka Pikirangi e ekea ai e ngā tamariki nohinohi ngā taumata teitei. Ko ēnei akoranga whakawhanake, pārekareka hoki kai roto i te reo Māori anake, mai i ngā pūrākau, ngā waiata, ngā taonga pūoro, ngā nekenekehanga me ngā mahi toi.
Ngā Rā: Ia Mane/Rāhina i ngā wāhanga o te kura.
Te wā: 10:30 i te ata
Te Wahi: Te Wāhi Tamariki, Papatū, Te Whare Pukapuka o Rotorua, Te Aka Mauri, 1127 Te Tiriti o Haupapa
Kāore he take.
Utu: He koha kapa kōura. Ētahi atu kōrero
He Aka Pikirangi
Under Fives can reach new heights with He Aka Pikirangi. These fun, developmental sessions are solely in te reo Māori and include story time, songs, instruments, movement and craft.
Date: Every Monday during school term.
Time: 10.30am
Venue: Children's Area, Ground Floor, Rotorua Library Te Aka Mauri, 1127 Haupapa St
Booking: No booking required.
Cost: Gold coin koha appreciated.
Kōpūpūtai
i te reo Māori
Every Monday, 12-1pm. Beginners Te Reo Māori with Wiremu Keepa.
Every Tuesday, 4.15 - 5.15pm. Intermediate Beginners Te Reo Māori with Wiremu Keepa
Venue: Community Meeting Room, Ground Floor, Rotorua Library Te Aka Mauri, 1127 Haupapa St
Cost/Booking: Free. No booking required.
SeniorNet Drop-in Tech Assistance
When: Mondays 9am ‐ 12 noon
Venue: Community Meetng Room, Ground Floor, Rotorua Library Te Aka Mauri
Cost: There will be no charge, but a donation would be appreciated.
Booking: No booking required and sessions are open to all ages.
No appointment is needed, just drop‐in.
Lego Club
Lego® Club is for children aged 5-11 and allows them to collaboratively play together with our Lego® set. Each child attends Lego® club once a month.
Venue: Makerspace, Second Floor, Rotorua Library Te Aka Mauri, 1127 Haupapa St
Cost: Free.
Booking: Registration is required.
More information
Made possible thanks to our Makerspace Programmes Partner, Unison.
Free Computer Classes
Book your place at a free, basic computer class now. Stepping Up classes will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11am-12pm. Classes fill fast. Numbers are limited.
Date: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
Time: 11am-12pm
Venue: Internet Area, First Floor, Rotorua Library Te Aka Mauri, 1127 Haupapa St
Cost: Free
For more information or to book your place in a class go to Stepping Up or enquire at the Library.
He Pī Ka Rere - Adventurers 
Under Fives can take flight with our fun, developmental sessions focussed on story time, songs, instruments and crafts.
Date: On every Tuesday and Thursday during school terms.
Time: 10.30am
Venue: Children's Area, Ground Floor, Rotorua Library Te Aka Mauri, 1127 Haupapa St
Booking: No booking required.
Cost: Gold coin koha appreciated.
More information
He Pīpī Paopao - First Steps
Under Twos can take their first steps to opening up a world of literacy and wellbeing with our interactive sessions focussing on active movement, language development, touch and massage between baby and parent.
Date: On every Wednesday during school terms.
Time: 10.30am
Venue: Children's Area, Ground Floor, Rotorua Library Te Aka Mauri, 1127 Haupapa St
Booking: No booking required.
Cost: Gold coin koha appreciated. More information
Family History Research Assistance
Volunteers from the Rotorua Branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists are happy to chat with you about your family history research queries.
Date: 2nd Wednesday of every month (except December & January)
Time: Drop in from 10am - 1pm
Venue: Heritage and Research Area, Second Floor, Rotorua Library Te Aka Mauri, 1127 Haupapa St
Cost: Free
Reading Round
Reading Round is a round the table discussion about our favourite reads. Come along to chat or just to listen. Anyone with a love of reading is welcome to attend - we always welcome new faces!
Date: 4th Wednesday of every month
Time: 10.30am
Venue: Meeting Room 2, Second Floor, Rotorua Library Te Aka Mauri, 1127 Haupapa St
Cost: Free
Waiata Mai Rotorua - Sing Together
A group of local performers, made up mainly of staff from Rotorua Library and Rotorua Lakes Council, will be singing waiata from 12.15-12.45pm in the Community Pride Space on the Ground Floor at Te Aka Mauri. The performers are all at different learning levels with some having grown up surrounded by waiata and others being new to te reo Māori and to singing.
The words to each waiata will be up on the big screen and members of the public are encouraged to have a go and sing along whether the songs are familiar or not.
Date: 1st Thursday of the month (Waiata Mai for Thursday 2nd July is postponed until further notice)
Time: 12.15-12.45pm
Venue: Community Pride Space, Papatū - Ground Floor, Te Aka Mauri – Rotorua Library
Cost/Booking: Free. No booking required.
Justice of the Peace Service Centre
A Justice of the Peace will be available in Meeting Room 3 at the library to assist you with witnessing your signature, taking statutory declarations and affidavits, certifying copies of originals and 18+ cards.
Date: Every Saturday
Time: 10am - 12 noon. No appointment necessary.
Venue: Meeting Room 3, Second Floor, Rotorua Library Te Aka Mauri, 1127 Haupapa St
Cost: Free
List of JP clinics in Rotorua
Book Sale
The Friends of the Rotorua Library run a book sale at Kuirau Park on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month. Funds raised go towards projects supported by the Friends of the Library.Date: 1st & 3rd Saturday of the month.
Time: 9am - 1pm
Venue: Kuirau Park (at the old Tea Kiosk)