17 Mar 2021
Tuku 21 Libraries Programme – People, Stories, Places
Nelson City Council’s yearly Heritage Festival has been renamed to better reflect Nelson’s rich and varied cultural past.
Bookings
For bookings email us or call us on 03 546 8100.
| Date | Time | Event | Library |
| Tuesday 23 March | 8.15-9.45am | Heritage Research class (bookings required) | Stoke Library |
| Thursday 8 April | 9.30-11am | Heritage Research class (bookings required) |
Elma Turner Library |
| Saturday 10 April | 1.15-3pm | Waterways & Place - Stories workshop (bookings required) | Stoke Library |
| Saturday 10 & Saturday 17 April | 10.30-12pm | Your Today is tomorrow's history - writing workshop ($10 both workshops) with Ro Cambridge (bookings required) | Elma Turner Library |
| Wednesday 14 April | 5-6pm | Learning Wikipedia – A New Editor Attempts to Improve the Entry for Cawthron (bookings required) | Elma Turner Library |
| Sunday 18 April | 2-3pm | Friends of the Library talk - heritage of Nelson's Pottery: a collector (John Hewstone, a potter (Christopher Vine) and an expert (Vic Evans) in conversation | Elma Turner Library |
| Tuesday 20 April | 12-1.30pm | FamilySearch - hidden gems Michael Higgins – Regional Manager Family Search (bookings required) | Elma Turner Library |
| Wednesday 21 April | 10-11am | Retro crafts - Hand sew your own pin cushion 7-12 years (bookings required) | Elma Turner Library |
| Wednesday 21 April | 12.30-1.30pm | Inscriptions from Time: A dramatisation of a historical mystery performed by young people of Nelson | Elma Turner Library |
| Tuesday 27 April | 10.30-11.30am | Pūrākau - Legends of Te Tau Ihu : stories, crafts, waiata | Elma Turner Library |
| Thursday 29 April | 6.15-8.15pm | Your Today is tomorrow's history - writing workshop (cost $5, bookings required) | Stoke Library |
| Friday 30 April | 10-11am | Retro video games - Nintendo, Pacman & more (bookings required) | Elma Turner Library |
Other things during Tuku 21
- Life in the Bubble - glass cabinets Elma Turner library, Artefacts collected by the Nelson Provincial Museum: 1 April - 16 April 2021.
- Waterway Stories Display – collecting stories of Poormans Stream at Stoke Library, and of the Mahitahi at Elma Turner Library
- Heritage Buildings quiz – collect a quiz from your library (Elma Turner, Stoke, Nightingale Memorial) or download it here: