Join your local school librarians to check out the newest book shop in Tauranga, Red Square Books.  Owner Carey has got a sale on children/young adult books for us!  Afterwards, we will head to The Grocer for a networking brunch.  RSVP to Rachel Briscoe by 29 May. 
Date: Saturday 6 June
Time: 10.30am
Location: Red Square Books, 1 Devonport Road, Tauranga.

There will be a car driving over from Hamilton area that morning, so let Rachel know if you'd like to carpool.

Making Connections: How can public libraries help school libraries?

Programme
9.30am - Registration - coffee available
10:00am – 11:00pm – Julia Edgecombe, Children’s and Teens’ Services Librarian, Katikati Public Library will show us through their new library and host a presentation and discussion about their services and their connections with school libraries.…
11.00am – 11:30 - Morning tea (included in registration)
11:30am – 12:00pm – Julia (continued), plus questions; discussion of suitable books, etc…
12:00pm – 12:30pm - SLANZA Waikato/Bay of Plenty AGM followed by lunch at a nearby café(own expense)
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Cost: $10 for SLANZA members; $20 for non-members
Please bring cash or cheques: we provide receipts, but do not invoice schools.
If Internet banking, please use the local SLANZA Account: 01-0370-0081477-00 (This account is for event payments only)
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Please register by Tues 18th of June.
Register here: https://forms.gle/TgBcnwrKEcZKrHhg9
Contact:
Ann Murphy, Katikati College
Ph: 07 549 0434
Email: amurphy@katikaticollege.school.nz

Friday 16th November 2018
Living Library Tour: Ngā Pakanga o Waikato: The Waikato Wars 

​On Friday 16 November 2018 the annual SLANZA Waikato / Bay of Plenty Library Tour took a fresh perspective on library and the curriculum and hired a bus and guide to tour Waikato War sites. 

The 28 participants included a mix of mostly primary and secondary school librarians and their teachers, including history teachers.

Each stop of this sobering and thought provoking tour generated rich conversation and a new respect for the history on our doorstep.  

To support the tour, each school received a National Library bag containing the new Curiosity Cards Kit.  To save on paper, each bag also had a tag containing the url http://bit.ly/S2SNZHistory which lists direct links to support resources including the Curiosity Cards and other key National Library Services to Schools resources.
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The Waikato War Driving Tour includes 13 sites of which our tour included the last four - Rangiaowhia, Kihikihi, Orakau and Pirongia/Alexandra Redoubt.​