Hamilton City Libraries

Two huge natural disasters happened within a week of each other last month. The 26 May edition of Time has feature articles on both disasters and the ways that the respective governments are dealing with them. The latest issue of Mana magazine has an interview with King Tuheitia, the Maori King, the first he has granted to the media. In addition to this, there is a feature on Kingitanga and what i... more...

Farming has always been a vital part of the Waikato identity, and also provides a major part of the region's economy. Among our many oral histories are over 50 with some reference to farming. See the Oral history page for details.... more...

This is a revised edition of an old favourite. For more on this title, and a list of our gardening magazines, see our Adult Non Fiction page.... more...

Mary Queen of Scots, in flight from rebels in Scotland, is imprisoned as the enforced guest of George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and his new wife, who find, to their horror, that their home becomes the epicentre of intrigue against Elizabeth. Visit our Adult fiction pages for reviews of this and other new novels.... more...

The 40th NZ National Agricultural Fieldays will be held this month. Our Heritage collection has programmes, ephemera, newspaper articles and books covering the development of this major Waikato event. ... more...

Jamal is a successful psychoanalyst haunted by his first love and a brutal act of violence from which he can never escape; thirty years later, he and his friends face middle age with the traumas of their youth still unresolved. For this and more new titles, see our Popular Collections pages.... more...

Juno - music from the film. Not only did this delightful comedy receive the Best film award at the Rome International Film Festival, it is also full of wonderful music. For more new CD reviews, visit our CD webpage.... more...