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Waitaki District Libraries is going from strength to strength. Over the past year, there has been a 150% increase in in the number of people attending events held at the library – from 322 people in March last year to 805 people in March this year. Manager Jenny Bean was thrilled with the turnouts for events, which ranged from talks and meetings to book launches. “We are quite deliberate about the sorts of activities we’re running and people seem to be really responding to that, which is really cool,” Ms Bean said. “We’ve had some really strong events but I think it’s probably e...

Wednesday, 23 June 2021, 10:29 am Timaru District Libraries will be the first in New Zealand to bring another significant digital service on stream, offering more than 700,000 titles to read, watch and listen for free. The popular on-demand film streaming service hoopla digital will launch tomorrow (Thursday) for free to members of Timaru District Libraries. Library card holders can access over 700,000 titles (audiobooks, eBooks, comics, music, movies and TV). Content can be streamed from any computer, television, mobile device or platform by downloading the hoopla digital app for iOS, and An...

Press Release – Timaru District Council Timaru District Libraries will be the first in New Zealand to bring another significant digital service on stream, offering more than 700,000 titles to read, watch and listen for free. The popular on-demand film streaming service hoopla digital will launch … Timaru District Libraries will be the first in New Zealand to bring another significant digital service on stream, offering more than 700,000 titles to read, watch and listen for free. The popular on-demand film streaming service hoopla digital will launch tomorrow (Thursday) for free to member...

Lancaster County leaders say they are intent on replacing the vendor they hired last year to print and send thousands of mail-in ballots to voters -- a move prompted by several errors the printer made that wound up requiring a time-consuming hand count of 12,000 primary election ballots that began Friday and stretched into Monday. County Commissioner Ray D’Agostino said the county will reopen the mail balloting contract for bid in the next few weeks, and the county is working with its solicitor on how it can hold the current vendor accountable for its errors.  But why was the county p...

"It's not our crime, but it's still our sentence": Pillars founder Verna McFelin 11 minutes to read By: Joanna Wane Pillars founder Verna McFelin talks to Joanna Wane about her life inside and outside the prison wire. People have long memories in a small town like Ōamaru. Not everyone is prepared to forgive the past, even four decades on, or willing to forget it. Verna McFelin was born in Ōamaru, like four generations before her on both sides of the family. It's where she met her husband, Paul, when they were both teenagers, where she gave birth to their four children, and...